{"title": "Photographers Make Their Own Movies!", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/portrait-photography"], "description": "An exhibition of large-format analogue portraits made by photography students from ENS Louis-Lumière, shown in the Salons of the Institut français du Royaume-Uni's Language Centre at 13 Cromwell Place, London. Since 1999 the students have photographed image professionals with large-format cameras, black drapes and sheet film, building an archive of over 1,500 portraits of leading figures in photography and cinema over 27 years. Presented for the French Film Festival London, the centenary of ENS Louis-Lumière and the bicentenary of photography, the selection shows portraits that playfully nod to the world of cinema. Using cinematic lighting, posing and framing, the photographers invite viewers to imagine stories, while some subjects turn the session into a performance of its own.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/photographers-make-their-own-movies-114199/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agenda/__trashed-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/36d9088b8563a310111b04700937434f3af9a59544d2ae1a4daa2c0e70457556-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "French Film Festival London", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film"], "description": "The French Film Festival London is a fortnight of cinema at Ciné Lumière with over 40 films and almost 100 screenings. 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Screenings take place at Ciné Lumière, the home of French cinema in London.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/french-film-festival-london-74235/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-series/french-film-festival-london/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2839698898d8c15c543995a257435e5bdd74812cf1c6c2317fdd9f12553db86c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Develop | In Practice: Building your portfolio", "start": "2026-11-14T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Photographers' Gallery", "address": "Ramillies Street 16-18, W1F 7LW London", "price": "Free, booking essential & places limited", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "A practical, informal session for 18-24 year olds on building a photography portfolio. It is led by London-based photographer, director and mentor James Pearson-Howes, who has over 20 years in the industry shooting for Nike, Adidas, Apple and Vogue. He shares lessons from his career, including what makes work stand out, how to approach clients and how to deal with rejection, self-doubt and creative blocks. Attendees send in three photographs in advance, which are printed so everyone can share and discuss work.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/develop-in-practice-building-your-portfolio-104153/", "official_url": "https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/develop-practice-building-your-portfolio", "image": "https://noky.io/images/722e162d3d92473f83007d208ceabe56f963ff2677c27dce5318449ebf430806-1200.webp"}, {"title": "French Film Festival London", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "From £10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["film"], "description": "French Film Festival London is a fortnight of French cinema at Ciné Lumière, with over 40 films and almost 100 screenings. It is organised by the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni and supported by partners including the Polish Cultural Institute London. The programme spans fiction, documentaries and animation by emerging and established directors, with UK premieres, restored classics and Q&As with guests such as Sophie Marceau, Sandrine Kiberlain and Laetitia Masson. There is also a partnership with the Cinéma du réel festival and films for families.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/french-film-festival-london-36674/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-series/french-film-festival-london/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8e08248ccac581c6a578b415384ceefd17d61d0f72f1eabf96ea67c997ed8909-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Tate Modern", "address": "Bankside, SE1 9TG London", "price": "FREE FOR MEMBERS", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography is an exhibition at Tate Modern exploring pictorialism as a global movement. It is the first major exhibition on this subject, showing how artists became pioneers of the darkroom and transformed image making. The show brings together over 200 rare prints by more than 80 artists from Seoul to Sydney, New York to Cape Town and Brazil to Singapore. It features never-before seen works from around the world alongside pieces from Tate's Collection, presented in the Eyal Ofer Galleries.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/light-and-magic-the-birth-of-art-photography-38883/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7b2284c627bcc129601391777eb6481c017dd48e18b75d4bbb99219a875a1726-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Seeing Storehouse: An Analogue Photography Workshop", "start": "2026-11-14T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T14:30:00Z", "place": "V&A East Storehouse", "address": "2 Parkes Street, E20 3AX London", "price": "£73.00", "price_from": "73.00", "price_to": "73.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/photography/film-photography"], "description": "A hands-on analogue photography workshop in which participants explore the V&A East Storehouse and its surrounding architecture with a 35mm camera loaded with black-and-white film. It is led by photographer Eddie Otchere, known for his portraits of 1990s and early 2000s musicians, who shares his approach to seeing and photographing the built environment. Participants photograph the Storehouse's displays, including the Kaufmann Office Suite and the Robin Hood Gardens display, then develop their film and review the images with him, leaving with their film and a digital contact sheet. No previous experience is required, and cameras, film and all materials are provided.