Top photography exhibitions in London

The master of overwhelming, dwarfing, discombobulating giant photography returns. Gursky specialises in big, wide photos that evoke a sense of awe in the viewer, whether they're looking at a filed or a crowd of football fans. This new show features images of snowy parks, fashion shows and cruiseships. 

Andreas Gurksy at White Cube Bermondsey, Apr 29 to Jun 26. Free. More details here.

Lee Miller is one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century, and this show looks at her images of nurses, taken during the dying days of World War II. 

The V&A's showing off 50 of its most recent contemporary photography acquisitions, including works by Paul Graham, Susan Meiselas, Andy Sewell, Tereza Zelenková, Dafna Talmor, and Zanele Muholi.

Free. V&A. Nov 6-Nov 6 2022. More details here.

Intensely dramatic photographs of industry in Britain and elsewhere, all dramatic lighting and giant machines, by this pioneering late photographer (the father of documentarian Nick Broomfield, who has loaned most of the works for this show).

V&A. Until Nov 6 2022. More details here. 

Anyone who has spent hours staring at record covers while listening to music knows how important good album art can be. This show is a celebration of that, looking at how some of the biggest artists of the twentieth century - Andy Warhol, David Bailey, Juergen Teller, Cindy Sherman - influenced the way we look at records. 

The Photoraphers' Gallery. Details here. 

Why did a young photographer spend five years obsessively photographing a single street in west London, visiting it 27 times and taking 1,400 photos?