Photography Exhibitions at the Bodleian Library

March 16 2023 saw the opening of two exhibitions curated by Professor Geoffrey Batchen for the Bodleian Libraries, A New Power: Photography in Britain 1800-1850 and Bright Sparks: Photography and the Talbot Archive.

Opened by Lord Parkinson, Minister for the Arts, the festivities included a book signing and a celebratory dinner in Divinity Schools. The exhibitions, part of a Season of Photography at the Bodleian, evidence a renewed focus on this medium on the part of the Library. 

Photograph: Geoffrey Batchen is joined by Dr Di Wang and DPhil students Olena Chervonik and Fionn Montell-Boyd at the dinner in Divinity Schools.