Vaccine Trials - in Science and Art

Photographer and portrait artist Fran Monks celebrates the under-celebrated.

We had a chat with Fran just before the Photo Oxford Festival 2021, and she shared the inspiration and story behind her Zoom portraits of vaccine trial volunteers.  

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Come and experience one of the most extraordinary stories of the pandemic.

Explore one single nanoparticle of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine (one million times actual size) alongside compelling Zoom portraits of vaccine trial volunteers by local artist Fran Monks.

Together, they tell the extraordinary story of a vaccine that has helped save lives and bring us out of lockdown. 

Discover the Art of Science

Join

Fran Monks (portrait artist and photographer)

in conversation with:

Professor Sir Andrew Pollard (Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group)

Dr Helen Salisbury (vaccine trial volunteer) 

Dr Silke Ackermann (History of Science Museum Director)

to explore the extraordinary stories of vaccine trial volunteers through science and art.

Chaired by economist, journalist, and broadcaster Tim Harford.

Watch the video