Look, I'm wearing all the colours
Dublin Core
Title
Look, I'm wearing all the colours
Shelfmark - 430.HLTH.ÖSTERLUND
Subject
Documentary
Description
An intimate story of a relationship lived with a third entity - invisible illness. It explores my journey as both husband and photographer trying to understand my wife’s condition. A love story of empathy and passion, frustration and laughter. The book uses a breadth of photographs from a 13 year period; both images that are poignantly medical related and candid moments of joy and intimacy.
Winner of Belfast Photo Festival 2019 and it was exhibited at Athens Photo Festival (Greece) and K Book Show (Lithuania).
I started photographing Zara when we first met. Images of nights out, eating and kissing were soon joined by images of flare ups and hospital visits. She lives with conditions that cause constant pain and which lead to life often feeling like it lacks cohesion and order. They join us as silent partners in our relationship with each other, and our wider world.
Winner of Belfast Photo Festival 2019 and it was exhibited at Athens Photo Festival (Greece) and K Book Show (Lithuania).
I started photographing Zara when we first met. Images of nights out, eating and kissing were soon joined by images of flare ups and hospital visits. She lives with conditions that cause constant pain and which lead to life often feeling like it lacks cohesion and order. They join us as silent partners in our relationship with each other, and our wider world.
Creator
Rikard Österlund
Publisher
Self Published (Ampigt Förlag)
Date
2018
Format
Hardback cover with foiled titles
4 colour litho on Munken Kristall 150gsm
Sirio endpapers
4 colour litho on Munken Kristall 150gsm
Sirio endpapers
Book Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
26 x 21 cm
Number of Pages
120
Number of images
90
Edition Size
500
Place of Publication
United Kingdom
Designer
Rikard Österlund (cover designed by Zara Carpenter and Rikard Österlund)
Editor
Rikard Österlund with support from Anna Clarén
Printer
Prepress and printing by Narayana Press, Denmark
ISBN
978-1-9164473-0-1
Website
www.rikard.co.uk
URL Link to project
https://www.rikard.co.uk/allthecolours
Where to buy
Available from the photographers website and these amazing bookshops:
Setanta Books (UK), Flotsam Books (Japan), Konst/ig Books (Sweden), LL Editions (Sweden), Baggins Books (UK)
Setanta Books (UK), Flotsam Books (Japan), Konst/ig Books (Sweden), LL Editions (Sweden), Baggins Books (UK)
Links to reviews
PhotoBookStore: https://photoeditions.co.uk/photobook-reviews/look-im-wearing-all-the-colours-by-rikard-osterlund-reviewed-by-robin-titchener/
The Photobook Journal: https://photobookjournal.com/2019/02/21/rikard-osterlund-look-im-wearing-all-the-colors/
WhoNeedsAnotherPhotoBlog: https://whoneedsanotherphotoblog.wordpress.com/2018/11/04/look-im-wearing-all-the-colours-by-rikard-osterlund/
Source Magazine - Issue 97: https://www.source.ie/archive/issue97/is97contents.phpOmFotoBoken.se https://omfotoboken.com/2018/10/17/look-im-wearing-all-the-colours/
Metro: https://metro.co.uk/2018/06/05/husband-spends-13-years-documenting-life-wife-illness-7601357/
Fragmentary Interview: http://fragmentary.org/rikard-osterlund/
Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/05/one-husbands-loving-portrait-of-his-wife-and-her-illness/
The Photobook Journal: https://photobookjournal.com/2019/02/21/rikard-osterlund-look-im-wearing-all-the-colors/
WhoNeedsAnotherPhotoBlog: https://whoneedsanotherphotoblog.wordpress.com/2018/11/04/look-im-wearing-all-the-colours-by-rikard-osterlund/
Source Magazine - Issue 97: https://www.source.ie/archive/issue97/is97contents.phpOmFotoBoken.se https://omfotoboken.com/2018/10/17/look-im-wearing-all-the-colours/
Metro: https://metro.co.uk/2018/06/05/husband-spends-13-years-documenting-life-wife-illness-7601357/
Fragmentary Interview: http://fragmentary.org/rikard-osterlund/
Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/05/one-husbands-loving-portrait-of-his-wife-and-her-illness/
Collection
Citation
Rikard Osterlund, “Look, I'm wearing all the colours,” Photo Book Cafe Archive, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/430.