Of Riches & Rags – A Reading of the Financial Times
The books consists of a series of photographs showing individual pages of the Financial Times placed on a lightbox.
As a flimsy, low-quality paper, newsprint has a number of drawbacks, one such being its semi-transparency: there is always the chance that pictures and text printed on one side of the paper will show through and interfere with the matter overleaf. Yet this apparent flaw has considerable potential that has rarely been explored or highlighted. The Financial Times was of particular interest to me because of the distinctive orange-pink colour of the paper, as well as the range and quality of the illustrations. When individual pages are placed on a light-box, the text and/or images printed on different sides of the sheet sometimes collide with unexpected consequences and the resulting counterpoint proves surprisingly insightful. When making the book, the challenge was to create a coherent, eye-catching and thought-provoking sequence out of what might first appear as random images.
8 loose leaf folds consisting of 23 colour photographs printed on ‘Champagne’ coloured paper and card (Canford 150 gsm for the folds 300gsm for the cover and wrapper). Edition of 23 copies. Only Nos 15 to 18 offered for sale.
