Looking at one photograph at a time
Sandstone Creek, Vail CO 2010 copyright Douglas Stockdale We were back in Vail last week for our annual ski vacation, when the folks from Southern California go "visit" the snow. Only this year the snow was not so great, so lugged the ski gear but did not use it, which was okay. So more time... Continue Reading →
I think it was the beginning of 2009 that I came up with this brilliant idea of posting items related to my projects on the project blog pages, e.g. anything related to my project Insomnia would be on the Insomnia blog (www.insomniahotelnoir.wordpress.com). Okay, so this was not so brilliant. But like any idea, it was... Continue Reading →
Okay, this is putting a positive spin on reality; one of the up-sides of my intense travel schedule this past four months has been to allow myself some space between finishing my Insomnia: Hotel Noir book dummy last Fall and examining it again now. When I brought this dummy with me to Italy last month, I realized that... Continue Reading →
When I start taking photographs, I cease to see. Because instead I am now taking photographs. Best regards, Douglas
Fiuggi, snowstorm copyright Douglas Stockdale 2010 Last December I recevied the Chamber of Commerce line about snow in Fiuggi: "oh, it does not every snow in Fiuggi" - Ha! I know what that white crap looks like, and this is it. So now you know my friends, it does snow in Fiuggi ;- ) Douglas
Self portrait, Rome copyright Douglas Stockdale
Pantheon, detail by Douglas Stockdale There are a lot of old archeology digs in Rome to see, but this was one of the few compositions that drew me in. For all of the rest, they were just interesting to causally look at.
Fiuggi, Italy, Winter copyright of Douglas Stockdale Half way through the first month of the 2010 New Year and I am just now posting my first article on this blog. I have already posted three or four book reviews, my top ten books for 2009 and some other book information on The PhotoBook, as well as... Continue Reading →
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Fiuggi Plazza, copyright Douglas Stockdale 2009 Still thinking about the body of work that I might develop around the city of Fiuggi, Italy, which is located adjacent to an assignment that I am working on. First, I had to get the "classic" photographs of this old city out of my system. Most of the recent images... Continue Reading →
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