The Photographer's Gallery is due to re-open on 19 May 2012


The Photographers' Gallery was founded by Sue Davies, OBE in 1971 at 8 Great Newport Street, in a converted Lyon's Tea Bar. It was the first independent gallery in Britain devoted to photography. The Gallery opened its doors on 14 January 1971, presenting an exhibition called The Concerned Photographer curated by Cornell Capa and first shown in New York in 1967.

In 1980 the Gallery extended into a new gallery space at 5 Great Newport Street.

As the UK's primary venue for contemporary photography The Photographers’ Gallery has been instrumental in establishing photography as a serious art form internationally. One of Europe's most visited galleries dedicated to photography, The Photographers' Gallery produces the high-profile annual £30,000 International Photography Prize. Past prize winners include Andreas Gursky (1998), Juergen Teller (2003), Robert Adams (2006), Esko Männikkö (2008) and Paul Graham (2009).

What's On

Thursday 24th May 2012, 10:00am
Burtynsky: OIL
Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky has travelled the world to chronicle the effect of oil on all our lives, and to…
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Friday 25th May 2012, 10:00am
Burtynsky: OIL
Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky has travelled the world to chronicle the effect of oil on all our lives, and to…
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