Martin Parr : Oxford

Martin Parr  UK, b1952

Oxford

Oxford is a collection of around 100 photographs documenting an academic year in
the life of the university. They captures the day-to-day life of the colleges and
University at work and play, and the colourful and arcane rituals that make it so
distinctive.

Parr's photographs are accompanied by an extended afterword that draws on, and
enriches, the photographic material and penned by Simon Winchester, OBE, the
British writer, journalist and broadcaster.

The very first photo-documentary of Oxford was created by William Henry Fox
Talbot. A century and a half later, Martin Parr's new project pays tribute to the great
the pioneer of photography, and coincides with the Bodleian Library's bid to secure
his personal archive.

Signed.