Jem Southam – Four Winters Marseille Each element is photographed from

Each element is photographed from an autobiographical point of view

degraded compositions

Texts by Tee Corinne

and the war stories passed down by his grandparents

darkness and light

Jem Southam – Four Winters Marseille Each element is photographed fromFor 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