Photo London has announced further details of its eleventh edition, which will take place at Olympia, Kensington from 14–17 May 2026, with a VIP Preview on Wednesday 13 May.
The 2026 edition marks an exciting new chapter as the UK’s leading photography fair launches in its new home at Olympia in the heart of Kensington. The historic venue, currently undergoing a £1.3 billion redevelopment led by Heatherwick Studio, provides a fitting setting for the Fair to bring leading galleries and artists together to present outstanding photography and explore the medium’s future. The relocation offers an opportunity to expand and reimagine the Fair’s programme for its second decade.
Photo London founders Michael Benson and Fariba Farshad said:
“We are incredibly proud of the team who have brought together an impressive group of galleries for the launch of this new era at Olympia, including newcomers from as far afield as India and Africa proving London is still a great draw for international galleries. We continue to innovate with new curated sections for solo and regional presentations; a significantly extended publishing section and a special artists’ screening room. Add to all this an enhanced edition of Positions, our section for unrepresented artists, our traditionally strong public programme where the legendary Steven Meisel takes centre stage, and the dramatic increase in visiting museum groups, and it is clear that Photo London’s second decade has begun in formidable style.”
Photo London Director Sophie Parker added:
“The move to Olympia creates a unified experience that has sparked incredible enthusiasm from new and returning galleries alike. Each have put an incredible amount of thought and work into creating booths that are truly remarkable. The move has given us the space and freedom to increase much-loved areas of the Fair, with Discovery, Positions and Publishing bigger than ever. With new initiatives such as Tristan Lund returning to curate Source, and our dedicated screening room showcasing artist films, we are deepening our commitment to the many forms of photography we have always championed and celebrating the joy of varied collecting.”
Exhibitors
Photo London 2026 features a strong international list of galleries presenting historic and contemporary photography from across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Highlights include HackelBury Fine Art, London, presenting Alys Tomlinson’s acclaimed project Gli Isolani, which explores the traditions, rituals and identities of island communities in modern-day Italy.
Akio Nagasawa, Tokyo, will present black-and-white street photography of post-war Japan by Daidō Moriyama, alongside male nudes by Sakiko Nomura, whose work subverts traditional Japanese photographic practices.
FishEye, Paris, will present work celebrating the photographic history of Agence France-Presse, while Curatorial, London, will present a booth that creates new narratives by combining overlooked historical material in dialogue with contemporary practitioners.
Other notable galleries include The Photographers’ Gallery, London, returning with work by Sayuri Ichida, whose practice explores themes of self-identity, memory and lived experience.
England & Co, London, will present works by British and UK-based artist-photographers who use photography within conceptual and performance practices, including the renowned performance artist Anne Bean and Elaine Duigenan.
PhotoInk, Delhi, participates for the first time with a presentation celebrating the gallery’s 25th anniversary, including the work of Ahmed Ali.
A focused selection of Central and Eastern European and Latin American galleries will also be presented between the main gallery section and Discovery.
These include PHOTON Gallery, Ljubljana, presenting work by five Central and Eastern European artists; Galeria Monopol and Raster Gallery, Warsaw, presenting work by Zofia Rydet and Zygmunt Rytka; Ungallery, Buenos Aires, presenting Belén Romero Gunset’s series exploring stereotypes of the lesbian image; and Carlos Caamaño Espacio Fotográfico, Lima, presenting Peruvian photographers including David Díaz Gonzales, an indigenous artist from the Shipibo-Konibo ethnic group documenting the migration of the Shipibo-Konibo people from the banks of the Ucayali River to the region’s cities.
Source
New for 2026, Source, curated by photography specialist Tristan Lund, is dedicated to solo presentations by artists of significant cultural value.
Highlights include Galerie Thomas Zander, Berlin and Paris, presenting previously unseen photographs by Tom Wood made in the summer of 1975, shortly after he completed his studies at Leicester Polytechnic. These images come from the first rolls of film Wood ever exposed.
Galerie Julian Sander, Cologne, will present the late American photographer Rosalind Fox Solomon’s project Portraits in the Time of AIDS, first shown in New York in 1988.
A collaboration between Prix Pictet and Goodman Gallery, London, will present the current Prix Pictet Laureate Alfredo Jaar’s work Searching for Africa in LIFE, 1966/2022.
Further presentations include Galerie Peter Sillem, Frankfurt, showcasing collaborative work by Ute and Werner Mahler; UP Gallery, Taipei, presenting work exploring Taiwanese identity by Wu Chia-Yun; ROLF Art, Buenos Aires, bringing Santiago Porter’s Piezas series; and Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, presenting work by Stéphane Couturier including photographs made at Eileen Gray’s Villa.
