Our education team works with photographers and other professionals to deliver a wide range of activities, programmes and projects that connect with the interests of photography enthusiasts, enhance audience engagement, support professional development and learn from those who take part.

Everyone

Free Digital Guide

Download our free digital guide to open up exclusive content and exhibition insights

Everyone

Ernest Cole: House of Bondage - extended texts

Read the full text for the different chapters of Ernest Cole's ground-breaking project House of Bondage , one of the most significant photobooks of the twentieth century.

Everyone

Slow Looking & Audio Descriptions

Activities and initiatives designed to slow down the looking process and invite new ways of seeing and thinking about images.

Young People

EPQ in Photography

A programme for A-Level pupils to attain an Extended Project Qualification in photography at the Gallery.

Everyone

Audio Descriptions: Evelyn Hofer

Audio descriptions of five photographs in the exhibition Evelyn Hofer.

Everyone

Audio Descriptions: Letizia Battaglia

Audio descriptions and transcripts of five photographs in the exhibition Letizia Battaglia: Life, Love and Death in Sicily at The Photographers' Gallery

Photographers

Folio Fridays & Portfolio Reviews

We offer dedicated sessions for photographers looking to enhance or build portfolios.

Everyone

Who is Letizia Battaglia?

Discover more about the life and work of acclaimed Italian photographer, Letizia Battaglia.

Everyone

Research

Find a wealth of research projects, experiments in media and new thinking about the role of photography in a digital climate.

Everyone

Audio Descriptions: Bert Hardy

Audio descriptions and transcripts of five photographs in the exhibition Bert Hardy: Photojournalism in War and Peace

Everyone

5 things to know about Bert Hardy

Learn more about Bert Hardy, the entrepreneurial image-maker in this quick guide which coincides with our exhibition Bert Hardy: Photojournalism in War and Peace

Educators

Teachers' Programme

We hold free events for teachers and trainee teachers to come together to share professional practice

Everyone

Soho Then – a photo-based podcast

Capturing memories of London's Soho from the perspective of residents, workers and passers-through across six themed episodes

Everyone

Audio Descriptions: Daido Moriyama

Audio descriptions of five photographs in the exhibition Daido Moriyama: A Retrospective.

Photographers

The Social

The Social is a bi-monthly networking, skills share and advice session for photographers.

Everyone

How Deborah Turbeville tore up the rules

Learn more about the life and work of innovative American fashion photographer Deborah Turbeville, who transformed fashion imagery into avant-garde art.

Educators, Young People

TPG Activities

A series of watchable or downloadable photography-based activities to do at home.

Everyone

TPG New Talent 23

The TNT 23 artists are: Igor Chekachkov, Weiyi (Margaret) Liang, Cynthia MaiWa Sitei, Cian Oba-Smith, Robbie Spotswood and Ruudu Ulas.

Everyone

Who is Graciela Iturbide?

Discover more about Graciela Iturbide, one of the most influential Latin American photographers of the past four decades. Delve into the subject of our current show Graciela Iturbide: Shadowlines and

Everyone

Camera Obscura

Our custom-made camera obscura pays tribute to an optical phenomenon that led to the invention of the camera.

Young People

Teen Tours

Young people lead public tours of the exhibitions

Everyone

Planetary Portals selected for new commission

Open Call winner announced! Planetary Portals, a collective made up of Michael Salu, Kathryn Yusoff, Kerry Holden and Casper Laing Ebbensgaard, has been selected from an open call to develop

Young People

TPG Young Writers

Although we are not currently taking submissions for this programme, you can read past contributions from a range of creatives.

Talks & Events

6:30pm, Thu 09 Jan 2025

Exhibition Tour | Ten-8 in Focus: the legacy of Black Image and Body Politics

A short introduction to the exhibition with Joanna Risvik from International Curators Forum

No booking required

Workshops & Courses

12:00pm, Fri 17 Jan 2025

Folio Friday - January 2025

Portfolio review session for ten photographers and artists, open to the public from 14.00-17.00

Booking from noon on Fri 27 Dec

Talks & Events

6:30pm, Thu 23 Jan 2025

Exhibition Tour: Deborah Turbeville - Photocollage

A short tour of the exhibition with photographer, writer and educator Eugenie Shinkle

Free with general admission

Workshops & Courses

10:30am, Sat 25 Jan 2025 - 1:30pm, Sun 26 Jan 2025

Workshop: Street Photography with Emmanuel Cole (2025)

Hit the streets with London-based photographer Emmanuel Cole in this two-day workshop to capture life’s candid moments

Book now

Workshops & Courses

28 Jan 2025 - 28 Jan 2025

TPG Portfolio Reviews - January 2025

20-minute online feedback session with a member of TPG's Programming team

Booking from noon on 7 Jan

Talks & Events

13 Feb 2025 - 14 Feb 2025

Talks on Everyday Imaging vol. 2 : The Self-Centred and the Networked

A two-day conference on the expansive phenomena of digital image worlds – with a special focus on contemporary everyday imaging. In collaboration with Eidolon Centre for Everyday Photography.

Exhibition