With the ongoing border wall issues created by the current American president it just seems that my Middle Ground project will always have some relevancy. When I self-published the Middle Ground artist book concurrently with my solo exhibition at Fabrik Projects, Chris Davies, the owner of the gallery, asked if I would also be interested... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground – Photobooks International
My artist book Middle Ground is now available at a third US bookstore; Photobooks International. Nice! This virtual bookstore also has a small retail space at Fabrik Projects gallery (Los Angeles near Culver City) where there are a few copies of this limited edition book are available to check out. Middle Ground is also available at Grenade... Continue Reading →
Oleander – the Snow White lesson
My attention to my Middle Ground artist book has been on hiatus for a short time; in retrospect I think that all of the leporello book binding I completed for this artist book edition in conjunction with preparing for the solo exhibition really took it out of me. It was pretty intense experience, but when a... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground – Just Exploded at Grenade in a Jar
Middle Ground, limited edition artist book, copyright 2018 Douglas Stockdale I am very honored and excited to announce that my limited edition artist book Middle Ground just "Exploded" at Grenade in a Jar Books in Santa Fe, New Mexico! Grenade in a Jar Books is a curated bookshop that is focused on contemporary photobooks being... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground – San Diego site morphing
I-5 Southbound, San Diego, February 2019 copyright 2019 Douglas Stockdale First, this is not meant to be an inspiring photograph as it's a cell phone drive-by grab shot. Essentially a quick visual note about the evolving demolition of the I-5 middle plant divider as this freeway winds down along the Pacific Ocean coast in San... Continue Reading →
Holiday working on my website – Middle Ground
Alternative Crossing (Middle Ground) copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale This Holiday weekend I found myself working on an unexpected task; while making my end of the year posts, I wanted to link-up my various projects on my web-site. Except when I went to link up my recent artist-book project Middle Ground, this project was not on... Continue Reading →
Best wishes for a Creative New Year in 2019!
Untitled (Memory Pods) 2014 copyright Douglas Stockdale In my last post I recounted my accomplishments for 2018, which is the first half of my end-of-the-year two-part series, while today's post is the second part that is more about looking ahead at 2019. At the end of 2017 I did not announce very many stated goals for... Continue Reading →
2018 End of year wrap-up
Loss (Memory Pods) 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale It's the end of another year, so time to celebrate new friends, closer relationships, accomplishments and good times. So today I am looking back and in the next day or so, I will be looking ahead as to what I would like to accomplish for 2019. The life... Continue Reading →
Photo Independent 2018 exhibitor
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 →
Middle Ground – Published
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 →