| #1718046 in Books | 2005-08-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 11.90 x.90 x12.90l,4.00 | File type: PDF | 156 pages||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Stimulating|By Stephen Best|Southam's wonderful book of (mostly) large format images taken from multiple series has been one of the most stimulating of the medium I've yet come across. I think it was Fay Godwin (also from the UK) who first made me look at both the beauty and timelessness of the landscape and the detritus of habitation despoiling same. One can get too precious w|From Publishers Weekly|Insisting that "a landscape is never innocent," Andy Grundberg's introductory essay for this hefty book captures perfectly the suspicious yet oddly playful mood of this atmospheric collection. British photographer Southam's thought-provoki
Early in the morning, before breakfast and the beginning of the workday, photographer Jem Southam takes to the countryside of southwest England, visiting and revisiting the hills and dales of Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset. His lyrical photographs of these places, taken in series over several years, chart the subtle evolution of this picturesque countryside as it has been transformed by both natural processes and human intervention. Ostensibly topographic and des...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Landscape Stories | Jem Southam. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
