Free The Night exhibition in Westminster Underground station

For the first time ever, works by some of the world’s leading photographers present and past - including Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE, Sir Cecil Beaton, Juergen Teller, Rankin and Corinne Day - have gone on display in the iconic Westminster Underground station as part of a new ‘Free the Night exhibition’ that marks six months to go until the launch of Night Tube services on the Underground.

The innovative display, delivered in partnership with Annin Arts Gallery, features 24 large-scale photographic works - some 9 foot by 6 foot in size - arranged in the station’s alcoves. The pieces celebrate the capital’s rich history of arts and culture and capture a range of perspectives on the night time and its possibilities for the 140,000 customers who use the station each day.

The works include a 1920s ballroom dance by Sir Cecil Beaton, American rock n roll legend Bruce Springsteen captured outside Hammersmith Odeon in 1979 by Chalkie Davies, and a photograph of a Tube worker on his way home taken by iconic British fashion and portrait photographer Rankin.

The exhibition, which runs until 12th April, also includes photographs by artists who have captured London on camera throughout the decades such as Bob Mazzer, Tom Beard, Matthew Stone, Mick Rock, Tim and Barry, Zoe Buckman, and others.

This is the first of a series of ‘Firsts for the Tube’ that will include various unique events taking place on and around the Underground network ahead of all-night weekend services commencing on 12 September.