[1] It is also home to the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize,[2] established in 1996 to identify and reward photographic talent and innovation, and the Bar-Tur Photobook Award.

The gallery has introduced international photographers Juergen Teller, Robert Capa, Sebastião Salgado, Andreas Gursky, Shirana Shahbazi and Taryn Simon to British audiences, while showing the work of UK based photographers including Martin Parr, Zineb Sedira, Melanie Manchot, Nick Knight, Corinne Day and Nick Waplington.

[5] In 2005, Brett Rogers was appointed director,[6] succeeding Paul Wombell who had been in the position since 1994[7] and oversaw the purchase, with a £3.5m Arts Council grant, of a new venue at 16–18 Ramillies Street, Soho.

[9][10] Designed by Irish architects O'Donnell and Tuomey, this building in the West End has three exhibition spaces, a print sales gallery, an education and learning studio, digital media screen, bookshop and café.

It supports (previously unpublished) photographers and artists in realising a photobook project through provision of a £20,000 production fee and partnership with an independent publisher.

[20] Loose Associations is a quarterly publication from The Photographers' Gallery which commissions and publishes essays, images and artist projects related to but not defined by its programme.