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.

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.

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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.

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Free Digital Guide

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

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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

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Teachers' Programme

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

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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

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Audio Descriptions: Daido Moriyama

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

A grainy, hazy photograph of a woman's face spread across two pages of a magazine. She has a neutral expression and has big, curly hair.

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.

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The Social

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

Educators, Young People

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TPG Activities

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

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.

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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

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Camera Obscura

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

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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

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Teen Tours

Young people lead public tours of the exhibitions

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TPG Young Writers

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

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Slow Looking & Audio Descriptions

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

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EPQ in Photography

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

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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

Colour photograph of a small child, straddling the frame of an adult-sized bicycle, who has stopped on a street and turned to look at the photographer.

Audio Descriptions: Evelyn Hofer

Audio descriptions of five photographs in the exhibition Evelyn Hofer.

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Who is Letizia Battaglia?

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

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Folio Fridays & Portfolio Reviews

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

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Research

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

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Audio Descriptions: Bert Hardy

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

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6:30pm, Wed 20 Nov 2024

Artist Talk: Diana Markosian

Hear artist Diana Markosian in conversation with Shoair Mavlian

Sold out

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6:00pm, Fri 22 Nov 2024

Photo Scratch

Attend this free event to meet and support eight documentary photographers presenting their work in progress

Fully booked

Talks & Events‚ Workshops & Courses

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12:30pm, Sat 23 Nov 2024

Develop, Extended Realities: Draw Your Moves in XR

18-24 year olds can join this session to combine drawing, dancing and XR technologies in this in-person workshop

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Ten.8 dual cover

6:30pm, Tue 26 Nov 2024

Talk: Reflecting on the Legacy of Ten.8

Hear from an exciting selection of artists and curators as we look at the legacy and impact of Ten.8

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Workshops & Courses

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10:30am, Sat 30 Nov 2024 - 1:00pm, Sun 01 Dec 2024

Workshop: Framing and Composition 2024

Capture the familiar in new ways in this two-day workshop led by artist Isabelle Young

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Workshops & Courses‚ Online

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6:30pm, Mon 11 Nov 2024 - 8:00pm, Mon 02 Dec 2024

Course: Feminist Perspectives in Photography (online)

Explore the impact of feminist movements on photography in this new four-week course

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6:20pm, Tue 03 Dec 2024

Screening: Shooting the Mafia

Join this special screening to get a behind-the-scenes look at the brave documentary photographer Letizia Battaglia

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6:30pm, Wed 04 Dec 2024

The Social: Unions & Associations

Our informal advice & networking session, based around a theme

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Folio Friday at The Photographers' Gallery

12:00pm, Fri 13 Dec 2024

Folio Friday - December 2024

A free portfolio review afternoon for photographers, open to the public from 14.00

Booking from noon on 22 Nov

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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

Photograph of a veiled woman on a staircase. She has her head turned back.

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

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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

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Courses & Workshops

Our Courses and Workshops are open to everyone...

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Develop: Supporting and commissioning emerging creatives

A photography-based creative support and commissioning programme for...

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Archive

Our new digital archive documents the Gallery’s rich...

A view of Ramillies Street as seen through the Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura

Our custom-made camera obscura pays tribute to an...

unthinking.photography

Unthinking Photography is an online resource that explores photography's increasingly automated, networked life.

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