If you have ever looked for a Greek photographer in London, or simply wanted an excuse to take your camera out, this is the month to do it. The light is low and golden, the parks are turning orange, and several free exhibitions this month are about photography itself. We went through this week’s listings on Londonist and IanVisits and picked five photo spots in London for this October, each with a Greek stop nearby.
Ask any Greek photographer in London which month they would pick for an outdoor shoot and most will say October. The sun sits lower, so the golden hour lasts longer, the Royal Parks hold their colour for weeks, and on a weekday morning you get the big squares almost to yourself. The five spots below work for phone snaps and serious cameras alike.
Every autumn the English Gardens in the south east corner of Regent’s Park turn into an open air gallery. Frieze Sculpture 2026 brings eleven works by international artists, curated for the fourth year by Fatoş Üstek, and they sit among the avenues of trees until 1 November. Look out for Douglas White’s black palm made from recycled tyres, Angel Otero’s doorway that drops below the lawn and Conrad Shawcross’s Eye of the Needle. Metal, stone and autumn leaves in the same frame. Entry is free, no booking.
The Greek link is real: Theo Triantafyllidis shows at Frieze London in the same park from 14 October, and the Hellenic Centre on Paddington Street opens two exhibitions on 8 October.
Getting there: Regent’s Park or Great Portland Street station, then a five minute walk to the English Gardens. Open daily during park hours.
Granary Square and King’s Boulevard have become an open air photo gallery for the 20th anniversary of Back to Black. Candid and rarely seen photographs of Amy Winehouse, taken by people who worked with her, are mounted on gallery benches around the fountains, presented with the Amy Winehouse Estate. It is free, it is outdoors, and it closes on 15 October, so this is the last week. The fountains, the canal steps and the old granary give you three backdrops within fifty metres.
Getting there: King’s Cross St Pancras, then a four minute walk north along King’s Boulevard. Open all day, every day.
Greek stop nearby: Nostimo at 9 Brunswick Centre, Bloomsbury, a ten minute walk down towards Russell Square. Souvlaki, gyros and Greek salads, ideal for a late lunch.
Polar photographers Sue Flood and Ian Dawson have brought their new book Midnight Sun to the Royal Geographical Society on Kensington Gore, opposite Hyde Park and a few steps from the Albert Memorial. Expect ice, light and wildlife from both poles, printed large, with a message about landscapes that are disappearing. Weekdays only, 10am to 5pm, until 30 October, free entry. Step outside and the Albert Memorial and Kensington Gardens are waiting for your own shots.
Getting there: South Kensington or High Street Kensington, then a ten minute walk. 1 Kensington Gore, SW7 2AR. Monday to Friday only.
Greek stop nearby: Halepi on Leinster Terrace, Bayswater, a twenty minute walk straight across Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. A Greek Cypriot institution and still one of the best kleftiko plates in London.
Tim Walker’s Fairyland: Love and Legends opens on 9 October at the National Portrait Gallery and runs to early February. Around 250 new portraits and films, with sitters including Ian McKellen, Miriam Margolyes and Chappell Roan, told through fairy tales and fashion. This one is ticketed, but the permanent collection is free and full of ideas on how a Greek photographer in London might light a portrait.
Getting there: Leicester Square or Charing Cross, two minutes on foot. St Martin’s Place, WC2H 0HE. Tickets on the gallery website.
Greek stop nearby: The Elysée at 13 Percy Street, Fitzrovia, a twelve minute walk up Charing Cross Road. Greek dinner, live music at weekends and a rooftop terrace.
Twice a year the Hampton Court Palace gardens open for free, and the autumn date is this weekend, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October, 10am to 4pm. The Great Fountain Garden with its giant clipped yews, the Privy Garden and the Kitchen Garden are included; the palace, maze and Magic Garden still need a ticket. For family photos this is the easiest win on the list: formal hedges, gravel avenues and the red brick palace behind you.
Getting there: Hampton Court station from Waterloo, about 35 minutes, then a five minute walk over the bridge. No booking needed for the gardens.
For a christening, a wedding, a maternity shoot or new headshots, you want someone who understands how a Greek family celebrates, who will not be surprised by the koumbaro, the dancing or three generations in one frame. Two Greek List members do exactly that, and both work across London.
Greek photographer in London: Manos Photography is a wedding and portrait photographer who shoots people as they really are, real moments rather than stiff poses. Weddings, couples and portraits anywhere in London.
Greek photographer in London: Aneliza Photography, led by Eirini Gianni with more than fifteen years behind the camera, covers weddings, outdoor portraits, family gatherings, maternity shoots, baby milestones and professional headshots.
Both speak Greek, which matters when you are organising a vaftisi with forty relatives.
Tate Britain’s The 90s: Art and Fashion opens on 8 October, Magritte’s afterlife is on free at Gagosian on Grosvenor Hill until December, and Frieze London runs 14 to 18 October. Go early on weekdays, carry a lens cloth for the drizzle, and remember that the best Greek photographer in London is often the friend with the phone out at the right moment.
The next ten days are busy for Greek culture, and several events sit right next to the spots above. From the Greek List events page, the most complete list of Greek events in the UK:
Organising something Greek yourself? Listing an event on Greek List is free.
Every restaurant and photographer featured in this guide is a Greek List member. More than 100,000 Greeks and Cypriots in the UK read Greek List every month on the site, in the newsletter and in the Ellines sto Londino Facebook group, and member listings rank first on Google for searches like “Greek photographer in London”.
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