Looking at one photograph at a time
Loss, Memory Pods, 2014 copyright Douglas Stockdale I will have a couple of framed photographs on exhibit at Fabrik Projects for the month of December as part of their "2018 Holiday Pop-up". This is a group show that will feature artwork that is reasonably priced for the holidays. My photographs are from my Memory Pod... Continue Reading →
Trabuco Flats, copyright 2018 Douglas Stockdale For those who might have followed the link to my website these past few days probably had a bit of a visual surprise when you were greeted with a brand new home page. So while I was taking some time to evaluate how I wanted to proceed with my Trabuco... Continue Reading →
Guide to Self-Publishing an Indie Artist Book, 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale As many of you know, in addition to writing this photo-blog in which I discuss my photographic projects and other odds and ends, I am also the Editor of The PhotoBook Journal. I started The PhotoBook Journal (TPBJ) shortly after starting this blog back in... Continue Reading →
Guide book dummy, 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale I am very excited to announce that I will be providing my Photo Book Design Workshop in conjunction with the Medium Festival of Photography next March 23 & 24th (rescheduled, was 16 and 17th), 2019. This two day workshop will take place in San Diego at the Lafayette... Continue Reading →
Loss, Memory Pods, copyright Douglas Stockdale Truly an interesting weekend and now the following week as I just found out that I have an opportunity to exhibit at this weekend's Photo Independent 2018 being held in Los Angeles. I will be sharing some exhibition space with my book printer, Dual Graphics, thus my stronger emphasis... Continue Reading →
Introduction to Photo Book Design workshop Los Angeles Center for Photography Next month, October 7th and 14th, I will be repeating my popular two-day workshop in conjunction with the Los Angeles Center for Photograph (LACP). This workshop focuses on the fundamental development of a book; understanding the artists intent and how that then translates into a book object... Continue Reading →
Aging (Memory Pods project) copyright Douglas Stockdale It is now September, summer vacation as most of us know it (as a former Midwestern that is after Labor Day), the kids are back in school and looking forward to the Fall weather. I took a short break from blogging here after the publication and exhibition of... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground, self-published artist book, edition of 99 copyright 2018 Douglas Stockdale Last weekend the publication of the Middle Ground edition was finally completed! Binding the of 99 artist books took a bit longer than I had anticipated, to say the least. Introduction (text not provided in the artist book): My urban landscape project Middle Ground... Continue Reading →
Alternative Crossing, Middle Ground, 2017, copyright Douglas Stockdale Contextualize; the artist intends to explain, justify and extend their body of work. Similar to the write-up a gallery will provide for an artist's work that might need to be re-positioned as to it's artistic merit (such as being "collectible", thus you should buy it), as example... Continue Reading →
Douglas Stockdale, portfolio reviewer, EXPOSURES 2017, Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) I am very honored to again to join the LACP portfolio reviewer team during EXPOSURES 2018 this July. I will be on-site providing portfolio reviews for both Saturday and Sunday this year. Similar to last year, my emphasis will be on photographic projects, editing... Continue Reading →
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