LACP 4th Annual Members juried exhibition acceptance

Fog (Memory Pods project) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale

I am delighted to announce that another of my Memory Pod project photographs has been juried into an exhibition, which in this case is the 4th Annual Members Exhibition for LACP (Los Angeles Center of Photography). The juror is Paula Tognarelli of the Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA). While the earlier exhibition of Loss was awarded an honorable mention, this time I am very honored to be juried in which I believe is another validation of this project.

In checking earlier posts, it appears that I have not published this image before. All of my photographs for this conceptual project are potential metaphors for the condition of individuals who are living with the loss of memory. For this image, Fog, I am investigating profound memory loss; all traces of memory are gone and the individual is existing in a perpetual memory fog. The stooped, disheveled and bent-over appearance is also an indication that these individual frequently resemble in this state and if they could communicate they would talk of serve depression, anxiety and anger. This is also nearing the end of the individuals life as other acute issues related to their memory loss are occurring.

Regretfully not an up-lifting reason for me to develop this image, but part of my desire to investigate the effects of dementia and Alzheimer’s upon those who are unfortunate to suffer this dreadful disease. Also why we need to invest in research to eliminate it. We will all come to our end on day, but some paths are more wicked than others.

Best regards, Doug