Photo Oxford 2025 is over. We hope that you were able to visit our exhibitions, attend our events and that you found the festival thought-provoking and that it exceeded your expectations. Thank you for being part of our community and please share your thoughts on your experiences here.

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Photo Oxford, Oxford’s biennial photo festival, returned for its fifth edition in 2025. This year the theme for the festival was Truth and we explored what this increasingly loaded 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. Photo Oxford 2025: Truth and Photography presented a series of exhibitions and events featuring artists exploring photography’s relationship to truth. From images that reveal current debates around Artificial Intelligence, to those that highlight the stories missing from photographic records, it was an exploration of truth in photography that considered how far and wide the boundaries of this continuously expanding medium have become. 

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.

For a taste of what the festival offered, take a look at Photo Oxford 2025 in 10 Images, download our full programme below, or watch a recording of our symposium. Some of our exhibtions are still open, please take a look below.