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Jem Southam

photographer

Jem Southam is a British landscape photographer and educator. Born in Bristol in 1950, he studied creative photography at the London College of Printing before working at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol from 1976 to 1982. He has taught photography for many years at the University of Plymouth, where he is currently an emeritus Professor of Photography in the School of Art, Design and Architecture. Southam's work primarily focuses on the rural landscape of the South West of England, characterized by long-term studies of selected sites to trace changes over seasons and years. He utilizes an 8x10 large format view camera for his practice.[4,5]

Themes

  • rural landscape
  • South West of England
  • long-term site studies

Books

  1. Jem Southam Landscape Stories 1538
    Landscape Stories
    photographer
    €119.00
  2. Jem Southam Shape of Time - Rockfalls, Rivermouths, Ponds 1802
    Shape of Time - Rockfalls, Rivermouths, Ponds
    photographer
    €137.00
  3. Jem Southam The Painter's Pool 1556
    The Painter's Pool
    photographer
    €178.00

Works by Jem Southam

  • The Floating Harbour: a Landscape History of Bristol City Docks 1982 · Redcliff · book · English With John Lord
  • The Red River 1989 · Cornerhouse · book · English With essays by D.M.Thomas, Frank Turk and Jan Ruhrmund
  • The Raft of Carrots 1992 · The Photographers' Gallery · book · English With an essay by David Chandler
  • Rockfalls, Rivermouths and Ponds 2000 · Towner Gallery; Photoworks · book · English With essays by David Chandler, Ian Jeffrey and Jeremy Millar
  • Landscape Stories 2005 · Princeton Architectural Press/Blindspot · book · English ISBN 978-1568985176 With essays by Andy Grundberg and Gerry Badger
  • The Painter's Pool 2007 · Nazraeli Press · book · English With an essay by Chris Cook
  • Clouds Descending 2008 · Lowry · book · English With essays by Nick Alfrey, Lindsay Brooks, David Chandler, Richard Hamblyn, Matthew Southam and Harriet Tarlo
  • Rockfalls and Ponds 2010 · La Fabrica / PHotoEspaña · book · English With an introduction by Sergio Mah
  • The Moth 2018 · Mack · book · English
  • Four Winters 2022 · Stanley/Barker · book · English ISBN 978-1-913288-25-9
  • The Harbour 2023 · RRB · book · English

Exhibitions

  • 2004 Jem Southam: From A Distance: An Industrial Landscape in Cornwall Tate St Ives, St Ives solo
  • 2006 Jem Southam: Path to a Picture Victoria and Albert Museum, London solo
  • 2010 Clouds Descending The Lowry, Salford solo
  • 2023 Jem Southam: A Bend in The River Royal West of England Academy, Bristol solo

Awards

  • 2001 Shortlisted, Citigroup Photography Prize (Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize) London

References

  1. Tate Etc. Jem Southam born 1950. link
  2. Government Art Collection. Jem Southam. link
  3. British Council. Jem Southam – Artists – Collection. link
  4. Wikipedia. Jem Southam. link
  5. Hyman Collection. Jem Southam Biography. link