The Photographers' Gallery

Join curators Dr Annebella Pollen and Clare Grafik for a tour of young photographers’ snapshots, school projects and experiments - and how photography became mainstream. Explore the exhibition’s advertising, manuals, comics and toys; your ticket includes admission to all exhibitions.

Explore William Eggleston’s photographs in British Sign Language on an informal tour led by historian and BSL guide John Wilson. Discover how his use of colour and everyday subjects helped redefine modern photography, with space to share thoughts along the way.

Bring three photographs to print and share in a practical portfolio session led by photographer, director and mentor James Pearson-Howes. Explore what makes work stand out, how to approach clients and handle rejection, self-doubt and creative blocks.

Join a live discussion with a curator and an oral historian to explore how children became photographers. Trace photography from post-war camera clubs and youth-focused magazines back to the 1880s and into the digital era.

Hear from José Neves, who worked on the exhibition’s curation, as he guides you through William Eggleston’s iconic and lesser-known colour photographs. Explore the ideas behind his distinctive way of seeing, ask questions, and use your ticket to enter the exhibitions too.

Photograph Soho in colour on an afternoon walk led by photographer and educator Anselm Ebulue. Begin with his work and the William Eggleston exhibition, then head out with a brief to photograph a range of subjects.

Join artist Sheung Yiu and writer Megan Williams to unpack how faces and bodies have been analysed, classified and interpreted through images. Explore photography’s links to prediction and technology, from facial recognition to archival photographs, then finish with a book signing.

Curator Julia Bunnemann leads an informal evening tour of iconic and lesser-known photographs. Discover how William Eggleston’s eye for everyday subjects and strong sense of colour helped redefine colour photography, ask questions and explore the exhibitions with your ticket.

See iconic and rarely seen dye-transfer prints by William Eggleston, alongside his earlier black-and-white and Brownie images from the 1960s and 1970s. Trace how colour and composition transform roadside diners, suburban streets and domestic interiors into moments of beauty and unease.

Hear artists, writers and researchers unpack how AI entangles with artists’ agency at a discussion and book launch, then watch Zeno Gries’s Lumen Prize-shortlisted film Gravity Will Take Us All, exploring cybernetics and blurred boundaries between humans and machines.

Join curator Taous Dahmani for an informal tour exploring Sanlé Sory’s photographs and the lesser-known chapter of his career. Trace social and political change in Burkina Faso across six decades through his images.

Hear acclaimed photographer Charlie Phillips discuss the images and stories behind his retrospective, in conversation with Paul Goodwin and chaired by Isaac Huxtable. Explore his photographs of London’s West Indian community, from musicians and parties to families, funerals and cultural traditions.