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Overdue for an update. Back in April I wrote an article about how I might combine coffee toning with my cyanotype prints for my Urban Ashes project. The thinking was that the Prussian blue cyanotype print color did not entirely resonate with this particular project's narrative for me and I wanted to make this subject... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series) 2024 copyright Douglas Stockdale – I am really excited that I was selected as a 2024 Critical Mass Finalist, as one of the 200 individuals chosen to move to the next step of judging process. This is also the second consecutive time that I have been selected as a Critical Mass Finalist, and both have... Continue Reading →
Wayne Swanson, portrait by Donna Cosentino • With the recent passing of my friend and PhotoBook Journal colleague, Wayne Swanson (1951 - 2024), I realized that I wanted to write and publish a memoriam about him to share in our on-line magazine. First was the shock of his passing, while he had been in and out... Continue Reading →
Entanglement: Transformation 0356-4-8, copyright 2023/2024 Douglas Stockdale – My practice of utilizing a print weave of my cyanotypes continues to be a a creative journey. When I began the weave methodology earlier this year, my practice was pretty straight forward as to the weaving process that resulted in a uniform mosaic pattern. Since I was just starting... Continue Reading →
Last Iceberg (No. 9200) copyright 2022/2024 Douglas Stockdale – With today's solar eclipse and the 'focus' on our sun (and its effects, which is why a ton of individuals have purchased special solar eclipse glasses), a good time to provide a PSA (Public Service Reminder). Global warming of our blue planet is not due to any changes in... Continue Reading →
Urban Ashes (No. 094853) copyright 2022/2024 Douglas Stockdale – For my on-going environmental project Urban Ashes (yes, the project name as slightly morphed again), while evaluating some cyanotypes prints, the blue just did not entire resonate with me. Seemed too cheerful and not dire enough for my subjects. I was intrigued in how other alternative photographic... Continue Reading →
San Clemente Pier, copyright 2022/2023 Douglas Stockdale – Honored that my artwork for our 2023 Season's Greeting card is now matted and framed (without glass) and is in the permanent collection of one of my collectors. I am told that this will be a seasonal display in their home, which is just fine with me. Beats the... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Marshall Fire: Aftermath Ashes #6560) copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – This is my third post (here and here) related to the Marshall fire that occurred two years ago in Boulder Colorado. Maybe this is not the most uplifting subject to end the year with, while perhaps the most realistic regarding the times we live in. This was... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Marshall Fire: Aftermath Ashes #6238) copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – It was exactly two years ago to the day that the communities in Boulder County, Colorado, experienced an end of the year event in 2021 that is becoming eerily too common; severe drought coupled with hurricane-force winds and one spark too many. What was the environmental lead-up... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Marshall Fire Aftermath #094853) copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – Two years ago communities in Boulder County, Colorado, experienced an end of the year event in 2021 that is becoming eerily too common; severe drought coupled with hurricane-force winds and one spark too many. Lasting two days over 1,100+ homes and business were totally destroyed. The... Continue Reading →
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