Jem Southam

          

Jem Southam

Jem Southam's careful studies of the effects of time.  This work is closely linked with ideas surrounding ones mentioned in my proposal for this brief,  as i too am hoping to explore the effects of time on our environment.  Geologic change is best articulated in pairs of photographs, taken several months apart at the same locations.  The mossy pebbles at the water's edge in "Senneville-sur-Fécamp," captured in February and April of 2006,                 seem to have receded in the later photograph.

The same phenomenon occurs in "Vaucottes" (November 2005 and February 2006), as a thin slice of water creeps in from the right side of the frame.