Oxford / Martin Parr ; with an afterword by Simon Winchester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parr, Martin, 1952-2025, author.

Contributor:

Winchester, Simon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Oxford--Pictorial works.

University of Oxford.

University of Oxford--History.

Documentary photography.

History.

Genre:

History.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

222 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Martin Parr, one of Britain's best-known contemporary photographers, and President of Magnum, the world-famous photographic agency has undertaken a photo-documentary book project. '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. His photographs are accompanied by an extended essay 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.

ISBN:

9780198724414

0198724411

OCLC:

973401268