Solo exhibitions

• "Gerry Badger". Blue Sky Gallery.

Group exhibitions

• "The Art of the Garden", Tate Britain (London), 2004.
• "Unpopular Culture: Grayson Perry Selects from the Arts Council Collection", De La Ware Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea), 2008 (and travelling).

Exhibitions curated

• "The Photographer as Printmaker", Arts Council of Great Britain, 1980.
• "Through the Looking Glass: Photographic Art in Britain 1945-1989", Barbican Arts Centre, 1989 (with John Benton-Harris).

• Arts Council (London)
• Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris)
• Victoria and Albert Museum (London)

• Photographer as Printmaker: 140 Years of Photographic Printmaking. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1981. ISBN 0728702940.
• Eugène Atget. London: Macdonald, 1985. ISBN 035610852X. The work of Eugène Atget
• Photo Texts. London: Travelling Light, 1988. ISBN 0906333229. Essays by Badger and Peter Turner.
• Through the Looking Glass. London: Barbican Art Gallery, 1989. ISBN 0853315604. Coedited by Badger and John Benton-Harris.
• Chris Killip 55. London: Phaidon, 2001. ISBN 0-7148-4028-9. On Chris Killip.
• Eugène Atget 55. London: Phaidon, 2001. ISBN 0-7148-4049-1. On Eugène Atget.
• Collecting Photography. London: Mitchell Beazley, 2003. ISBN 1840007265.
• The Photobook: A History. Vol. 1. London: Phaidon, 2004. ISBN 0-7148-4285-0. With Martin Parr.
• The Photobook: A History. Vol. 2. London: Phaidon, 2006. ISBN 0-7148-4433-0. With Martin Parr.
• A Short History of Photography. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2007. ISBN 1904587518. With photographs by Harvey Benge.
• The Genius of Photography. London: Quadrille, 2007. ISBN 1844003639.
• The Pleasures of Good Photographs: Essays. New York: Aperture, 2010. ISBN 9781597111393.

• Unpopular Culture: Grayson Perry Selects from the Arts Council Collection. London: Hayward, 2008. ISBN 1853322679. Edited by Grayson Perry. Some of Badger's photographs appear.