Travis Shaffer's "Sorority Skin Tones: A Pantone Color Guide"

Tanning to the point of turning orange is predominant in Indiana and I really like Travis's project drawing attention to the ludicrousness of this action. In addition, these are all the wrong colors I generally run from and to find them sought after hues is both amusing and frightening. From the website:

"The 20 Pantone Colors included in this book are sourced from color averaged screen captures isolating the necks, chests, legs, foreheads, etc. of the 10 largest American sororities via their official facebook pages. This book is hand screen printed using official PANTONE brand paints."

FEATURING: JEFF NILAN, JACINDA RUSSELL, and NANCY DOUTHEY

"RR 2 Box 281 is a bi-monthly zine dedicated to photo-based contemporary art. Each of the six yearly issues will be focused on the work of two living artists working and living outside of traditional art centers. The title RR 2 Box 281 comes from the childhood address of the zine's editor Travis Shaffer. Travis and his wife/ co- editor, Angela, grew up in neighboring rural communities in southwestern Pennsylvania. Travis is currently an Instructor of Photography at the University of Kentucky and Angela teaches high-school art in the small town of Lancaster, KY. Through Digital and hard copy dissemination, RR2 seeks to increase the exposure of artists' working and living in the rural settings, thereby creating a dialog around relationships between contemporary art, regional identity and rurality.

Six times a year a new issue of RR 2 Box 281 will be released as both a free .pdf file (to be viewed online or downloaded via issuucom) and a hand bound hard copy zine (to be sent via standard post). The hard-copy zine will be 15$/ issue, or 60$ for a yearly subscription."

ZINE -- http://issuu.com/travisl.shaffer/docs/rr2_v1_is1

FACEBOOK -- http://www.facebook.com/pages/RR-2-Box-281/127947723918928

BLOG -- http:rrtwo.wordpress.com

More "34 Parking Lots" Inspiration

Charles Johnstone, Thirty-four Basketball Courts





Here is Travis Shaffer's Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles... ...via Google Maps I most like his pricing philosophy: "$24.46 (the price of Ed Ruscha’s first artist book $3.50 in 1963, run through an inflation calculator)."



More with Google Maps... Joachim Schmidt's book = I might purchase this for myself (look through the book preview as it is more than worth it especially at the end).