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All Photographs Copyright 2011 by Douglas Stockdale I have continued to think about the body of work that I created while I was in China during 2007 and 2008. While in the midst of my stay, I had a number of potential concepts, but in retrospect, not really concrete enough. I know that while in China... Continue Reading →
Fuiggi, December 2010 copyright Douglas Stockdale For my project Ciociaria and the subsequent book publisher connection with Marco Delogu, the publisher behind Edizioni Punctum, it may well be of a case of how one thing developed into another to arrive at my Fall publication of Douglas Stockdale Ciociaria. Earlier I have shared how the project Ciociaria came to be, but as this project was developing,... Continue Reading →
Acuto, Italy, 2010 copyright Douglas Stockdale Wonderful news! An Italian photo-book publisher is very interested in my project Ciociaria and we have now moved past the inquiry stage to the "what do we need to do to get this published" stage. very nice! So at this time, I have a very small decision as to... Continue Reading →
Photographs copyright Douglas Stockdale I have just completed the development and sequencing of my recent photography project, Milan Fashion Week, which is currently available in a blog style photobook layout. More about this conceptual presentation in just a moment. BTW, what follows is not your normal photographic artistic statement, I am just not up to that today. First, if... Continue Reading →
Auberge noir (Insomnia: Hotel Noir series) copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale - After a relatively long spell, I am working on my Insomnia project again. Perhaps it is the influence of studying the photobooks of Mario Giacomelli and Kiyoshi Suzuki, while I find myself moving to a darker palate and contraster images. You probably could question the relevance as these two photographers were actively photographing during... Continue Reading →
December, Fiuggi, Italy copyright 2009 Douglas Stockdale - A hilltop comune (town) in the province of Frosinone in the region of Lazio (Ciociaria) in central Italy that dates back before 1200, which is located south of Rome. The town of Fiuggi became famous for its Acqua di Fiuggi which flows from its natural springs and... Continue Reading →
A little over a year ago I started to publish my photographic book reviews on The PhotoBook Journal and now some 75 photobook reviews later, I have started to co-publish a few of my reviews in conjunction with photo-eye's online magazine. photo-eye publishes photobook reviews in conjunction with their book store and gallery, located in... Continue Reading →
Early last week, I was contacted by photo-eye, the Santa Fe gallery and bookstore, to write photobook reviews for them. We've worked out most of the details, as they need a brief photobook review and I can wirte a more encompassing review of the same book, which I can publish on The PhotoBook. I think that... Continue Reading →
Reminder that Blurb is in the midst of their Photography.Book.Now judging and concurrently they have the "People's Choice" Award. So if you have not voted for your favorite book yet, and you really like my mine, please vote for Insomnia: Hotel Noir here. Best regards, Doug
Interesting week, but the net result is that today I am getting back on track with my book submission for Insomnia: Hotel Noir. First I could not the user's manual for the monitor calibration and it had been a bit too long since I had updated my monitor calibration (yeah, I know, not a smart... Continue Reading →
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