Rumi and Scarlet

These are limited edition archival pigment photographs printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315gsm paper. Joseph signs and numbers each piece. 

Edition sizes

19" × 13" (48x33cm) including white border - edition of 100 prints.

23.6" × 17.7" (60x45cm) including white border - edition of 15 prints + 2 artist’s proofs.

35" x 26" (88x66cm) including white border - edition of 15 prints + 2 artist’s proofs.

47.2" × 35.4" (120x90cm) including white border - edition of 5 prints + 2 artist’s proofs.

I can also print much larger sizes, up to around 12’, and arrange framing and printing on aluminum dibond - please email contact [at] josephford.net if you'd like a quotation. 

About this picture

I’ve photographed a range of ages for this project, and the idea of recreating a messy teenager’s bedroom appealed to me. Nina’s partner posed in a jumper covered in gaffer tape. I added accessories around him, drawing matching lines on the taped jumper. I then photographed the annotated top and marked it up with colour indications. This gave Nina a model to work from, allowing precise placement of lines to match the accessories.

Information about Invisible Jumpers

With this series I have matched people to their landscapes through custom knitwear, hand-made by Nina Dodd. Their individuality is expressed through their face, their hair, their body language. I enjoy exploring the contradictory notion of individuals blending into their background with custom-made, individual garments, made slowly by hand in a traditional way. Knitting is the ultimate analogue medium, complete with imperfections and replete with detail.

At a time when it is often assumed that anything out of the ordinary in photography is AI or CGI, it is satisfying to work with a deliberately slow, hand-crafted medium. The results aren’t perfect, there are bits that don’t match up. This is done for real. 

This project has been exhibited in galleries and museums in France, England, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Andorra and China, and is featured in the permanent collections of the Photography Museum of Lishui, China, and the Musée d’Art Urbain & Street Art Vauban, France. It has won a broad range of prizes and been featured on TV, influential blogs and mainstream newspapers.

It is also published as a book by Hoxton Mini Press.

Picture of print on wall is for illustration - size varies according to which print you purchase.

Only the prints are for sale, no knitting included! Photographs and videos are to illustrate the process behind the photographs.