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/seeing-storehouse-an-analogue-photography-workshop-40098/", "official_url": "https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/bRAYzraYpq/members-analogue-photography-workshop-11-00", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4dc6ef305f477c01d0d9f98d80db26bbeae05052b206dc2554aa9e2b0d2d6c13-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Art Book Club", "start": "2026-11-14T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T12:00:00Z", "place": "Museum of Croydon", "address": "Braithwaite Hall, Croydon Town Hall, Katharine Street, CR9 1ET", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography", "literature/book-club"], "description": "Art Book Club is a relaxed, friendly monthly discussion of an art-related book, held in the Clocktower Café. It is run by the Museum of Croydon as part of a programme of events around its current exhibition, Shaping Croydon: Architecture and Ambition, which explores the area's architectural past, present, and future through the lens of local photographers. This session looks at 'The Use of Photography' by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie, a meditation on eroticism, photography and writing by the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, newly translated into English by Alison L. Strayer. Visitors can join the museum's WhatsApp community or simply turn up.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/art-book-club-37218/", "official_url": "https://museumofcroydon.com/whats-on-listings/8gwooer5x4edxx2hnksjdh24cur3sz-afx3c-kgpc6-fabza-a7sle-kncaj", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c590a6ecf0a78cd264754694f592d60777f5fdb5429cb227267e559f703f5ac9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "French Film Festival London 2026", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film"], "description": "The French Film Festival London 2026 is a fortnight of cinema with over 40 films and almost 100 screenings at Ciné Lumière. It is organised by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni and explores the breadth of voices in French cinema, from emerging and established directors, through fiction, documentaries, animation and restored classics. The programme includes many UK premieres, films such as Minotaur, a new partnership with the Cinéma du réel festival, and guests including Sophie Marceau, Sandrine Kiberlain and Laetitia Masson.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/french-film-festival-london-2026-74199/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-series/french-film-festival-london/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2839698898d8c15c543995a257435e5bdd74812cf1c6c2317fdd9f12553db86c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Snap Happy! How Children Became Photographers", "start": "2026-10-14T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Photographers' Gallery", "address": "Ramillies Street 16-18, W1F 7LW London", "price": "£14 (Concs: £11 / Art Pass: £8) in person, £12 (Concs: £9.50 / Art Pass: £7) online, each including ", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "14.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "history"], "description": "Snap Happy! How Children Became Photographers is an exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery that explores the history of children as photographers. Curated by Annebella Pollen, Professor of Visual and Material Culture at the University of Brighton, it traces photography's movement from elite pastime to popular hobby through photographs and archives. The show features camera clubs, magazines, photobooks, advertising, manuals, comics and toys, celebrating the creativity and distinctive perspectives of generations of young photographers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/snap-happy-how-children-became-photographers-39557/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/73d74101f25e31c037d37423b7c81b7589d583b66199825f6657e1ebf4239d12-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Cuban Cinema in Frames An Exhibition Presented in Support of London Latino Film Festival", "start": "2026-11-19T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-08T00:00:00Z", "place": "Eclectic Gallery", "address": "Newman Street 16, W1T 1PB London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/design/graphic-design/poster", "film"], "description": "Cuban Cinema in Frames is an exhibition of original Cuban film posters at Eclectic Gallery in Fitzrovia, central London. Eclectic Gallery has built the show in support of the London Latino Film Festival, which brought the rare posters from Havana to London. The hand screen-printed works come directly from the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC), each with an official stamp and certificate of authenticity, and all are available to purchase. They include designs by René Azcuy Cárdenas, Antonio Fernández Reboiro, Rafael Morante, Pepe Menéndez, Julio Eloy, Ernesto Ferrand, Arturo Santana and Nelson Ponce.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/cuban-cinema-in-frames-an-exhibition-presented-in-support-of-41376/", "official_url": "https://eclecticgallery.co.uk/exhibitions/137-cuban-cinema-in-frames-an-exhibition-presented-in-support-of-london-latino/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7f76ab75ed1a6aa96fda15e27dd05bb221da0f70f5788fafb28cc53b3aab5291-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-17T00:00:00Z", "place": "National Portrait Gallery", "address": "WC2H 0HE London", "price": "£10 / £11 with donation (off peak: Mon–Thu); £12 / £13.20 with donation (peak: Fri–Sun); £5 for 25 a", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/portrait-photography"], "description": "The Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026 is an exhibition of contemporary photographic portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery. Formerly known as Taylor Wessing, the prize celebrates a diverse range of images, from formal commissioned portraits to spontaneous moments capturing friends and family, with many selected works on display for the first time. The shortlisted photographers are James Clifford Kent, Marcie Docherty, Katie Hitchcock-Smith and Max Pattenden, whose portraits range from a young fencer in Cuba to cowboy-themed pictures in Morocco and a village portrait in Devon. The winner of the prize will be announced on 3 November 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/winston-taylor-photo-portrait-prize-2026-78925/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}