London Nights: explore the nocturnal side of London in new exhibition

Featuring the work of renowned photographers Bill Brandt, Bob Collins, Brian Griffin, Tish Murtha, Tim Peake, Rut Blees Luxemburg, William Eckersley, Dougie Wallace and Nick Turpin alongside lesser-known artists, the exhibition explores the dreamy, threatening and shadowy world of London after the sun goes down.

"Over the years, our curatorial department has been fascinated by the city at night," says curator Anna Sparham. "It is, after all, a vast and dense theme with myriad possible directions to take an exhibition: sociologically, historically and artistically. While acknowledging these endless possibilities, London Nights explores the subject through the perspective of photographers.

"The exhibition engages with the specific attraction photographers have to the darkened urban environment. Photography, after all, depends upon light. Its presence or absence is an enticing challenge to the photographic medium.

"They keenly observe the aesthetic transformations that the city undertakes as it morphs from day into night. Some are attracted to the buzz of activity. Others are drawn to the quiet and still. Furthermore, many find that the imagination is unleashed after dark, just as Londoners are."

London Nights runs until 11 November 2018, with tickets from £10. The exhibition is open late every Friday evening. You can also book tickets for events, buy prints of the beautiful images on display, or pick up the exhibition book London Nights by Hoxton Mini Press/Museum of London.