11-16 Nov

7

Paul Calver, Victoria Ling, Oliver Martin, Spencer Murphy, Kate Peters, Linda Rowippala, Cat Vinton.

7 Photographers, 7 Images, 7 Editorials. A special exhibition showcasing new work from jumpgallery.com with limited edition prints available to buy at accessible prices.

17 Nov - 28 Nov

Amnesty International Media Awards 2008

Cédric Gerbehaye

Cédric Gerbehaye (winner) Congo unrest, Justin Jin There's the rub, Angela Catlin In the line of fire. Beautiful, unsettling and moving, the work of the three photojournalists shortlisted for the Amnesty International Media Awards 2008 focuses on Congo, China and Haiti. The awards acknowledge and celebrate the vital role played by journalists and photographers highlighting some of the world's hidden human rights catastrophies. Artist's talk: Thursday 27 November 7pm. Cédric Gerbehaye (award winner) will give a talk and slideshow about his work in the Congo. Free event but please book at www.amnesty.org/events.

22 Oct - 14 Oct

Polaroid Retrospective

Association of Photographers Members Group Exhibition

Polaroid instant film was once the security blanket for professional photographers for many years until the digital revolution came along. To mark the end of an era the AOP Gallery is hosting a retrospective exhibition, show- casing an array of Polaroids shot by AOP members, the leading professional photographers working in the fields of fashion, advertising, editorial and fine art. The show will highlight some of the great techniques that photographers invented when using Polaroid film transfers, emulsion floating, instant negatives - that are unique to the Polaroid products.

25 Nov - 29 Nov

British Journal of Photography's International Photographic Award 2008

This annual award is now in its fourth year. There are two prizes - one for a single image, and the other for a body of work. Both winners will benefit from a bespoke service, which includes having their work printed by the leading pro lab Spectrum and exhibited at a leading London gallery. Both winners will also pick up a Canon EO5 5D plus flash. Come and see the winners' work and consider entering in 2009. More info at www.bjp-online.com/award.

17 Oct - 25 Jan

War And Photography - Three Exhibitions

This is War! Robert Capa at Work

Seven years after the West's 'War on Terror' began in Afghanistan, the Barbican Art Gallery reflects on conflict and its representation, in a series of interrelated exhibitions. Robert Capa (1913-1954) is widely regarded as one of the 20th century's most influential photographers. Over 600 of his works are featured in the exhibition which showcases six of his most important war stories.

Gerda Taro

Gerda Taro (1910-1937) The first UK retrospective of Gerda Taro, the ground breaking German-Jewish photographer who was the first woman to photograph war. Her brief but dramatic career was spent at the front line of the Spanish Civil War alongside her lover Robert Capa. She died in action aged 27.

On the Subject of War

Geert van Kesteren, Omer Fast, Paul Chan and An-My Lê.

Four contemporary artists, photographers and film makers present responses to the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq: Geert van Kesteren, Omer Fast, Paul Chan and An-My Lê.

A programme of events, debates, talks and films accompanies these exhibitions. Visit www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery.

16 Oct - 13 Nov

Richard Nolan-Neylan

The Face of Church Street

A series of portraits celebrating the mix of nationalities of people who work in the shops, bars, cafés & restaurants in Stoke Newington Church Street, reflecting the wider community and the success and vibrancy of multiculturalism in this part of London.

5 Nov & 12 Nov 7pm

Erika T Bergere

Float/Journey

Photographic slide show projection representative of a diary and personal journey, referring to physical conscious travel as well as a dream-like interpretation of the unconscious.

15 Sep - 14 Mar

Karsh Centenary Exhibition

Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002)

Camera Press will be marking the centenary of the legendary photographer, Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) with a special exhibition of his photographs of the outstanding personalities of the 20th century. These include twelve US Presidents, four Popes, every British Prime Minister from Winston Churchill to John Major, Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway, Nelson Mandela, Pablo Picasso, Brigitte Bardot, Humphrey Bogart and some of his lesser known reportage work.

5 Oct - 30 Oct

Jo Holland - Window Galleries, Canada Place, Retail Mall

JO HOLLAND creates a hybrid form of imagemaking between photography and painting. She makes photographic prints without the intermediary of either camera or negative, directly exposing the object through the focusing lens onto what becomes a unique ilfochrome print.

