Thursday, March 25, 2010

Paul Octavious

Chicago photographer and designer, Paul Octavious, is one of those people whose strong visual sensibility enable him to see and create something out of nothing. Many of his series are a response to something he found or came across, and it's his unique approach that makes his images so special. I'm featuring work from 3 series, Same Hill Different Day is a particular favorite.

For the past 2 years I have visited a beautiful mound of earth that I have come to call "the hill." Each time I have come to the hill a new story is told to me as if the hill is my stage and the locals are the actors in this daily play.

Images from Same Hill Different Day














Images from Book Collection








Images from Lines








4 comments:

Blue Mitchell said...

Aline, thanks so much for sharing Paul's work - I'm drawn very much to his lines portfolio!

Highton-Ridley said...

Thanks for bringing us the extracts from some superb collections. I really liked Books and Same Hill Different Day.

photothis said...

Same Hill Different day is addictive. The shot with buildings in the background threw me though; I guess he's shooting from different positions? Initially I thought it would be most interesting if he parked the camera in the same spot for each shot, but if he mixed it up to intentionally jar the viewer, that's pretty excellent right there.

J. Wesley Brown said...

Long been a fan of Paul's on flickr. Nice feature!