Oxmarket are delighted to welcome back John Bradshaw for a solo exhibition in the Wilson Gallery. Since John was a small child, he has been inspired by the power of images, so as soon he could afford a camera, he began to put his instincts to work and has never really stopped. In 1997 he began to explore the creative possibilities of generating a coherent series of images linked to a theme. These “Projects” included The Grand Tour, Irish History, The Atlantic Slave Trade, The Greenwich Meridian and The Legacy of the Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions. These projects have been the subject of solo exhibitions in the UK and Ireland.

John has recently completed a study of the People, Places and Writings associated with the Isle of Wight and this work is the subject of the current Exhibition at the Oxmarket. The locations featured include Dimbola Lodge and the works of Julia Margaret Cameron (who lived here) together with Farringford, Appuldurcombe, Osborne House and Carisbrooke Castle with relevant quotations from Tennyson, Keats, W H Auden and others. PLUTO and its WWII connections are also covered, together with some Infra-Red Landscape subjects.

All of the images have been produced digitally and also include some ‘replicas’ of 19th century early photographic printing techniques.

John achieved the distinction of the Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS)  in 2005.