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25 October - 16 November 2025
Photo Oxford, Oxford’s biennial photo festival, returns for its fifth edition in 2025. This year the theme for the festival will be Truth and we will explore what this huge word means within the context of photography.
Questions about photography’s relationship with truth are as old as the history of the medium and they feel particularly relevant now. From images that reveal current debates around Artificial Intelligence, to those that highlight the stories missing from photographic records, an exploration of truth in photography is about more than documentary. What happens when photographers challenge their medium’s relationship to reality? What truths lie beneath the surface? Photo Oxford 2025 invites you to look closer and find your own truths in photography.
Our programme of exhibtions, talks, events is almost finalised so check back soon for an update! We will be updating the site with news of confirmed events over the next few weeks, but join our mailing list and you'll be one of the first to know!
OPEN CALL
OPEN CALL
The winners of the Photo Oxford 2025 Open Call have been chosen from a huge field of international entries. Our judges were looking for fresh photography projects that captured the spirit of the moment and the truth of the world as each photographer saw it.
One overall winner and nine co-awardees have been chosen and will be exhibited at the internationally renowned Modern Art Oxford from September 5th to October 5th.
Find out more about our OPEN CALL WINNERS.
SYMPOSIUM
SYMPOSIUM
Photo Oxford’s fifth edition explores Truth and Photography. Questions about photography’s relationship to truth are as old as the medium's history. The Photo Oxford Symposium will consider photography’s relationship to truth today, from investigations into the stories missing from photographic records to photographers challenging their medium’s relationship to actuality.
Join us at Oxford University’s Weston Library on October 31st for a day of papers and discussions with renowned artists, writers, curators and academics.
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
TICKET SALES NOW OPEN!
Our one-to-one portfolio reviews will be back again on Saturday, November 1st as part of Photo Oxford 2025.
They're a unique opportunity to improve your practice with constructive feedback from national photography experts. Photographers of all levels are invited to book a 45-minute slot so they can have separate 20-minute reviews with two experts.
SOME PHOTO OXFORD OPEN CALL WINNING IMAGES 2025
We are now preparing for the autumn 2025 Festival. Photo Oxford 2023 explored The Hidden Power of the Archive, took on the history of photography and engaged with its future in more than 20 free exhibitions and events in historic and contemporary venues across the city.
While the 2025 Festival is in delevelopment, 2023 online exhibitions, recorded events and information about other exhibitions and events remain available to view here. Read blogs related to 2023 Festival exhibitions and previous Festivals here.
We are a registered charity. Your support helps us deliver free exhibitions, talks events and projects for a diverse audience across Oxford and beyond, during and between festivals. If you can donate or support Photo Oxford in any way, please email info@photooxford.org
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