In his series "Upton Pyne," Jem Southam chronicled the changes to the landscape of one pond near his home in Essex, Devon.

Exhibit features landscapes
by photographer Jem Southam

Over a period of six years, British photographer Jem Southam chronicled the life of a pond near his home in Essex, Devon, recording the changing seasons and other alterations in the landscape.

Twenty-one prints of the large-format photographs in the series — titled “Upton Pyne” — are featured in an exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art.

Shown in the context of the British traditions of landscape representation, Southam’s photographs ask viewers to re-examine notions of meaning and beauty in the landscape, according to organizers of the exhibit. The photographs were taken between 1996 and 2001, when Southam returned regularly to the pond to capture it at different times of the year and to record tenants’ attempts to make improvements to the landscape.

Southam, who was born in Bristol, England, in 1950, is considered one of the most significant photographers working in Britain today. He is a reader in photography at the University of Plymouth. Collections of his photographs taken over the last 30 years include “The Red River” (1989), “The Raft of Carrots” (1992) and “The Shape of Time” (2000). In 2005 he published “Landscape Stories,” the first comprehensive collection of his work. Another series of photographs centered on a pond, very different in character from “Upton Pyne,” appeared in 2006 under the title “The Painter’s Pool.”

“Jem Southam: Upton Pyne” will be on view through Dec. 30. The exhibition was organized in association with the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University and is curated by Scott Wilcox, curator of prints and drawings at the Yale Center for British Art.

A number of special events are being offered in conjunction with the exhibit. On Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 12:30 p.m., Wilcox will give an “Art in Context” lecture titled “Pond Life: Through the Seasons of Upton Pyne.” Later in the fall, the family program “Picture This” will allow children to use their own cameras to construct a narrative of a particular place within the Yale museum. This program, offered on Saturday, Nov. 10 and Nov. 17, is most appropriate for children ages 9-12. To register, call (203) 432-2858.

On Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 12:30 p.m., Ellen Carey, associate professor of art at Hartford Art School will give an “Art in Context” talk titled “Jem Southam: A Photographer’s Perspective.”

The Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. It is closed Mondays and major holidays. For more information, call (203) 432-2800 or visit the center’s website at www.yale.edu/ycba.

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