Paul Octavious’ “The Things I Saw from JFK ✈SFO.”

Paul’s work is interesting and visually striking. His work has a kind of nostalgic, almost timeless feel to it. It reminds of events and people I can’t quite place but who are familiar nevertheless.

Anyway, I am a sucker for travel photography like that of Octavious’ “The Things I Saw From JFK to SFO” series. Each time I am on an airplane I attempt to photograph my views but my photos never come out as bold or striking as Paul’s. Depressing, really. All that time spent pressed up against the plastic interior of the plane and not a damn photo to show for it. On the local level, Paul’s series, Montrose Harbor, is a great take on the harbor that is a 15 minute walk from my apartment in Uptown.

How I found Paul’s work:

Tumbler JeSuisPerdu blogged about Paul’s “Montrose Harbor” series from someplace in NYC. I read Paul’s posts in my Tumblr dashboard. After clicking on Winslow’s (Jesuisperdu) post, I spent some time on Paul’s site where I discovered his “JFK to SFO” series. It took a 2O year old tumbler in NYC to connect me, in Chicago, with Paul, who is also based in Chicago.

Breakdown: JeSuisPerdu (NYC) -> Me (Chicago) via Tumblr -> Paul (Chicago).

-Posted by Christina D.