5 Oct - 30 Oct

Maureen Anne Holley

The Spirit of East London

Permanent Artwork West Wintergarden. Photographic lightbox montage installation capturing the spirit and atmosphere of docklands, the vibrancy of regeneration and childhood memories of the East End. The work represents real residents of the area and aspects of diversity within the community.

10 Oct - 12 Oct

Fri 1-7pm, Sat & Sun 12noon-6pm

Islington Contemporary Arts & Design Fair

50 artists will be presented

A series of four shows throughout the month of October each featuring different creative disciplines. Week Two is dedicated to photography, together with printmaking, graphics and illustration. Apprximately 50 artists will be presented.

7 Nov - 9 Nov

Fri 6.30pm-10pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12noon-5pm

Martin Usborne

My name is Joseph and I have lived in Shoreditch longer than any of these trendies

Portraits of Joseph Markovitch who has lived and worked in Hoxton for over 80 years, taken on location and in the studio. Images will be exhibited alongside text taken from numerous interviews with Joseph talking about Shoreditch, his colourful life and what the world would be like if Jesus had a camera.

18 Nov - 30 Nov

12noon-6pm daily

Subject Matters

Sarah Chamberlain, Joanna Sandrin Gauer, Daniel Green, Charlotte Knee, Jane Ross, Amelia Shepherd

Each of the works in this group show explores and highlights a routine or situation which continuously surrounds us, and yet, for this very reason can be easily overlooked or simply forgotten.

5 Oct - 2 Nov

OFF THE MAP - MA Photography Graduate Show, Sir John Cass Dept of Art, London Metropolitan University

Erika T Bergère, Warassamon Chuefak, Irene Hurtado, Paul Mancrief, Auberne Muncy, Youth Shen, Shivani Shikumar, Wenjin Yang.

The students' diverse cultural backgrounds are reflected both in the approch to their work and in its content. Issues of identity, urban alienation and consumerism are addressed, and personal and social narratives explored.

2 Oct -5 Nov

AIYAZ AHMED

Blurring the Lines that Radcliffe drew

In 1947 India was divided into three section. Sir Cyril Radcliffe was the man responsible for drawing the hurried lines splitting India, West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Ultimately this dictated where people from these nations should live. This exhibition shows photographs from these countries and reveals the many similarities and differences which unite them.

7 Oct - 31 Oct

Portraits To Planets

Bob Dawson, Mark Bebber

Exhibition of work covering a range of photography genres including portraiture, documentary, the built and natural environment. Highlights include Mark Bebber's images of Venus passing over the sun and Bob Dawson's staged work.

from 6 Nov

International Festival of Photography 2008

Theme: FREEDOM

This year PHOTOMONTH The East London Photography Festival is linking with the Chobi Mela in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This festival launches on 6 November and includes Exhibitions, Workshops, Reviews, Digital presentations, Discussions, Lectures, Presentations, Film shows and Video conferences. To find out more visit www.chobimela.com Images from photographers in Bangladesh will be shown at the photomonth photo-open.

20 Nov - 14 Dec

Errol Francis

Photographs taken inside major London museums. Working in traditional methods with a large format camera, Errol Francis's images explore attitudes about culture, class and collecting.

25 Oct & 22 Nov

Comment Art Walks

As part of photomonth 08 there will be two Comment Art walks around galleries and public spaces in East London, visiting many of the participating galleries. Leann Barber will give an introduction to the history of contemporary art development in the area at the beginning of each walk. Meet at 3pm at Contemporary Art Projects, 20 Rivington Street EC2A 3DU. The walks last approximately two and a half hours and cost £5/£4 concs. Booking 020 7739 1743.

19 Oct - 1 Nov

London Independent Photography 20th Annual Exhibition

London Independent Photography (LIP) is a forum for both amateur and professional photographers with over 450 members. Each year LIP holds an annual exhibition of members' work selected by prominent independent figures of the photographic community. This year they are Clare Grafik, curator at the Photographers Gallery and Paul Hill MBE, course leader of the MA in Photography at De Montfort University, Leicester.

