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Photography in London

Get snap happy with our guide to London photography news, features, galleries and more

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Time Out London Art
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Addicted to Instagram or permanently attached to your SLR? For photography fans, London's got plenty to get excited about. Keep up to date with the latest exhibition reviews, discover the best photography galleries to visit and see how just how good looking London is when captured in the lens. And if you're looking for inspiration, see the Top 40 Photos of London ever taken.

With our guide to the best photography London has to offer, you'll be on track in a flash. 

Must-see London photography exhibitions

Nick Waplington: ‘Living Room’

Nick Waplington: ‘Living Room’

  • 5 out of 5 stars

What is working-class England if not grey, sullen, broken, monochrome, damp and sad? That’s the classic vision of this crumbling nation presented to us...

Mayfair
Edward Burtynsky: 'Extraction/Abstraction'

Edward Burtynsky: 'Extraction/Abstraction'

  • 4 out of 5 stars

The guts of society are hidden away, but Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky has spent his long career eviscerating them and putting them on display.

Chelsea

The latest London photography features

Find London's photography galleries

Photographers' Gallery

Photographers' Gallery

  • 4 out of 5 stars

The Photographers' Gallery's six-storey premises on Ramillies Street has reopened after a full facelift. Original plans for the new site were for a striking,...

Michael Hoppen Gallery

Michael Hoppen Gallery

Michael Hoppen Gallery, set up in 1993, exhibits exclusively fine art photography. The second floor is dedicated to high quality contemporary work from well...

Atlas Gallery

Atlas Gallery

Atlas came of age in nineties Hoxton, when the area was still a scruffy, well-kept hipster secret but is now based in the swankier environs of Marylebone. The...

V&A Photographs Gallery

V&A Photographs Gallery

An early pioneer in collecting and exhibiting photography, the V&A now boasts a permanent gallery dedicated to the medium. The inaugural exhibition charts...

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