A fun and brightly colored little accordion that is taken up with all the emotional vicissitudes of loving and relating to one's partner. I'll let Wynne take up the story in his own description of the book:
A little concertina book for obsessives, those who wait anxiously for him to call. Images, text and illustrations by Michael Wynne.
I love my man.
He is so tall
and he likes me
because I'm small.
When we're together
he has to crawl
or I ride his back
and never fall.
...From work, at lunch,
he'll always call,
or text me kisses,
sign off, "Love, Paul."
(extract from My Man Paul)
This book was produced as part of a fascinating year-long bookmaking project as described here by Wynne:
"On the 1st of October 2016, I set out to make a photobook a month until the same time in 2017. For a year and a bit, I made a photobook a month, more or less. Some months I made two books, other books took more than a month to complete. For each month I photographed a different man, and out of that photoshoot I created a book. The book evolved out of a conversation between the model and I, or something they did, or something I’d seen them do online. Some books incorporated text I‘d written previously, for others I was inspired to write something new. With each book, I tried to find the form that would echo the theme. These are the first photobooks I’ve made, evidence of a journey’s beginnning."
On this site I have reviewed another of Wynne's books in this project and it can be seen here: accordion publications: Michael Wynne. For an introduction and listing of all the recent books published by Michael Wynne see: Michael Wynne
This book: 26 pages, double-sided, 3" (h) x 2" (w) and fully open at 4ft 4"