30 Sep - 21 Oct

Tom Leighton

Reifier

New works united under the title 'Reifier' ? the notion of reifying: to regard an abstraction as if it has a material or concrete existence. The images are an interpretation of our reality, one that is now saturated with advertising. Familiar cities are deconstructed and retranslated disregarding the constraints of physical possibilities, akin to memory.

30 Sep - 21 Oct

Correspondence And Contacts

Yvonne de Rosa, Paul Greenleaf

A joint show of photography which explores the notion of memory past and future, and the seductive nature of nostalgia, to alte a memory of a time and place.

3 Oct - 1 Nov

SHINING curated by Michaela Freeman

A showcase of emerging new talents in the field of photography, with a focus on digitally manipulated works, bringing together photographers from the UK and Czech Republic.

29 Oct - 9 Nov

Photomonth Photo-Open Sponsored by Flickr, theprintspace, Alternative Arts.

Photography show open to all kinds of photographers. the aim is to exhibit a wide range of subjects and approaches. all images will be screened and a selction printed. Global submissions sponsored by Flickr. Prints sponsored by theprintspace. Curated by Alternative Arts. Entry forms may be obtained from info@alternativearts.co.uk or by calling 020 7375 0441. The exhibition wil include images from the Shoot Spitalfields event organised by Shoot Experience and Countenance & Confluence the street portrait project created by Rod Morris & Heather McDonough especially for photomonth and on view day & night in the windows of the Dray Walk Gallery. The exhibition will also include global submissions from the Freedom 2008 group on Flickr, specially created for photomonth 2008.

6 Nov 7pm-9pm

PHOTOMONTH SEMINAR Photography Now!
Six photographers currently exhibiting in photomonth08 will be specially invited to talk about their work and discuss issues challenging photography today with a panel of directors, curators and editors. Come along and participate in a lively and topical debate around Photography Now! Admission free. To book a place email info@alternativearts.co.uk or call 020 7375 0441.

24 Sep - 21 Dec

Cut & Paste: Photomontage 1920-1950

Over the last decade photomontage has received a fresh and revitalising injection from technology and contemporary art. This show aims at a rediscovery of the sources of modern image- making, bringing together key works by masters of the genre, which was - and still remains - a strikingly modern, popular and truly international medium.

6 Oct - 29 Nov

Mohiuddin Siddique

Shapmochan

Shapmochan by Rabindranath Tagor (1861-1941) is a story of realising true love through separation, suffering and sorrow. The photographs depict some dramatic moments from this story performed as a dance drama by the Foundation for Indian Performing Arts (FIPA). The exhibition can also be viewed on the Eye Culture website.

17 Oct - 31 Oct

Vernacular Spectacular

An installation of everyday photographs of everyday people, doing everyday things. Snapshots of a moment in time by artists unknown. Celebrate your childhood at f-arts and lose yourself in a world of fun, mystery and intrigue.

20 Sep - 18 Oct

Geir Moseid

Plucked

The series Plucked is an investigation into the duality of the home, urban alienation, social segregation and human relationships. This duality of the home extends further, adding layers to the series, incorporating the ethics of both social documentary and staged photography, as well as the possible cognitive dissonant experience of the viewer.

7 Oct - 19 Oct

Dave Sinclair

Liverpool

Liverpool's real culture, good and bad, including the radical politics, destruction of industry, industrial action, the James Bulger murder, the Alder Hey autopsies and the dockers' two year lock-out. A body of work that Liverpool's curators are avoiding in this year of Liverpool being the European Capital of Culture.

11 Nov - 23 Nov

Federica Coppola

Tattoo Life

Set in a tattooist's parlour, the images document the people who work there and their reactions to their environment.

27 Nov - 11 Dec

Stefan Roman

The Hard Shoulder

London from the point of view of a lorry driver with a given higher perspective of the city. All possibilities are random and life flows past the windscreen like a cinema screen. The exhibition comprises around 70 photographs and are the product of five years driving lorries in London.

