UK Photography Galleries | Exhibitions

Over his 50-year career, Terry O'Neill has snapped nearly every iconic figure. This exhibition sees famous 60s images with rare and unseen shots of models such as Kate Moss.

Utilising the city of Berlin as site for exploration, 'a here and a there' is a photographic exhibition exploring how fourteen photographers affiliated with the Centre for Urban and Community Research (CUCR), Goldsmiths, University of London combine their photographic practices with the activity of ‘walking’ in the city. 

The exhibition, curated by David Kendall and Lanis Levy, was part of Urban Encounters 2010, organised by CUCR in partnership with Tate Britain, Openvizor and Viewfinder Photography Gallery.

See details about the exhibition here 

Tim Allen and Pip Spratt's debut exhibition of street photography and the seaside - capturing the spirit of the contemporary English coast and its people.

The exhibition, which has never before been seen in the UK, hosts 146 of some of the most recognised film images in the world.

The collection includes masterpieces such as Charlie Chaplin’s Limelight, Billy Wilder’s The Seven Year Itch, Nicholas Ray’s Rebel Without A Cause, Orson Welles’s The Trial, John Huston’s Moby Dick, Michelangelo Antonioni’s Zabriskie Point, and many more.

Burn My Eye is an international street photography collective made up of members from various  countries including Greece, England, Taiwan and the USA. Their aim is to show the extraordinary within the ordinary using candid street photography.

The London Festival of Photography is the first exhibition of this global outfit whose collective bodies of work fit well within the festival's roots and current theme. Street photography is very much about shining a mirror to society, and each photographer shows an invaluable insight into a slice of life from their respective countries.

Richard Mosse’s Infra project uses obsolete military surveillance technology, a type of infrared colour film called Kodak Aerochrome, to investigate ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Originally created to detect targets for aerial bombing, Kodak Aerochrome film registered a spectrum of light beyond what the human eye can see, rendering foliage in vivid hues of lavender, crimson and hot pink.

Voices of the South Atlantic examines issues of war and its consequences. Rooted in the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War, it includes the voices of people who fought on both sides, as well as civilians who were directly affected by it. Its premise is that fear and loss are universal, and that pain and trauma affect both the losers and the winners.

Incorporating music, fashion art and film, Paul Spencer captures the edge and essence of cult with his oily blue-green otherworldly portraits and atmospheric black and white documentary images of rare and unseen photography including mods, punks, bikers, outlaws and gangsters. 

Also included are photographs from the world of fashion, film, theatre and music including John Lydon, Elvis Costello and Morrissey. 

Royal Albert Hall Education has been working in partnership with Kensington and Chelsea College to provide opportunities for local young people to learn the skills of an event photographer, including unique access to events at the Hall. This exhibition captures the diversity of the work of the Hall and demonstrates the importance of investment in young people's lives.

A collection of David Dunnico's photographs documenting the rise of CCTV surveillance in the UK, as well as a collection of ephemera about George Orwell's novel 1984.

For the second year running, World Photo London is taking place at Somerset House. The event features photography exhibitions, the highlight of which being the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, as well as a festival of events for photographers.

An exhibition by Micheala Greene of portraits of paralympic athletes.