Photo London 2026

Photo London’s eleventh edition marks an exciting new chapter as the UK’s leading photography fair launches in its new home at Olympia in Kensington.

Overview

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 Fair’s relocation provides an opportunity to expand and reimagine its offerings for a new decade.

The 2026 edition features a strong international list of participants including several galleries returning for Photo London’s debut at Olympia after a number of years away from the Fair. These galleries include HackelBury Fine Art, London, showing Alys Tomlinson’s acclaimed project Gli Isolani which explores the traditions, rituals and identities of island communities in modern-day Italy; Akio Nagasawa, Tokyo, presenting black-and-white street photography of post-war Japan by Daidō Moriyama, and male nudes by Sakiko Nomura whose work subverts traditional Japanese photography practices; FishEye, Paris showing work celebrating the history of the Agence France-Presse; and Curatorial, London, whose booth creates new narratives by combining often overlooked historical material, through unexpected conversations with contemporary practitioners. Other notable galleries include The Photographers Gallery, London returning to the fair with Sayuri Ichida whose practice focuses on themes of self-identity, memory and life experience; England&Co, London presenting British and UK-based artist-photographers who use photography as a way of making their conceptual ideas or performance practices material: including works by the renowned performance artist Anne Bean and Elaine Duigenan; and Photo Ink, Delhi who participate for the first time with a selection of work celebrating their 25th Anniversary, including the work of Ahmed Ali.

A focused selection of Central and Eastern European, and Latin American galleries will be presented between the main gallery area and the Discovery Section, providing affordable access to the Fair for important global voices that are no longer considered emerging. These include PHOTON GALLERY, Ljubljana, showcasing work by five Central and Eastern European artists; Galeria Monopol and Raster Gallery, both Warsaw, presenting work by Zofia Rydet and Zygmunt Rytka, two different but interconnected responses to lived experience, memory, and the social role of the photographic image in late Soviet-era Poland; Ungallery, Buenos Aires showing Belén Romero Gunset’s series exploring stereotypes of the lesbian image; and Carlos Caamaño Espacio Fotográfico, Lima displaying work by Peruvian photographers including David Díaz Gonzales, an indigenous artist from the Shipibo-Konibo ethnic group who documents the migration of the Shipibo-Konibo people from the banks of the Ucayali River to the region’s cities.

Photo London will introduce an art film screening room for the first time, made possible by the Fair’s expanded footprint at Olympia. Exhibiting galleries will show collectible film work by both emerging and established artists in a wide ranging programme over the duration of the Fair. Highlights include film work by Wu Chia-Yun; Nature Prints, an ongoing artistic research project by Carolina Baldomá that explores the relationship between human beings and nature through the ideas of synchronicity and coexistence, a new documentary by Krissy Shook about the life of her mother, Melissa Shook, Mother Vera by Alys Tomlinson and Sarah Moon’s film There is something about Lillian on Lillian Bassman.

Source is a new section dedicated to solo presentations by artists who have significant cultural value. Curated by photography specialist Tristan Lund, it places a particular focus on under-represented and marginalised artists whose work has not received the institutional recognition of their contemporaries, as well as mixed-media galleries whose risk-taking approach resonates with the ethos of the Fair.

The Discovery section returns with an expanded offering curated by the critic and author Charlotte Jansen. A leading platform for emerging photographers and galleries, Discovery once again promises to be a highlight of the Fair. This year this section features strong representation from South Asia with first time exhibitors Fulcrum, Mumbai, presenting a duo booth of two emerging Indian artists, Ranjit Kandalgaonkar, and Vasudhaa Narayanan; The Art Family, a non profit initiative based in London, supporting South Asian artists; Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai; Strangers House, Mumbai; and starch, an experimental artist-run space in Singapore known for its daring installations.

Supported by Julius Baer, Photo London’s Positions section returns for 2026 consolidating the Fair's role as a champion of unrepresented talent. Maria Sukkar, arts patron and founder of the ISelf Collection, will curate Positions for a second edition, platforming photographic artists without gallery representation and offering a unique opportunity for collectors to access and support artists often excluded from the traditional art fair format.

For this edition, the event combines both the publishers section and book market for independent publishers curated by Ben Goulder. Publishers will sit alongside leading photography galleries, championing a vibrant and diverse community of independent publishers and celebrating the photo book as a central part of the photography ecosystem.

Additionally, the Talks Programme returns with a curated series by Thames & Hudson including an in-conversation between Jill Furmonovsky and Nigel Atherton surveying Furmanovsky’s 50 year career and her work with Oasis and Pink Floyd; Fiona Rogers and Justine Kirland in conversation on the relationship between photography, feminist art and collage; a talk by the current Prix Pictet Laureate Alfredo Jaar; and a discussion between Charlotte Cotton and Jess T Dugan about their book Love Pictures, the first survey of Dugan’s work. Photo London will also present several talks on the art of collecting featuring, amongst others, Ettore Molinario and Lady Ina Sarikhani Weston.