19 Sep - 1 Nov

Wed-Sat 1pm-6pm

Circles of Latitude

Peter Ainsworth, Christian Alegria, Martin Bardell, Manuel Capurso, Ania Dabrowska, Hannah Dakin, Ellie Davies, Caroline Furneaux, Vron Harris, Jochen Klein, Richard Kolker, Issa Randall, Rita Soromenho, Nick Stonehouse, Gillian Vaux, Marta Zagozdzon. This exhibition is concerned with physical and psychological relationships within the contemporary urban environment. www.latitudephotographers.com

13 Nov

6.45 - 9pm

Photoforum

Four Corners' quarterly arts forum where selected photographers present and discuss their work in an informal and supportive environment. Admission free.

6 Oct - 31 Oct

Unfolding

Susan Andrews, David George, Seong Hee Jo, Mick Williamson, Fiona Yaron-Field

Staff and students from the Photography Dept at the Sir John Cass School of Art, Media and Design investigate the use of sequence and language within current photographic practice.

3 Oct - 2 Nov

Ryan Li

Nocturnal Cities

Exploration of the nocturnal environment in a semi- narrative manner. Under the curtain of night the city becomes a stage, a place full of possibilities waiting to be unveiled.

28 Oct - 8pm

Battaglia

Directed by Daniela Zanzotto

A story of passion, pain and the struggle for freedom by the extraordinary Sicilian photographer and anti-mafia activist Letizia Battaglia. Adm £5.

4 Nov - 30 Nov

Jacqui Bellamy

Latrino Girls

Women in toilets, responding to that most natural of spaces, inhibition free, trusting the camera to open the door that is always closed. The place that no man can enter is available and free, creating an exhibition that unmasks the intimate into the public domain.

10 Oct - 29 Nov

Sean Pines

Fashion

Sean Pines exhibits his foremost photographic passion with some of the latest fashion conceptions.

29 Sep - 30 Nov

Walk on the Wild Side

Jeanette Jones, Tiago Santos, Lufe Gomez

From shebeens of the 1970s East End to Jeanette Jones' award-winning drag queens this exhibition aims to capture and celebrate counter-cultures.

14 Oct - 22 Feb

Choosing The Chintz

Exhibition drawing upon new research exploring men's relationship with furnishing the home in the 19th century, with compelling personal testimonies, photographs, film, paintings, furniture, decorative arts and trade catalogues.

19 Nov

NOT IN OUR NAME

Hazuan Hashim, Phil Maxwell

World Premiere of this UK Anti War film made by photographer Phil Maxwell and Hazuan Hashim exploring the response of artists to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Featuring verteran anti war campaigner Tony Benn and peace campaigners from around the world, the film opens up a rich visual landscape to explore the folly of war. Dancers, writers, composers and visual artists provide a candid analysis of war through their work. Hashim & Maxwell bring their message to a wider audience and take us on a journey which celebrates humanity and the struggle against war.

2 Oct - 8 Nov

Christopher Morris

My America

My America was produced over the past five years while Christopher Morris was on assignment for Time magazine covering the first and second administrations of US President George W. Bush, as well as the most recent campaign trails for the 2008 presidential candidates.

1 Oct - 31 Dec

LOU MENSAH and PHILIP TOTTENHAM

Lou Mensa exhibits her 'Casting Series' and 'Obsession Series' and 'Icon'. Philip Tottenham shows his 'Hydrangea'.

14 Nov - 7 Dec

Olivia McGilchrist

Portraits

Portraiture exploring the differences between a constructed reality and a documentary approach. The images are linked by the desire to show the subjects from the inside, seeking a closeness that does not intrude. The exhibition includes the series Women at Home and Women in Character.

19 Sep - 31 Oct

Eve Arnold Portraits

As one of Magnum's earliest female members, Eve Arnold's archive is as diverse as any from photojournalism's heyday. When she started in the 1950s, Arnold was a forerunner in the change taking place in portraiture, which saw a more natural approach applied to all subject matter. Her empathy and determination led to amazingly candid portraits of key 20th century figures from the world of politics and culture such as those of Malcolm X and Marilyn Monroe.

