Untitled (the party Seine, Paris, 2010) copyright 2015 Douglas Stockdale In 2010 I had an opportunity to be in Paris during the summer and found a rite of summer (or anytime that is warm enough) that is frequently celebrated in this city; partying along the banks of the river Seine, thus the punster title of... Continue Reading →
OCMA update
Untitled (OCMA administration office, Newport Beach, CA 2015) copyright 2015 Douglas Stockdale Last weekend was interesting time for me at the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA). First, the Deputy Director had selected one of my photographs to hang in the administration space, which I dropped off in the morning. This is the second opportunity... Continue Reading →
Buzzz about Branding for artists
Neighborhoods (LA, 2015) copyright 2015 Douglas Stockdale Recently there has been a spat of articles recently published about the necessity of artists to "brand" themselves to improve their presence in the art world, which of course includes photography. This of course means that the galleries can increase the price of the artists works, which should... Continue Reading →
Elizabeth Avedon’s Best Photography Books for 2014 – and I am on it!
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 →
Keep Singular Images ad free – purchase a print!
Aging (#39 Memory pod series) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale August 2014 Update: this offer has expired! I will soon have some special print offers and due to all of the feedback I have received since posting this (thank you one and all), all prints will be in limited editions. Cheers! The Management I founded the Singular... Continue Reading →
Sub-Warp Speed
Untitled series (Warp Speed #01 - #07) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale This is a mini-project that explores the time-space continuum and the effects of traveling at sub-Warp Speed. With the advent of another Star Wars movie in the making and been awhile since the last release, most are not familiar with the experience of approaching... 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 →
New Year’s housekeeping – start of 2014
10x10 American Photobooks exhibiton catalog, copyright 2013 10x10 Photobooks Today was a bit of virtual housekeeping day, as with all of the events that crashed into the end of the year, there were some things that I did not complete that I should have. Most of these tasks are related to my personal self promotion... Continue Reading →
Bluewater Shore – Maquette
Artist photobook maquette cover, Bluewater Shore, copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. A couple of days ago I started a discussion about my next artist photobook for 2014, Bluewater Shore, which I have just finished the first maquette in preparation of getting some feedback from friends at photo l.a. next week. First, in the photo of the... Continue Reading →
Pine Lake featured in Emaho Magazine
Pine Lake copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale. I was thinking earlier today that I should finish the year with a post about what my objectives were for next year and thoughts about this past year. But then Manik Katyal, the Editor-in-Chief/Publisher of Emaho magazine disrupted my great plans with his article about Pine Lake. So how... Continue Reading →