Collection Online as of June 9, 2023
Upton Pyne, January 14, 2001
Jem Southam
(British, 1950-)
Chromogenic dye coupler print
Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb in honor of Tom Hinson 2010.417
© Jem Southam. Courtesy Charles Isaacs Photographs and Robert Mann Gallery, New York
Impression: 1
Location
not on view
Description
From 1996 to 2003, Southam photographed the ongoing evolution of a small pond near his home in Cornwall, documenting each successive tenant’s attempts at improvements to the property. First a tree-lined bucolic nature retreat, then a stereotypical suburban garden complete with swing set and plastic lawn ornaments, the pond represents for Southam a microcosmic vision of the ever-shifting balance between human intervention and natural transformation.