OXFORD Festival of the Arts is showing off an outdoor exhibition in Frideswide Square.

The "Women Create Change" exhibition, commissioned from British documentary photographer Alison Baskerville, has been produced in partnership with city and county councils.

The displays form part of the Imperial War Museum’s First World War centenary programme and is supported through funding from Arts Council England and Oxford University.

Baskerville’s portraits take inspiration from the work of WWI photographers, such as Olive Edis, Horace Nicholls and Christina Broom, who documented the contribution of women to the war effort and their changing social roles. Women Create Change looks at modern social change-makers 100 years later.

Festival Director, Anne Cotton, said: "The exhibition is an exciting innovation for this year’s festival, giving the people of Oxford the chance to experience contemporary photography in a striking outdoor location throughout the summer, at no cost. It has been an immensely rewarding process getting to this point, not only working with a fantastic photographer, but also tapping into the creative talents of young people in Oxford.

"The topics raised by Women Create Change have inspired us all; we hope that the people of Oxford will be equally fascinated and moved by this special exhibition."

The Women Create Change exhibition will take place in Frideswide Square between June and September.

Baskerville has captured moments with 21st century pioneering women with a connection to Oxfordshire in all walks of life, including Bishop Libby Lane, soprano Emma

She said: "The conversation around equality and representation has never been stronger.

"I wanted to add to this collective voice by bringing these women to the fore in this new body of work. In meeting these women I realised that we are a society obsessed with gender and capability."