Image & Identity: global contributions

Have you got personal, family or community photos from the period 1840-1930?

'Image & Identity' is a project which puts a spotlight on photography and how we use it to project an image of a place, a person or a group of people to others. 

Taking photographs of Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka) and Oxfordshire as our departure point, we ask if echoes of those links are still present today, and how the visual messages constructed then impact on our understanding of people and places now.

As part of this project, we are collecting images of individuals, communities and places from the same period, from all around the world. Our aim is to showcase both similarities and differences, in this way celebrating our beautiful diversity as human beings, as well as everything that we have in common and which connects us with each other.

You can upload your photo here https://imageandidentity.omeka.net/contribution and it will be added to our online exhibition. 

We are especially looking for contributions which link to one of these three themes:

- Community gatherings and special occasions

- Portraits: posed or candid

- Landscapes and environment

Have a look at what's already in the galleries for inspiration. If you have any questions, let us know by emailing museum@oxford.gov.uk.

Each contribution will be published within 5 working days.