Pine Lake, copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale As a book artist and photobook specialist, this is the time of year that I provide kudo's to all of the photographers, photobook designers, photobook publishers and the book artists who use photography as a part of their creative medium. This year I was asked by Manik Katyal, the... Continue Reading →
PhotoBook Independent – Prospectus
Indie Book Fair, Duncan Miller Gallery, Santa Monica, December 2013 This coming May 1-3, 2015 there will be Photobook Independent for self-publishing photographers and small independent publishers to exhibit and sell their... Continue Reading →
Photo Independent & Paris Photo LA – 2014
. Untitled, copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. This past weekend there were two photographic fairs in L.A., and in fact they were adjacent to each other. The largest of these was the second Paris Photo LA held again on the back lot of the Paramont Picture Studios in Hollywood. I wrote about Paris Photo LA in... Continue Reading →
Book Fair participation
Me (photo by Wendy Hicks) at Duncan Miller gallery, Santa Monica, CA Yesterday afternoon was a fun and interesting event being a participant at the Duncan Miller gallery Photo Art Book Fair held in Santa Monica. Actually my first time as a "exhibitor", so thought I would share a little bit about this experience. First,... Continue Reading →
Stock Photgraphy – Fine Print
Okay, this is part two following on from yesterday's article about the potential for shooting Stock Photography, which is one more post than I planned, but I am on a roll. As Gordon had reminded me off-line, beware of the fine print with a potential stock agency. And the fine print includes, who takes on the copyright of... Continue Reading →
Shamelessly Self-promoting myself
One of the things you are suppose to do, if you want to be noticed and eventually sell a print or book or get a gallery representation, is to promote yourself. And in a round about way, I have been. And then again, I have not been really diligent in this area. sigh As I read other blogs... Continue Reading →
Friday at photo l.a.
At the moment, I am making plans for a day in Santa Monica and at photo l.a. Laura Russell and I are meeting for morning coffee to put finishing touches on the workshop at her gallery in March. Then I want to head over to Bergamont Station in Santa Monica for the rest of the morning to... Continue Reading →
UnCritical Mass acceptance
Urban Redevelopment #10, 2008, copyright of Douglas Stockdale Well from the ashes of defeat, a really nice post-submission group exhibit. I was "juried In" to the group exhibit, UnCritical Mass, by Liz Kuball, who also had an UnCritical Mass submission. And from a review of those of us that did not get pass the first cut,... Continue Reading →
My blog intent – still evolving
I wrote the following as an updated note to an earlier entry, but it probably needs a seperate published manisfesto: I have been trying to reconcile the writing I do for this blog versus The Photo Exchange, were I am the current Managing Editor, so for this subject (The Business of Fine Art Phtograph) and similar topics... Continue Reading →
Limited Editions – Current Reality
I continue to contemplate the use of Limited Editions for my photographs after my lengthly discussion with Hal Gould while in Denver last week. There really is a lengthly list of pros and cons on this issue, but I guess it does come down to individual philosphy and creative intent. In reality, there is no limit to... Continue Reading →