With exhibitors from 22 countries - Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom and the U.S. - Photo London retains its global perspective.

Public Programme
Full details of the Public Programme will be announced in late March together with details of the Talks Programme. Highlights include:

Master of Photography - Photo London is delighted to present the 2020 Master of Photography Award to the Iranian artist Shirin Neshat (b. 1957, Qazvin, Iran). The award is given annually to a leading contemporary photographer who is the subject of a special exhibition at the fair. Neshat's exhibition will feature the photographic series ‘The Home of My Eyes’ (2015), shown in the UK for the first time, the film ‘Roja’ (2015) and a site-specific photo installation, comprised of a collection of her unseen mood books, studies and finished photographs. Moreover, in a first for Photo London the Master of Photography exhibition will be extended beyond the fair days until the 21st of June.

‘Stand Up, Sit Down: Voices of Women in Photography’ - A special exhibition organised on behalf of the HUNDRED+ HEROINES Foundation celebrating exceptional image-making from women artists from around the world. It will include the work of an outstanding group of women artists including Alix-Marie, Elina Brotherus, Ellen Carey, VALIE EXPORT, Yushi Li, Susan Meiselas, Marcia Michael, Tracey Moffat, ORLAN, Josephine Pryde, Newsha Tavakolian, and Gillian Wearing.

Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard: Multigraphs Installation - With Kate MacGarry Gallery, Photo London presents an interactive installation by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard featuring portraits from their ongoing Multigraphs series. These images are made using a Victorian technique that allows the simultaneous capture of five views of a subject. Their interactive installation will allow visitors to experiment with the optical illusion first-hand.

Rankin: Eyescape - Fascinated by eyes throughout his career, Rankin’s Eyescape series has seen him photograph in extreme close-up and intimate detail the irises of models and celebrities, including the eyes of Heidi Klum, Seal, and supermodel Kate Moss for the auction house Christie’s in 2012. For two days during the Fair (13 and 14 May) Rankin will install a temporary studio and invite visitors to experience a Rankin photoshoot to create a photograph of their own iris. These works map your eye to produce unique and profoundly individual portraits. Every sitter will receive a 1080x1080 px image of their Rankin Eyescape for free - supplied ready to be uploaded to social media. Slots are booked in advance with a limited number of drop-in places available throughout the day.

Pavilion Installations - Photo London’s annual pavilion installations have included work by Wolfgang Tillmans’, William Klein, Daido Moriyama, Susan Meiselas and Mary McCartney. The first confirmed commission for 2020 features works from Simon Procter’s Karl Largerfeld series.

SAVE THE 20X24 - 20x24 Studio Berlin is a charity initiative dedicated to rescuing large-format Polaroid photography created with the 20x24 camera. Extremely bulky, the 20x24 camera was developed by Edwin Land in 1947 to create a new type of camera that could link the mass market and fine art photography. Many artists including Andy Warhol and Nobuyoshi Araki appreciated this format and were celebrated for their 20x24 Polaroids. However, only six cameras were produced before regulations outlawed the type of film they employed. Of these cameras, only two still exist and function today. One will be installed at Photo London and several artists and photographers, both emerging and established, will create a unique Polaroid artwork in front of visitors to raise awareness of the dying medium.

Ian Parry Awards - To mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Ian Parry Awards (whose previous recipients have included Ivor Prickett, Liz Hingley, Leonie Hampton and Jonas Bendikesn), Photo London presents a special exhibition of the work of the 2019 laureates Nanna Heitmann and Jedrzej Nowicki.