The Photographers’ Gallery reopens today after a huge refurbishment. The swanky new building has three floors of galleries and will host exhibitions of British and international photography as well as events, talks, courses and more. There’s also a brand-new bookshop, print sales room and café.

London’s Photographers’ Gallery will close on 19 September for major redevelopment. When the gallery reopens in late 2011 it will boast three floors of gallery space, a ground floor café, a bigger bookshop, better accessibility and a whole floor dedicated to learning.

“We’re bursting at the seams,” said the gallery’s director Brett Rogers. “With the Sally Mann show, we’ve been getting eight to 10 thousand visitors a week.”

The new gallery will have room for larger scale works and more exhibitions.  It will also respond to the changing landscape of photography, with a digital wall where members of the public can upload their own photos.

During the closure, look out for pop-up Photographers’ Gallery exhibitions around London:

• FrenchMottershead will take to the streets of Soho with their quirky, interactive work
• Anders Petersen will invite people to be photographed in his London hotel room
• Fiona Tan will create an exhibition based on Londoners’ family albums
• The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011 will take place at Ambika P3

The gallery’s lecture series will also continue at various London venues, including a series of “photography socials” at Soho pubs and bars.

For more information see www.photonet.org.uk