Tate, Purchased with funds provided
by the Photography Acquisitions Committee 2026
Light and Magic
The Birth of Art Photography
Emma Barton » Shapoor N. Bhedwar » Luo Bonian » Baron Adolphe De Meyer » Peter Henry Emerson » Fan Ho » Chin-San Long » Madame Yevonde » Nobuaki Onishi » Bertram Park » Edward Steichen » Paul Strand » Lionel Wendt » Edward Weston » Clarence H. White » & others
Exhibition: 14 Oct 2026 – 21 Feb 2027
Light and Magic is the first major exhibition to explore pictorialism as a global movement. Discover how artists became pioneers of the darkroom, transforming our understanding of photography and image making.
Bringing together over 200 rare prints by over 80 artists from Seoul to Sydney, New York to Cape Town and Brazil to Singapore, this truly international exhibition takes a fresh and inclusive look at the history of photography.
Featuring never-before seen works from around the world alongside pieces from Tate’s Collection, Light and Magic highlights the vast and varied artistic possibilities of photography as a medium.
Light and Magic is presented in the Eyal Ofer Galleries.