Photo London is an annual photography event held at

Somerset House Somerset House is a large Neoclassical complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. The Georgian era quadrangle was built on the site of a Tudor palace ("O ...

in London in May.Photo London
.

. Accessed 9 February 2018. Galleries and publishers show and sell work by photographers, and there are curated exhibitions and talks. Awards are also given. It was established in 2004 and ran until 2006 at the

Royal Academy of Arts The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...

, then at Old Billingsgate in 2007, then stopped.Mark Westall,
photo-london
. FAD, 4 April 2007. Accessed 9 February 2018. It was relaunched in 2015 and has since been held at Somerset House.

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Photo London was established in 2004 by Daniel Newburg and held at the

in 2004, 2005 and 2006.Photo-London: new owners, new venue, new content
.

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, 19 March 2007. 9 February 2018 In November 2006 it was purchased by

Reed Exhibitions RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; ...

(who also owned

Paris Photo Paris Photo is an annual international art fair dedicated to photography. It was founded in 1997, and is held in November at the Grand Palais exhibition hall and museum complex, located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement in Par ...

). Reed ran it, with Newburg acting as creative director, in 2007 at Old Billingsgate and then stopped. Photo London was re-launched in 2015 by a company Candlestar, led by Michael Benson and Fariba Farshad. It took place from 9 to 12 September 2021. At Photo London, galleries and publishers show and sell work by photographers, and there are curated exhibitions and talks.

Awards

The following awards are given as part of Photo London: *Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards *La Fabrica Book Dummy Award * Mack First Book Award *

Magnum Photos Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices in New York City, Paris, London and Tokyo. It was founded in 1947 in Paris by photographers Robert Capa, David Seymour (photographer), Davi ...

Graduate Photographers Award *Photo London Master of Photography Award **2015:

Sebastião Salgado Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior (born February 8, 1944) is a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist. He has traveled in over 120 countries for his photographic projects. Most of these have appeared in numerous press pu ...

**2016:

Don McCullin Sir Donald McCullin (born 9 October 1935) is a British photojournalist, particularly recognised for his war photography and images of urban strife. His career, which began in 1959, has specialised in examining the underside of society, and hi ...

**2017:

Taryn Simon Taryn Simon (born February 4, 1975) is an American multidisciplinary artist who works in photography, text, sculpture, and performance. Currently residing and maintaining a studio practice in New York City, Simon has had work featured in the Ve ...

**2018:

Edward Burtynsky Edward Burtynsky (born February 22, 1955) is a Canadian photographer and artist known for his large format photographs of industrial landscapes. His works depict locations from around the world that represent the increasing development of indust ...

**2019: Stephen Shore *Photo London Artproof Award

Simultaneous events

Other photography events held at the same time in London include the

Prix Pictet The Prix Pictet (Pictet prize) is an international award in photography. It was founded in 2008 by the Geneva-based Pictet Group with the mandate to use the power of photography to communicate messages about sustainability to a global audience. Its ...

exhibition at the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

, the

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize Deutsch or Deutsche may refer to: *''Deutsch'' or ''(das) Deutsche'': the German language, in Germany and other places *''Deutsche'': Germans, as a weak masculine, feminine or plural demonym *Deutsch (word), originally referring to the Germanic ve ...

exhibition at

The Photographers' Gallery The Photographers' Gallery was founded in London by Sue Davies opening on 14 January 1971, as the first public gallery in the United Kingdom devoted solely to photography. It is also home to the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, established i ...

, the Peckham 24 photography festival in south-east London, and Offprint, an independent photobook publishers' fair at

Tate Modern Tate Modern is an art gallery located in London. It houses the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art, and forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It is ...

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