Looking at one photograph at a time
Sea Kelp & Sea Stacks, Bandon, Oregon, copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale with exhibition photo by Kathleen Koopman, copyright 2023 A little pat on my back shout-out for gardening a Honorable Mention for one of my two cyanotype seascapes that are on exhibition at the Light Art Space exhibition, titled H2O: Shifting Currents that I posted... Continue Reading →
Awareness (Entanglement series) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - Cool! Today is World Cyanotype Day (last Saturday of September, each year), an alternative photographic process discovered in 1843 by Sir John Herschel that utilizes the sun's UV bandwidth to make (blue) prints. Hard to believe I stated experimenting with the cyanotype printing process just one year... Continue Reading →
. This is one of those Good News: Interesting News combinations, which will also be at least a two part series. The Good News is that some of my cyanotypes from my Critical Mass 2023 Finalist (Entanglements) portfolio will be featured in the Fall 2023 issue of The Hand magazine. Very cool and another validation... Continue Reading →
Sea Kelp & Sea Stacks, Bandon, Oregon, copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale Bandon Harbor, Low Tide, Bandon, Oregon, copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale Delightful news! Two of my seascape cyanotypes were accepted into Light Art Space's exhibition "H2O: Shifting Currents" which was juried by Kristen Martinicic. Backstory: we were in Bandon Oregon last fall for my son's... Continue Reading →
Gatekeeper (Entanglement series) 2018/2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - A wonderful start for the week when I was reading a Facebook shout out by a friend of mine, who listed me in her post about her making the first cut of the top 200 Finalist for this years Critical Mass. hmmmmm?? So intrigued, I check it... Continue Reading →
Santa Fe Nicho, copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale - I am honored that my cyanotype print titled Santa Fe Nicho was selected by guest juror, Diana Bloomfield (Raleigh, NC) for Light Art Space (Silver City, NM) gallery exhibition The Still(ed) Life: Celebrating Handmade Photographic Art, which is featuring Alternative Photographic Processes. I am equally excited that this is my... Continue Reading →
Camouflage #2, (Entanglement series) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - Cyanotype print from digital negative, the second titled Camouflage from this same series. Photographed this site last month with a 50mm Distagon on my Hasselblad using expired Ektar 100 (2019) 120 film on a decommissioned WWII/Korean War practice Bombing Range in Southern California. As a note, I... Continue Reading →
Remnant (Entanglement series) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale – I am publishing this on the occasion of Juneteenth, a relatively new government holiday in the United States, but celebrated by African Americans for many years. "It commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans following the Civil War. Deriving its name from combining June and nineteenth, it is... Continue Reading →
Complication (Entanglement series) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - I am taking a slight pause for a mid-year reassessment of where I am and where I am going. Not about making drastic new directions but just determining if a slight tweak in my plans going forward are warranted. I was doing a quick vin diagram of... Continue Reading →
Wo Zhi Kan Kan (JiaShan, China) 2008/2023 Copyright Douglas Stockdale - I am very honored that my cyanotype print titled “Wo Zhi Kan Kan” (Mandarin for "I Am Just Looking") was selected by guest juror, Ann Jastrab (Executive Director/Curator of the Center for Photographic Art, in Carmel, CA) for The Photographer's Eye (Escondido, CA) (s)Light of Hand... Continue Reading →
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