JEM SOUTHAM (b. 1950)

Jem Southam is one of the most respected British photographers of the last twenty-five years. Inspired partly by the colour work of William Eggleston (see lots 11-12), in the 1970s Southam began to document the countryside of South-West England where he lives and works.
Southam often returns to the same place and meticulously records changes over seasons and even years.

Southam has been the subject of solo shows at numerous institutions including Tate St. Ives (2004) and The Victoria and Albert Museum (2006). His photographs are to be found in many important collections such as the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Museum Folkswang, Dusseldorf, and the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven.

Gift of the artist and James Hyman Photography, London.