Jem Southam

Jem Southam

Jem Southam was born in Bristol in 1950.

After studying Photography at the London College of Printing he moved back to Bristol and worked at Arnolfini between 1976 and 1982. It was during this time he undertook his first photographic study of the dockland landscape and its remaining harbour infrastructure. This was exhibited in the city and a book co-authored with John Lord was published by Redcliff Press in 1983. He will show examples of his photos and discuss his representation of Bristol docks with Derrick Price.

Jem subsequently began a teaching career in Cornwall and Devon, during which he continued to make extensive photographic studies of the regions landscapes. These are usually presented as exhibitions and books and include: The Red River 1989, The Raft of Carrots 1992, Rockfalls, Rivermouths and Ponds 2000, The Painter’s Pool 2004, The River Winter 2011, The Moth 2017, Four Winters 2022.

Pictures from his latest work A Bend in the River were exhibited at the RWA earlier this year.

Tickets are available via Eventbrite (£10) – please use link below or via the library during library opening hours (cash only please) or on a Wednesday morning from 10.30 until 12.30 (or until 4pm on Wednesday matinee days).  On a Wednesday, card payments can be taken.

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