Jem Southam – Four Winters Marseille degraded compositions

degraded compositions

Texts by Tee Corinne

Each element is photographed from an autobiographical point of view

Olgaç Bozalp

Identity photos

Jem Southam – Four Winters Marseille degraded compositionsFor the past four winters, the English artist Jem Southam has repeatedly visited a short stretch of riverbank along the floodplain of the River Exe. He stands and watches, as the dusk fades into darkness or as the light of dawn gathers, witnessing the different passage of each winter. In the evenings, long past sunset, swans, geese and ducks arrive on the river to spend the night in safety. In the mornings the birds wake, preen, feed and socialise as