Looking at one photograph at a time
I have the pleasure of curating the next Decagon Gallery open call exhibition, Portal, At the Edge of Becoming. A portal is not simply an opening. It is a condition — a space where something begins to shift, dissolve, or remain beautifully unresolved. We are looking for photographs that hold tension rather than explain it.... Continue Reading →
Memory Pods: Dodho feature, June 2025 Honored with a feature on Dodho for my Memory Pods series yesterday; a project that I had initiated over ten years ago when I was contemplating how I could metaphorically relate memory loss due to Alzheimer's Disease with the flowering phases of an Aloe Vera plant. To be honest,... Continue Reading →
Blue Horizon (Number 193104) copyright 2024 Douglas Stockdale – I was honored to have my seascape cyanotype Blue Horizon featured this past week on YourDailyPhotograph.com, which is a 11 x 14" image I printed on a 16 x 20" sheet of Bergger Cot 320. I have photographed this stretch of the San Clemente oceanscape on numerous occasions,... Continue Reading →
Entanglement, number 1766-4, copyright 2024 Douglas Stockdale - Towards the end of last year, I was trading emails with another alt-photo artist about my Photolucida Critical Mass 2023 and 2024 Finalist recognition. She had mentioned that she had four Critical Mass Finalist awards, while nothing higher (e.g. Top 50) seemed to occur for her, thus... Continue Reading →
2025 Copyright Douglas Stockdale - I have always been fascinated by the form and shape of trees in the winter after they shed their leaves, leaving bear the underlying structure. For many years I have also thought that this might make a nice portfolio series, while my photographs might not be all that unique, as... Continue Reading →
Urban Ashes (number 0175), Airport Fire, September 2024 copyright 2025 Douglas Stockdale - When I started to print my multi-media monotypes, I soon realized that one visual aspect was missing for me; whites and highlights, especially somewhere in the midst of a field of color. So I had a couple of options; use some white... Continue Reading →
Urban Ashes, multi-media monotypes, copyright 2024 Douglas Stockdale - Wow, for the second consecutive issue of The Hand magazine, I have a full page feature of my artwork submissions. Last issue #46 featured my cyanotypes I made from photographs from my assignment in China in 2008, while for issue #47 (above), a bit different subject... Continue Reading →
I am very honored to have the opportunity to co-exhibit with Paul Anderson at the OC Camera Gallery this coming March. Artist statement: Fragmented Realities is an exhibition of two complementary bodies of art by Paul Anderson and myself that investigates the contemporary urban landscape. Both are very divergent in their respective methodologies, pairing the... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series) 2024 copyright Douglas Stockdale – Over the holidays, I did some experimentation with polymer photogravure plate making and printing as a potential alternative process for my Urban Ashes project. Nevertheless, the first image I printed as a photogravure was from my Entanglement series, above, as my intaglio print coach recommended using an image that was... Continue Reading →
China cyanotype series, copyright 2008/2024 Douglas Stockdale I am really honored that Issue #46 of The Hand magazine (Fall 2024) provided me with a full page feature of my China cyanotype series. My cyanotypes had been featured twice before in The Hand, while either singular images or as a pair. So a full page feature... Continue Reading →
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