Photo London returns to Somerset House, celebrating its 10th anniversary, gathering emerging and established international galleries.
“We are excited to be welcoming such a strong group of international galleries for our landmark tenth edition at Somerset House, including several that have participated in every Fair since the very beginning, and others returning after an absence especially to celebrate this landmark moment with us” say the founders Michael Benson and Fariba Farshad.
This year, PhotoVogue photographer Bettina Pittaluga will exhibit her work at Gallery 180. Known for her intimate and delicate portraits, Pittaluga will mark the debut of the New York gallery at the fair.
Robert Hershkowitz Ltd (Lindfield), Purdy Hicks Gallery (London), with a selection of women photographers, CAMERA WORK (Berlin) - presenting a selection of masterpieces, including Irving Penn and Chris Levins s, and Bildhalle (Zurich) are some of the exhibiting galleries that have been part of the Fair since its inception in 2015. Among the solo booths, there are ROSEGALLERY (Santa Monica) with Tania Franco Klein, recipient of the Photo London Emerging Photographer award in 2018; Galerie Bacqueville (Lille) with the series ‘The Skeptics’ by David de Beyter; Guerin Projects (London) with Robin Hunter Blake s abstract works; Polka Galerie (Paris) with Sebastião Salgado; and UP Gallery (Taiwan) with Taipei-based artist Mia Liu.
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In addition to these galleries, there will be also Peter Fetterman Gallery (Santa Monica); Amar Gallery, presenting works by Dora Maar and Stephen Shames; the Music Photo Gallery with photographs of famous singers like Bob Dylan and John Lennon; Podbielski Contemporary (Milan) with a visual dialogue between Middle-Eastern artists Shadi Ghadirian (Tehran), Rania Matar (Lebanon), Steve Sabella (Palestine) and Yuval Yairi (Israel).
TurkishBank UK brings galleries from the region, including Vision Art Platform, Kairos, and Simbart Projects. Belmond returns with the second instalment of the ‘Belmond Legends’ series and presents an exclusive solo exhibition by renowned American photographer Colin Dodgson.
Photo London is also an occasion to discover new, emerging talents, thanks to the Discovery section featuring 20 galleries including Mortal Machine Gallery (New Orleans) exhibiting raw portraits of Miami s underground by Bee Gats; Victoria Law (London) with Lucia Pizzani s work narrating stories of colonialism and nature; Contour Gallery (Amsterdam) with large-scale tableau with flowers by Margriet Smulders; and Roman Road (London) presenting Polina Piech.
Emerging talents will also be championed through Positions, an initiative curated by Maria Sukkar, arts patron and founder of the ISelf Collection, which offers the opportunity for collectors and patrons to support emerging artists. This year, Positions features artists like Adam Rouhana, Giulia Mangione, Tim Rudman, Roberto Conde, Bibi Setareh Manavi, Kalpesh Lathigra, and Aikaterini Gegisian.
The Fair will also host the exhibition ‘London Lives’, curated by critic and author Francis Hodgson, featuring 30 creatives from London, like David Bailey, James Barnor, Antony Cairns, Jamie Hawkesworth, Hannah Starkey, Es Devlin, Joy Gregory, Nadav Kander, Idris Khan, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Christian Marclay, Mary McCartney, Simon Roberts, Mitra Tabrizian and Nick Turpin, but also Heather Agyepong, Jermaine Francis, Hannah Hughes and PhotoVogue photographer Julia Fullerton Batten.
From May 15th to 17th, the Book Market curated by Ben Goulder will be a place to discover independent publishing houses bringing diversity and fresh perspectives. The Fair will also offer a rich program of online talks, a monthly Book Club, and a digital Magazine as part of the Photo London Academy. In addition, the second edition of 2025 Photo London Talks Programme curated by Thames Hudson will see Zofia Kulik in conversation with Fiona Rogers, but also Zorian Clayton, Curator of Prints at the Victoria Albert Museum, in the talk "Calling The Shots: Exploring the History of Queer Photography’, and Renée Mussai and Mark Sealy in ‘Black Chronicles’.
The Photo London x Nikon Emerging Photographer of the Year Award, like the past five editions, will present emerging photographers at the Nikon Gallery. The Photo London x Hahnemühle Student Award will instead highlight the most promising, in collaboration with UK universities. The selected artists have the opportunity to showcase their work in a dedicated space at the fair, and the winner will be granted a trip to the Hahnemühle mill in Germany to develop a new body of work.
Find out more at photolondon.org.