2 Oct - 5 Nov

Dougie Wallace

Dougie Wallace is a Scottish photographer originally from Glasgow who has been residing in East London for the past eleven years. Unlike his typical subject of Shorditch nightlife, Dougie's studies for this show bring to life moments from his travels that incorporate a synergy of children, nature and landscape. www.dougiewallace.com

www.dougiewallace.com

27 Sep - 9 Nov

Disposable People: Contemporary Global Slavery

www.autograph-abp.co.uk

In collaboration with Hayward Touring and Magnum Photos, Shoreditch based Autograph ABP commissioned eight projects by members of Magnum Photos to take an indepth look at the prevalence of slavery and injustice in the 21st century. The photographers and subject matters are: Abbas - documenting child labour in Bangladesh, Ian Berry - the effects of international trade rules on farmers in Ghana, Stuart Franklin - chattel slavery in Sudan, Jim Goldberg - trafficking of young people from Eastern Europe, Susan Meiselas - Indonesian women working as domestic servants in Singapore, Paolo Pollogrin - Haitian 'Restaveks' (child slaves), Chris Steele-Perkins - South Korean women held as sex slaves by the Japanese in World War II still seeking restitution, Alex Webb - Haitian cane workers held in organised bonded labour in the Dominican Republic.

28 Nov - 16 Dec

Ania Dabrowska

Pia Nebula

Pia is a transsexual whose body and life have undergone transformations based on deep rooted considerations of philosophy and mythologies. She is a performer, drummer, dancer and theatre prop builder living in an old school warehouse studio in Hackney Wick. Ania's work tells a tale of creativity and sexuality's connection to the cosmos.

1 Oct - 30 Nov

Phil Maxwell

East London Photographic Archive

New images from East London and Bangladesh have been added to Phil Maxwell's archive covering 25 years of social, economic and political life in the East End. Hazuan Hashim and Phil Maxwell will be launching their new feature length film Not in our Name exploring the responses of a wide range of artists to the wars in Iraq and beyond. The project includes footage from all over the world and will be premièred in the presence of Tony Benn. See website for details.

1 Oct - 30 Nov

Geo D Oliver

Photographs of an unwritten future

From Anchorage, Alaska, Geo D Oliver is a self-taught photographer currently based in Krakow, Poland. He realised the beauty in taking photographs when all he wanted to do was keep a memory of his travelling youth hostel friends. He followed an English girl into an hostel in Hollywood, California, only to find himself diving into a world full of endless international friendships. So he abandoned his Hollywood dreams to follow the backpacker spirit and to understand certain questions about himself, that he didn't fully understand.

17 Oct - 2 Nov

Too Far South

Twenty photographers from Goldsmiths MA in Photography and Urban Culture

From a wide variety of locations, using a range of technologies and a kaleidoscope of images this exhibition frames twenty visual responses to urban spaces, from inner-cities to outer-suburbs, peripheries and assorted corners. In places such as kitchens and wastelands, backstreets and road junctions, gated communities and street markets, the diversity of urban culture is uncovered and presentation and representation is questioned.

1 Oct - 30 Nov

Mandy Williams

Momento Mori

A London based photographic artist, Mandy Williams is interested in the social dynamics arising from the use of technologies. Her new exhibition uses text and photography to explore internet memorials and the way we preserve memory. Her work has been received as 'sensually and psychologically intriguing' (Asian Art News) and possessing 'moments and places of tension because the characters in her work take risks to get there' (Lila Magazine, Toronto).

1 - 29 Oct

LAURA WATSON

Portraits and stories of Tibetan Refugees who have fled their homeland to start a new life. Tibet is commonly known as the 'Roof of the World', and has been occupied by China for over 50 years. Since 1959, about 100,000 Tibetans have fled to neighbouring countries because of religious persecution and physical violence at home.

2 Oct - 30 Oct

At Home

Laila Vaziralli with a group of Bangladeshi and Somali girls

The exhibition explores the common experience many Londoners have of feeling lost in a big city, having a mixed identity and being disconnected. The work will be closely connected with the idea of 'home' and address the question of where, how and when do young people in London feel most comfortable. Laila Vaziralli develops a photographic series with a small group of Bangladeshi and Somali girls who will also exhibit their own work.

2 Oct - 2 Nov

Yasser Alwan

The Liberty of Appearing

Photographs of the working people of Egypt raising questions about representation and photography. How can some photographs awaken curiosity about different ways of life and how can some others foster categorised stereotypes? How can a picture transform painful information into coherent social action?