TRUTH
25 October - 16 November 2025
Maryam Saeedpoor, Angel Unveiled
Photo Oxford, Oxford’s biennial photo festival, returns for its fifth edition in 2025. This year the theme for the festival is Truth and we explore 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 presents 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, this promises to be an exploration of truth in photography that considers 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 offers, take a look at Photo Oxford 2025 in 10 Images or download our full programme below.
WHATS ON THIS WEEK
WHATS ON THIS WEEK
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
PHOTO OXFORD LOCAL WEEK
PHOTO OXFORD LOCAL WEEK
        
        
      
    
    LOCAL WEEK
NOVEMBER 10-16
Our final week of the festival is dedicated to our local commmunities with a special exhibition showcasing images made during our workshops
Members of MyVision Oxfordhshire at a workshop with Jillian Edelsteain at The North Wall Gallery. Photo: Nathan Tree
EVENTS
EVENTS
WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AT PHOTO OXFORD 2025
WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AT PHOTO OXFORD 2025
              
              
            Jenny Lewis, Lydia Goldblatt and Festival Director Katy Barron in conversation at The Old Fire Station. Photo: Maggie Lamming
              
              
            Marlene Smith talking about her work at Modern Art Oxford. Photo: Crystal Constance
              
              
            Patricia Baker-Cassidy speaking about Paddy Summerfield's work at the Weston Library. Photo: David Stumpp
              
              
            Joel Meyerowitz delivering the Richard Benson Lecture in the Reproduced Image at the Weston Library. Photo: Rob Judges
              
              
            Martin Parr speaking at the launch of Photo Oxford 2025. Photo: Etain O'Carroll
              
              
            Photo Oxford 2025 Portfolio Reviews. Photo: Crystal Constance