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The end of this professional life, between the late sixties and mid-seventies, left the sculptural presence of the floating port, surrounded by the disused and dilapidated fabric of the docks: cranes, bridges, pumping stations, warehouses and in particular the gigantic bonded warehouses, offices, railroads, terraced houses, shipyards with their dry docks, sand yards.
In *The Harbour*, Southam documents the abandoned and neglected infrastructure—a brief lull following centuries of activity, before redevelopment truly begins. It is an archival record of the architectural landscape rather than a meditation on loss. The industrial life of the docks, and all the human stories that stem from it, are preserved in the archives but are not mourned.
A selection of this work was exhibited as part of the Bristol Photo Festival '21.
Published by RRB Photobooks, 2023
30 x 25 cm
104 pages
ISBN: 9781739702328
The end of this professional life, between the late sixties and mid-seventies, left the sculptural presence of the floating port, surrounded by the disused and dilapidated fabric of the docks: cranes, bridges, pumping stations, warehouses and in particular the gigantic bonded warehouses, offices, railroads, terraced houses, shipyards with their dry docks, sand yards.
In *The Harbour*, Southam documents the abandoned and neglected infrastructure—a brief lull following centuries of activity, before redevelopment truly begins. It is an archival record of the architectural landscape rather than a meditation on loss. The industrial life of the docks, and all the human stories that stem from it, are preserved in the archives but are not mourned.
A selection of this work was exhibited as part of the Bristol Photo Festival '21.
Published by RRB Photobooks, 2023
30 x 25 cm
104 pages
ISBN: 9781739702328
