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© JOSEPH FORD

InvisibleJumpers

ByJosephFord,HoxtonMiniPress,£12.95,

88 pages, hardback,ISBN978-1-910566-58-

WHATdoyougetwhena creative

photographerandaninventive

knitterworktogetherona project?

A hilarious,opticalillusiontreat!

Thereis neithertrickphotography

herenorpostproductiontouchups.No,thistidyphoto

bookis allaboutcamouflage.

It hastakenJosephFord(thephotographer)and

NinaDodd(theknitter)fouryearstobringthisproject

tofruition,andtheendresultis marvellous.Knitting

theclothestookNinaanywherefromeighthoursto

97 hours(Calum,2017;shownhere).Joseph,onthe

otherhand,hascarefullyselectedhisbackgrounds,

yarnandmodelssothattheyallblendintoeachother

perfectly,makingyouseekoutwherethehumanends

andtheyarnbegins.Suchanunusual book would

makea greatChristmaspresent.

★★★★★Jolene Menezes

Alsoout now

Thelatestandbestbooks from the

world of photography

NSFW

ByRankin,teNeuesBooks,£45, 304 pages,

hardback, ISBN978-3-96171-213-

GIVENthatitstitleis theacronym

for‘NotSafeForWork’andthe

PRblurbdescribesit as‘anerotic

greatesthitsof photographer

Rankin’snudework’youpretty

muchknowwhatyou’regoingto

getwiththistitle.It’sa small-format

versionof a bookoriginallyreleasedin 2016,butstill

weighsin at a hefty2kg,andfeaturesover 200 nudes

spanning 25 yearsof work.

Theimagesareplayful,personal,stylishandpacked

withattitude.It showsRankin’stechnicaladroitness

andhisintuitiveappreciationof lightandcomposition.

If youappreciategreat,timelessnudephotography

therearefew,if any,livingexponentstotopRankinat

hisbest....andthisbookis a wonderful showcase.

★★★★★Steve Fairclough

Thebookhasbeenpublishedto
coincidewitha retrospectiveof thework
of TonyRay-Jones,a majorinfluencefor
Parr.TheexhibitionTheEnglishSeen
willbetakingplaceat theMartinParr
Foundationfrom 16 October,withan
accompanyingbookalsoavailable.By
publishingthebooksat thesametime,
it is hopedthata newcontexttoParr’s
earliestphotographswillbecomeobvious.
In Parr’sbook,whatwehaveis the
samecharmingandirreverentlookat the
subjectsthatwe’vecometoexpectfrom
him.However,becausetheyarestripped
back without the harshness of colour, the

imageshavea different,morekindlyand

lessabrasivefeel.

Forcompletistsandcollectors,this

is goingtobeanessentialpurchase–

butforthosewhohavethusfarbeen

unimpressedbyParr’soutput,it’sworth

givingthiscollectiona trytoseeif your

mindcanbechanged.Personally,I

lovethem.

I dohaveonesmallcomplaint:I’dlike

toseesomecaptionsorcontext.The

picturesin andof themselveswork

exceedinglywell,butbeingthenosy

parkerthatI am, I’d always like to

know more.

‘Withouttheharshnessofcolour,theimageshave

a diff erent, more kindly and less abrasive feel’

BOOK

BOOK

© MARTIN PARR/MAGNUM PHOTOS

1984.Calcutta,
India.MrandMrs
Smith,ownersof
TheFairlawnHotel.
FromMartin Parr
in India