Two artists nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize will also appear in Source: Weronika Gęsicka, presented by JEDNOSTKA Gallery, Warsaw, and Jane Evelyn Atwood, presented by In Camera, Paris and L. Parker Stephenson, New York.
Discovery
Photo London’s Discovery section returns with an expanded programme curated by critic and author Charlotte Jansen.
Highlights include Agony and Ecstasy Gallery, Ibiza, presenting the archives of mid-century photographers Walter Rudolph and Oriol Maspons, alongside London-based Guest Editions, presenting works by Laura McCluskey and Thomas Duffield.
Discovery features strong representation from South Asia this year, with exhibitors including Fulcrum, Mumbai, presenting artists Ranjit Kandalgaonkar and Vasudhaa Narayanan, alongside Gallery Art & Soul, Strangers House, and The Art Family.
Returning galleries include Bright Gallery, Victoria Law Projects, Palm Studios in collaboration with 1014 Gallery, and Form Gallery, Dinard, presenting young artists from Kyiv.
Positions
Supported by Julius Baer, the Positions section returns for its second edition, curated by arts patron Maria Sukkar.
Positions champions photographers without gallery representation and provides collectors with the opportunity to discover and support artists working outside the traditional art fair model.
Artists featured include Leslie Hakim-Dowek, Nadim Asfar, Wara Vargas Lara, Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich, Luis Casadevall, Hicham Gardaf, Shayan Sajadian, Maurizio Anzeri, Barbara Ayozie Fu Safira, and Tahmineh Monzavi.
Master of Photography
The legendary fashion photographer Steven Meisel is Photo London’s Master of Photography for 2026.
Despite producing hundreds of influential magazine covers, Meisel has rarely exhibited publicly. Meisel will present an exhibition of images from his first professional assignment in London. The presentation offers a rare opportunity to see work made at the beginning of Meisel’s extraordinary career, tracing the origins of a photographic voice that would go on to define fashion imagery for decades.
Working with stylist Isabella Blow, Meisel photographed figures including Stella Tennant, Plum Sykes, Bella Freud, Honor Fraser, and Lady Louise Campbell, creating a series of portraits that captured the anarchic energy of London’s fashion culture.
Talks Programme
The Photo London Talks Programme, curated by Thames & Hudson, returns with conversations exploring photography, publishing and collecting.
Highlights include Jill Furmanovsky in conversation with Nigel Atherton, Fiona Rogers with Justine Kurland, a talk by Prix Pictet Laureate Alfredo Jaar, and Charlotte Cotton discussing the book Love Pictures with photographer Jess T Dugan.
The Fair will also host talks on the art of collecting featuring figures including Ettore Molinario and Lady Ina Sarikhani Weston.
Film Screening Room
For the first time Photo London will present a dedicated Film Screening Room, exploring the relationship between photography and moving image.
Highlights include Sarah Moon’s film There is something about Lillian, reflecting on the life and work of photographer Lillian Bassman, alongside works by Wu Chia-Yun, Carolina Baldomá, Krissy Shook, and Alys Tomlinson.
Autograph
Photo London will also present We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For, an exhibition organised by Autograph bringing together women and non-binary artists from the organisation’s collection.
Curated by Bindi Vora, the exhibition includes work by Hélène Amouzou, Poulomi Basu, Joy Gregory, Mónica de Miranda, Zanele Muholi, Eileen Perrier, Ingrid Pollard, Silvia Rosi, and Carrie Mae Weems, tracing a cross-generational conversation around identity, beauty, belonging and power.
Publishing
Photo London’s Publishers section expands significantly for 2026, bringing together independent presses alongside leading photography galleries.
Highlights include Kehrer Verlag, presenting The Birth of A Photographer by Frank Horvat and Berlin Night After Glow by Chris Noltekuhlmann; Atelier EXB, Paris, presenting publications by Sophie Calle and Hiroshi Sugimoto; and Dewi Lewis Publishing, presenting titles by Tom Wood, Simon Norfolk, Brian Griffin, and Fay Godwin.
Other publishers include Radius, presenting Love Pictures by Jess T Dugan and Charlotte Cotton, alongside Bona Varda, Cé éditions, Replika Publishing, Eros Publications, and Foto Libros, a new collective of more than thirty publishers from across Latin America.
Tickets for Photo London 2026 are now available.
