Head to the bustling streets of London this month to see some truly inspiring photography exhibitions that bring together a spectacularly diverse range of subjects. There’s sure to be something to get your creative juices flowing. When it does, perhaps you can take stock and  pour your enthusiasm into your next photography project? Whether you're a Londoner or planning a visit to the capital, here is a snapshot of the art you could be exploring...

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2017

Where: The Photographer’s Gallery, Soho

When: Until 11 June, 2017

This small exhibition brings together an international selection of images entered for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, which promises one photographer £30k in winnings. The four artists shortlisted are:

• Sophie Calle
• Dana Lixenberg
• Awoiska van der Molen
• Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs

Although the exhibition is not very big, you will need time to fully appreciate each image and take in the message behind it.

The Photographer’s Gallery says that this year’s shortlist of entries “celebrates established photographic narratives alongside experimental and conceptual approaches to documentary, landscape and portraiture.”

The exhibition will be on show in the UK until 11 June, after which it will be presented at the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt from 29 June until 17 September. The winner will be announced at a special awards ceremony during the exhibition run.

Head here for more information on the four shortlisted photographers.

Child’s Play

Where: The Foundling Museum, Bloomsbury

When: Until 30 April, 2017

Mark Neville is the artist in question for the Child’s Play exhibition, which brings together a collection of photographs, a symposium and a book. He is renowned for his socially-focused projects. This one in particular aims to generate debate around the nature of child’s play. Taking play as it's main focus, it advocates “improved provision for this universal right, as identified by the UN in the 2013 General Comment on Article 31 (the Convention on the Rights of the Child).”

The exhibition shows photographs of children at play in very different environments, from Port Glasgow to North London, as well as the war zones of Afghanistan and Ukraine. Images capture beautiful moments of spontaneous play even in the most unfavourable of environments.

His book of images seeks to start discussions on provisions for child’s play in the UK. A symposium on 20 March will examine the  importance of spaces for play. Issues covered include the real and imagined barriers to play in UK cities today.

Terrains of the Body: Photography from The National Museum of Women in the Arts

Where: Whitechapel Gallery, Whitechapel

When: Until 16 April, 2017

This exhibition is a collection of work drawn from the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, USA – the only one of its kind. It includes photography and video work from seventeen contemporary artists from around the world including:

• Marina Abramović
• Rineke Dijkstra
• Anna Gaskell
• Nan Goldin
• Charlotte Gyllenhammar
• Candida Höfer
• Icelandic Love Corporation
• Mwangi Hutter
• Kirsten Justesen
• Justine Kurland
• Nikki S. Lee
• Hellen van Meene
• Shirin Neshat
• Daniela Rossell
• Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation
• Janaina Tschäpe
• Adriana Varejão

Whitechapel Gallery describes the exhibition as “embracing the female body as a vital medium for storytelling, expressing identity and reflecting individual and collective experience.”

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