Gold, garages and gardens: celebrating the female photographers of Photo London

The annual showcase of the best in photography features an unprecedented number of women working across all genres – from impressive up and comers to establishment names such as Nan Goldin and Sarah Moon

• Photo London is at Somerset House, London, to 19 May

Main image: Tokyo Lovers, 2016. Photograph: Chloé Jafé/Galerie Echo 119

  • Surfaces, Trixie I, 2018

    Dutch born and Amsterdam based, Justine Tjallinks specialises in capturing the unique beauty of her subjects in fine art portraiture.
    Surfaces, Trixie I 2018 Dutch born and Amsterdam based, Tjallinks specialises in capturing the unique beauty of her subjects in fine art portraiture

  • Lovers embracing, Tokyo, 2016

    From the series I Give You My Life, created when French photographer Chloé Jafé moved to Tokyo to document the women of the Yakuza.
    Lovers embracing, Tokyo, 2016From the series I Give You My Life, created when French photographer Jafé moved to Tokyo to document the women of the Yakuza

  • The Garden, 2021-2023

    Part of a documentary series capturing the three-year transformation of Siân Davey’s abandoned garden and the community it created.
    The Garden 2021-2023 Documentary series capturing the three year transformation of her abandoned garden and the community it created

  • Roommate in the Kitchen, Boston 1972

    Nan Goldin’s work, shot between 1972 and 74, documents her friends at The Other Side, a drag bar in Boston.
    Roommate in the Kitchen, Boston 1972Goldin’s work shot between 1972 and 74, documenting her friends at The Other Side, a drag bar in Boston

  • Gold With a Mind of Its Own, 2024

    One of a series shot in Grand-Bassam, Côte D’Ivoire exploring the Akan people’s relationship with gold, by the Nigerian-Guyanese film-maker and photographer Chelsea Odufu.
    Gold with a Mind of Its Own 2024 One of a series shot in Grand Bassam, Côte D’Ivoire exploring the Akan people’s relationship with gold, by Nigerian-Guyanese filmmaker and photographer Odufu

  • Untitled, 2009

    Work by the Iranian-British photographer Mitra Tabrizian.
    Untitled 2009 Work by the Iranian-British photographer Mitra Tabrizian

  • Untitled, 2023

    A self-portrait shot in her family home by British artist Lydia Goldblatt. The series Fugue, shot during and post lockdown, examines issues such as intimacy, family, private and public spaces.
    Untitled 2023A self-portrait shot in her family home by British artist Lydia Goldblatt. The series Fugue, shot during and post lockdown, examines issues such as intimacy, family, private and public spaces

  • John Galliano for Dior, 2022

    An ethereal shot by the celebrated fashion photographer Sarah Moon.
    John Galliano for Dior 2022 An ethereal shot by celebrated fashion photographer Sarah Moon

  • Garage Still, 2015

    Celebrating the ordinary, one of a series documenting Jacquie Maria Wessels’ fascination with garages.
    Garage Still 2015Celebrating the ordinary, one of a series documenting Jacquie Maria Wessels fascination with garages

  • Bride, 2007

    Part of a documentary series by the Iranian photographer Tahmineh Monzavi capturing the ordinary life of the working class in her homeland.
    Bride 2007 A documentary series by Iranian photographer Tahmineh Monzavi capturing the ordinary life of the working class in her homeland

  • Untitled #18, 2023

    From a series by the Turkish-born photographer Jacqueline Roditi documenting her dreams as she remembers them.
    Untitled #18 2023 From a series by the Turkish born photographer, documenting her dreams as she remembers them

  • New York, 1959

    One of an unseen selection of colour photographs by the acclaimed street photographer and native New Yorker, Helen Levitt.
    New York 1959One of an unseen selection of colour photographs by the acclaimed street photographer, and native New Yorker, Helen Levitt

  • La Derobade #7, 202

    2 Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns is a Dutch-born photographer working exclusively on personal projects, creating dreamlike, cinematically inspired images.
    La Derobade #7 2022 Ariëns is a Dutch born photographer working exclusively on personal projects, creating dreamlike, cinematically inspired images
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