PHOTO OXFORD 2025
OPEN CALL
Alena Grom, Arina
REVEALING TRUTH
The Photo Oxford 2025 Open Call asked photographers from around the world to submit up to 20 images on a project on the theme of ‘Revealing Truth’.
Our judges were looking for photography that captured the spirit of the moment in whatever guise that may be. They were looking for fresh work that captured the photographer’s relationship with photography and the truth of the world as they see it.
From a total entry of over 1150 submissions, our judges chose one overall winner and nine co-awardees all of whom will be exhibited at the internationally renowned Modern Art Oxford.
OPEN CALL WINNERS EXHIBITION
REVEALING TRUTH
Modern Art Oxford
30 Pembroke St,
Oxford
OX1 1BP
5 September–5 October
Tuesday–Saturday 11am–6pm
Sunday 11am–4pm
PHOTO OXFORD 2025 OPEN CALL OVERALL WINNER
PHOTO OXFORD 2025 OPEN CALL OVERALL WINNER
Alena Grom
Stolen Spring, Confronting the realities of war in Ukraine
RUNNERS UP
RUNNERS UP
Chrystel Mukeba
I've Never Seen my Father Cry
Angel Unveiled
Maryam Saeedpoor
Joel Jimenez Jara
The River is a Loom - The Thread is a Mountain
Silvy Crespo
The Elephant's Foot
Tianqiutao Chen
Seen Unseen - The Migrant Children
Henri Kisielewski
Non Fiction
Gloria Oyarzabal
USUS FRUCTUS ABUSUS (La Blanche et la noire)- 3000ppp
Murray Ballard
Ghosts in the Field
Nikita Teryoshin
Nothing Personal - The Back Office of War
Our judges this year reflect Photo Oxford’s reputation for excellence and diversity.
They include:
Joel Meyerowitz
Photographer
Sunil Gupta
Photographer
Hannah Watson
Publisher and Gallerist
Pelumi Odubanjo
Curator and Writer
Taos Dahmani
Writer and Curator
Alex Schneideman
Photographer and Curator
Antonia Blocker
Acting Head of Exhibitions at Modern Art Oxford
James Dwyer
Gallerist
Jillian Edelstein
Truth and lies
Alena Grom $ Stolen Spring
Chrystel Mukeba $ I've Never Seen My Father Cry
Maryam Saeedpour $ Angel Unveiled
Joel Jiminez Jara $ The River is a Loom, the Thread is a Mountain
Silvy Crespo $ The Elephant's Foot
Tianqiutao Chen $ Seen/Unseen: The Migrant Children
Henri Kisielewski $ Non Fiction
Gloria Oyarzabal $ USUS FRUCTUS ABUSUS (La Blanche et la noire)- 3000ppp
Murray Ballard $ Ghosts in the Field