Paddy Summerfield
After twenty-five years of urging by his friend, the distinguished photographer John Goto, Summerfield finally acquired a limited, lo-tech digital camera, so limited that the pictures yielded unforeseen (and usually unrepeatable) vagaries of flare, colour shift, distorted perspective, and other oddness.
The prismatic shards and the unpredictable effects intensify Summerfield's photography, yet viewers familiar with his work will recognise the composites, the unfocused glimpses, the pattern of echoes that have appeared within his black and white work over decades.
These are his final images. The exhibition also includes a collection of the photographer’s early photographs.
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Austin Bradley is a multi-award-winning extreme/adventure sports photographer whose work has appeared in magazines and exhibitions. Bradley began his career documenting motoring events and has progressed to documenting sports including football, cliff diving, and yacht racing. He has made bodies of work for the British Universities Ice Hockey Association including Oxford University, Cambridge University, and University of Southampton. Bradley has also documented the Oxford University Mountaineering Club, where he is a member.
Bradley was awarded the British Sports Photograph of the Year (People’s Choice, 2024) and was a World Sports Photography Awards Finalist in 2025. He is currently based between the Midlands and Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom.
Paddy Summerfield
Beginnings and Endings
Rona Painting Gallery
34 Walton St,
Oxford,
OX2 6AA
23 October–
15 November
Tuesday–Saturday 11am–5pm
Private View
Thursday 23 October 6-8pm (all welcome)
