Joseph Ford x Antonyo Marest, 2024
These are limited edition archival pigment photographs printed on Canson Baryta Prestige 340gsm paper. Joseph signs and numbers each piece on the front.
Edition sizes
60x45cm (23.6" × 17.7") including white border - edition of 15 prints + 2 artist’s proofs.
120x90cm (47.2" × 35.4") including white border - edition of 5 prints + 2 artist’s proofs.
When the edition is sold out, no more prints will be made at that size.
About this picture
This piece was created with Spanish artist Antonyo Marest who is based between Madrid and Miami. His works often reflect the influence of Art Deco and the Memphis design movement. Vibrant, contrasting colours dominate his palette, with bright blues, yellows, pinks, and blacks creating a lively and engaging visual experience. Marest's work exudes a sense of modernity while drawing on mid-20th-century aesthetics, blending contemporary techniques with a nod to architectural and cultural nostalgia.
I thought Antonyo’s vivid colours would be the perfect match to brighten up this brutalist dam - the 225 metre Diga di Luzzone in Ticino, Switzerland. On my first visit in March 2022 the water was frozen, and I returned to photograph our collaboration in summer to take advantage of the dammed lake’s deep green.
Information about Impossible Street Art
In this project my starting point was to imagine if street artists could work on any surface, not restricted by scale, accessibility, safety or rules. By challenging these conventions I explore the tensions between artistic expression and the restrictions imposed by social norms and governments. I have photographed landscapes that would be amazing for a street artist to paint, but are impossible to paint for real, because they're too big or inaccessible.
I have chosen some of my favourite street artists and given them large photographic prints, which they have painted to create original, hand-made artworks with no digital manipulation.
I then re-shoot each artwork on an easel in its original location, creating captivating windows into a parallel universe where street artists have been given free rein.
These images are created for real, not with CGI or AI.
Blogs & Press
Corriere della Sera
Awards
Art Directors’ Club New York - Merit
AOP Photographers Awards, UK - Silver
Trieste Photo Days, Italy - Finalist
Lishui International Photography Festival, China - Overall festival Gold winner
Applied Arts, Canada
Museums
Lishui Museum of Photography
Note
Picture of print on wall is for illustration - size varies according to which print you purchase.
Only the limited edition prints are for sale, no easel or original painted print included! Photographs and videos are to illustrate the process behind the photographs.
