Looking at one photograph at a time
Untitled (Douglas Stockdale, Art Supply Warehouse, Westminster, CA) For the last couple of days, I have been in the fabrication mode for Pine Lake, my artist book. One of the limitations to constructing this artist book was the 24" paper cutter in my studio. Thus after I purchased the 32" x 40" Crescent 20C chipboard... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Art Supply Warehouse, Westminster, CA) After figuring out that I do not need to obtain an ISBN for my Pine Lake project (what I have been referring to as the PL project), things seem to now be flowing smoother. As an hand made artist book in an edition of 25 which is being sold... Continue Reading →
Lest I Forget - Ciociaria copyright Douglas Stockdale I am very happy to announce that my photograph "Lest I Forget" from my Ciociaria project and photobook is curated into the December group exhibition at the Orange County Contemporary Center for Art (OCCCA). The exhibition will have two opening, the first is this Saturday, December 1st,... Continue Reading →
A good friend of mine, Larry Vogel, has started a new blog this last weekend, called The New Renaissance Man. Although Larry is primarily a photographer, represented by the Susan Spiritus Gallery here in SoCal, he is muti-talented to the point of considering himself a new Renaissance Man. His blogging intentions are stated here: This... Continue Reading →
Reflections from the project Insomnia: Hotel Noirphotography copyright of Douglas Stockdale I have been reading and assessing a lot of photographic books recently to publish on The Photo Book, and to a lesser extent, photographic reviews at galleries, but still looking a ton of images on the Internet. One aspect of these reviews that I bring with me, probably... Continue Reading →
Hutong ReDevelopment #7, 2007 copyright of Douglas Stockdale Catching up on my reading and I found that I had received some really nice comments by Miguel Garcia-Guzman on his blog, Exposure Compensation regarding my Un-Critical Mass submission, Re:Development. I really like his description of my work and to quote Miguel: "Doug’s work highlights a beautiful sense of space, patterns and... Continue Reading →
Arizona Monsoon, copyright Douglas Stockdale - With the May 2008 bankruptcy of the Camera Arts magazine by Tim Anderson, the Publisher & Editor, I thought that the magazine was a goner. Which was sad after I had a great conversation with Anderson at the Palm Springs Photo Festival during my portfolio review session. This discussion... Continue Reading →
"Watering Hole" copyright of Amy Stein I had an opportunity to review a local exhibit that inculded the work of Amy Stein and a couple of other photographers. In my role as the editor of the The Photo Exchange, I am more of a reporter versus a true reviewer. Perhaps that will evolve over time.... Continue Reading →
While I sort my stuff out after a day at the Palm Springs Photo Festival, I will leave you with a question that was posed to me from Tim Wride, (Independent curator, Director of No Strings Foundation, recently the Curator of photography at the Los Angeles Musuem of Art), one of my portfolio reviewers, Does the... Continue Reading →
Winter Field, JiaShan, China (Wo Zhi KanKan - I am just Looking) copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale - When I read a question asked by Miguel Garcia-Guzman on his blog Exposure Compensation (2014 update: the Exposure Compensation blog has been removed and has a new owner) regarding what constitutes Contemporary Great Portrait Photography, that started a kernel of thinking as... Continue Reading →
