Recently on Instagram, photographer Paul Octavious has taken to matching Pantone swatches to the world around him in an ongoing series simple titled The Pantone Project. Drawing on the basic color matching system used in the printing industry, Octavious matches snippets of his everyday life to the solid blocks of color with fun names like sunshine (yellow), bright violet, and pirate black. By holding the swatches out with his own hand, the photographer inserts himself into each image, reminding viewers that there is a man behind the lens.
a work in progress, not yet titled, not yet finished (a vision)
30” x 22”
watercolor, gouache, acrylic on bfk
2013
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What would I be
If I could be free
I couldn’t even walk
You trip me up
But you break me in two
And you throw me away
And you spit in my cup
You trip me up