Upton Pyne, January 1997
Photograph
1997 (made)
1997 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Jem Southam (born Bristol 1950) is renowned for his series of colour landscape photographs, beginning in the 1970s and continuing until the present. His trademark is the patient observation of changes at a single location over many months or years.
Southam's subjects are predominately situated in the south west of England where he lives and works. He observes the balance between nature and man's intervention and traces cycles of decay and renewal. His work combines topographical observation with other references: personal, cultural, political, scientific, literary and psychological. Southam’s working method combines the predetermined and the intuitive. Seen together, his series suggest the forging of pathways towards visual and intellectual resolution.
Southam uses a large format camera to produce 8 x 10 inch (20.5 x 25.5 cm) negatives that record a high level of detail. C-type prints are made from these. When the pictures are enlarged from the negatives they reveal an entrancing wealth of information.
The diptych 'January 1997' is from the series 'The Pond at Upton Pyne', which charts the fortunes of a village pond transformed by successive periods of neglect and attempts at landscaping.
Southam's subjects are predominately situated in the south west of England where he lives and works. He observes the balance between nature and man's intervention and traces cycles of decay and renewal. His work combines topographical observation with other references: personal, cultural, political, scientific, literary and psychological. Southam’s working method combines the predetermined and the intuitive. Seen together, his series suggest the forging of pathways towards visual and intellectual resolution.
Southam uses a large format camera to produce 8 x 10 inch (20.5 x 25.5 cm) negatives that record a high level of detail. C-type prints are made from these. When the pictures are enlarged from the negatives they reveal an entrancing wealth of information.
The diptych 'January 1997' is from the series 'The Pond at Upton Pyne', which charts the fortunes of a village pond transformed by successive periods of neglect and attempts at landscaping.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Upton Pyne, January 1997 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | C-type prints |
| Brief description | Diptych by Jem Southam, images of pond |
| Physical description | Diptych by Jem Southam, images of pond |
| Gallery label |
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| Credit line | Purchased through funds generously donated by Pierre Brahm |
| Summary | Jem Southam (born Bristol 1950) is renowned for his series of colour landscape photographs, beginning in the 1970s and continuing until the present. His trademark is the patient observation of changes at a single location over many months or years. Southam's subjects are predominately situated in the south west of England where he lives and works. He observes the balance between nature and man's intervention and traces cycles of decay and renewal. His work combines topographical observation with other references: personal, cultural, political, scientific, literary and psychological. Southam’s working method combines the predetermined and the intuitive. Seen together, his series suggest the forging of pathways towards visual and intellectual resolution. Southam uses a large format camera to produce 8 x 10 inch (20.5 x 25.5 cm) negatives that record a high level of detail. C-type prints are made from these. When the pictures are enlarged from the negatives they reveal an entrancing wealth of information. The diptych 'January 1997' is from the series 'The Pond at Upton Pyne', which charts the fortunes of a village pond transformed by successive periods of neglect and attempts at landscaping. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2562:1, 2-2007 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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