Galleries
1014 Gallery (London), 3 C Gallery (Los Angeles), AC Contemporary (Buenos Aires), Agony + Ecstasy Gallery (Ibiza), Akio Nagasawa Gallery (Tokyo), Albumen Gallery (London), Alta Vista Gallery (Los Angeles), Ambidexter Gallery (Istanbul), ANTIDOTE Gallery (London), Art on Istanbul (Istanbul), Autofoto (London), Bacqueville (Lille), Bendana Pinel Art Contemporain (Paris), Beta Contemporary (Barcelona), Bildhalle (Zurich), Bright Gallery (Tel Aviv), Camera Eye Gallery (London), Camera Work (Berlin), Canopy Collections (London), Carlos Caamaño Espacio Fotográfico (Lima), Childs Gallery (Boston), Chini Gallery (Taipei), Christophe Guye Galerie (Zurich), Contour Gallery (Rotterdam), Curatorial Gallery (London), Echo Fine Art (Cannes), England & Co (London), Esther Woerdehoff Gallery (Paris/Geneva), Evin Art (Istanbul), Fabrik Projects (Los Angeles), Fish Eye Gallery (Paris), Flowers Gallery (London), Form Gallery (Paris), Frenchman Gallery (Amsterdam), Fulcrum Gallery (Mumbai), Galerie Baudelaire (Antwerp), Galerie Bene Taschen (Cologne), Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière (Paris), Galerie STP (Greifswald), Galerie Thomas Zander (Cologne, Paris) Gallery Art & Soul + Strangers House (Mumbai), Gallery Bosfo (Istanbul), Gallery F64 (Podgorica), GBS Fine Art (Wells), Gitterman (New York), Goodman Gallery (London / Johannesburg / Cape Town / New York), Guest Editions (London), HackelBury Fine Art (London), In Camera Gallery (New York), In Camera Gallery (New York), Ira Stehmann Fine Art (Berlin), Jednostka Gallery (Warsaw), Julian Sander Gallery (Cologne), L. Parker Stephenson (New York) Large Glass (London), Lee Miller Archives (Lewes), Leica Gallery London (London), Miyako Yoshinaga (New York), Monopol Gallery (Warsaw), Palm Studios (London), Paris-B (Paris), Persons Projects (Berlin), Peter Sillem Gallery (Frankfurt), PhotoInk (New Delhi), Photon Gallery (Ljubljana), Podbielski Contemporary (Milan), Polka Galerie (Paris), Purdy Hicks Gallery (London), Qerndu Gallery (Reykjavik), Raster Gallery (Warsaw), Rethinking Eastern Europe (London), Robert Hershkowitz Ltd (Lindfield), ROLF Art (Buenos Aires), Roya Khadjavi Projects (New York), Saltzman-Leibovitz Photography Prize (New York), Sorondo (Barcelona), Shtager Gallery (London), Starch (Singapore), Stewart & Skeels (London), Studies in Photography (Edinburgh), The Arts Family (London), The Light Gallery (Medellin), The Photographers’ Gallery (London), THK Gallery (Cape Town), TOBE Gallery (Budapest), Ungallery (Buenos Aires), Up Gallery (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Victoria Law Projects (London), Vision Art Platform (Istanbul)
Publishers
Akio Nagasawa Publishing (Tokyo), Analog Typologies (Ciudad de México), Atelier EXB (Paris), Bonavarda (London), Book and Sons (Tokyo), Borough inc (Barnsley), Case Publishing / shashasha (Tokyo), Ce Editions (Marseille), Dewi Lewis Publishing (Stockport), Disko bay (Copenhagen), Dune (Paris), Dust Collective (Massachusetts), Éditions Révolues (Lyon), Eros Publications (Barcelona),Four Eyes Editions (Paris), GOST (London), HotShoe Magazine (London), Hydra + Fotolibro ( Ciudad De México), Imageless (Shanghai), InOtherWords (London), Jane & Jeremy (Brighton), Kaph (Beirut), Kehrer Verlag (Heidelberg), L’Artiere (Bologna), LNour (New York), Makan Press (Brooklyn, NYC), New Dimension (London), Overlapse (London), Radius (Santa Fe), Reflektor, Replika Publishing (Berlin/Valencia), Schilt Publishing & Gallery (Amsterdam), Setanta Books (Richmond), Shift Books (Berlin), Simple Editions (Paris), Sun Archives (Wrocław), Tamaka Publishing (Berlin), Thames & Hudson (London), The Angry Bat (Maribor), The Malta Artpaper (Valletta), The PhotoBook Collective (London), Village Books (Leeds), Yogurt Magazine (Roma)
