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]
- rural landscape
- South West of England
- long-term site studies
Books
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Landscape Stories€121.00 -
The Painter's Pool€179.00
Works by Jem Southam
- 1982 The Floating Harbour: a Landscape History of Bristol City Docks With John Lord
- 1989 The Red River With essays by D.M.Thomas, Frank Turk and Jan Ruhrmund
- 1992 The Raft of Carrots With an essay by David Chandler
- 2000 Rockfalls, Rivermouths and Ponds With essays by David Chandler, Ian Jeffrey and Jeremy Millar
- 2005 Landscape Stories With essays by Andy Grundberg and Gerry Badger
- 2007 The Painter's Pool With an essay by Chris Cook
- 2008 Clouds Descending With essays by Nick Alfrey, Lindsay Brooks, David Chandler, Richard Hamblyn, Matthew Southam and Harriet Tarlo
- 2010 Rockfalls and Ponds With an introduction by Sergio Mah
- 2018 The Moth
- 2022 Four Winters
- 2023 The Harbour
Exhibitions
- 2004 Jem Southam: From A Distance: An Industrial Landscape in Cornwall
- 2006 Jem Southam: Path to a Picture
- 2010 Clouds Descending
- 2023 Jem Southam: A Bend in The River
Awards
- 2001 Shortlisted, Citigroup Photography Prize (Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize)