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26 Photos From My ‘Invisible Jumpers’ Series That Took 5 Years And Thousands Of Hours Of Knitting
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I spent 5 years creating these images with custom clothes knitted by an amazing knitter, Nina Dodd.
The project began when she showed me a sweater based on the seat covers of Brighton buses. This seemed too good an opportunity to miss, so we found an eye-catching model and photographed him on a bus.
I was so pleased with the result that I came up with more ideas for camouflaged jumpers, and the series developed.
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Tom And Dre, 2019
This is the one that really make the impression of some filter on the pic. We can see those wonderful knitting paterns but the coulours match perfectly, which is extremely difficult because the blue of the sea changes every minute. The composition, the colours and the full pic are beautiful and smart.
Each of these pictures has taken me several days or weeks to research and plan, and Nina has spent weeks and sometimes months knitting for each one. I have generally begun with an idea: ‘Could I photograph someone blending into a cliff edge?’ Then I go looking for the perfect location.
Mady And Monette Malroux, 2015
The locations have to be eye-catching but simple enough to be able to be knitted. They also have to be places that aren’t going to change too fast, as the knitting takes a few weeks. It would have been terrible to prepare a sweater and then not be able to shoot because the location has been demolished.
Jimmy, 2014
Once I’ve found the location, I photograph someone standing where I would like the model to be in the final picture. I draw over this scouting photograph and annotate the picture with different colours and patterns so Nina can plan how to knit. Often there are 10 or 12 different shades of yarn in a single picture, and up to 24 balls of wool at any one time for the more complicated designs.
After 5 years and over a thousand hours of knitting, the project has now been published in book form by Hoxton Mini Press.
Rumi And Scarlet, 2019
Monsieur Chat, 2017
Venus, 2015
Calum, 2017
Lo, Beachy Head, 2018
Malik, 2016
Chris, 2019
Fimber Bravo, 2018
Fruit Fraud, 2019
Cherry Blossom
Knitting Track
Black Phoenix, 2019
Nina, 2018
Kate, 2019
Even if it was meant to blend in, on it's own it's a beautiful sweater. I would certainly wear it!
Stilts
Buddy And Taboushka, 2018
This Side Up
Fatboy Slim, 2018
Knit Teapot
Seth Globepainter, 2019
Popay, 2019
Rock Pools
Anyone else want to either make a raspberry sound or push him in the snow?
Rock Pools
This is a very creative project and you are super talented!
So weird and wonderful!
I get it... but I don't get it...
This is a very creative project and you are super talented!
So weird and wonderful!
I get it... but I don't get it...