America, Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra, 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale I was pretty excited that two of my photographs from my Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra project were selected by Scott B. Davis for the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) annual Fine Art Exhibition. The two photographs are America, above and the photograph San Diego Port... Continue Reading →
Artist book making: now fully engaged!
Books in Boxes, Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra 2018 Douglas Stockdale After meeting with the Dual Graphs pre-press team to provide the final tweaks and approval of the art work, the job went to the press. I also did a quick assembly of the hard copy prints to create a trial book dummy just to really,... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra – Fabrik Projects opening
Douglas Stockdale, Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra, Fabrik Projects, May 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale I have to say that it is a really, really nice warm & fuzzy feeling to walk into a commercial gallery and see your name up on the wall. And my work hanging on the walls. A wonderful validation of my concept... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra – Trial Proof
Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra book binding 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale After spending the morning at Dual Graphics looking at the hard proofs earlier this week, I returned with three interior sets to develop a couple of Trial Proofs (T/P) of the assembled artist book. FYI, the T/P is a version that is made during the... Continue Reading →
Pre-press for Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra today
Pre-press, light table, Dual Graphics 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale Things are moving at a crazy speed and seems like I am juggling chain saws. This morning I was at Dual Graphics, the SoCal book printer that I am working with for the printing, trimming and folding of my artist book Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra. We... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra – Pre-order now
Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra (book dummy) 2018 Douglas Stockdale I am very excited to announce that I am now ready to accept pre-orders for my artist book Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra! The books will be ready to ship by the middle to end of next month. As I shared before (transparency!); I am doing the... Continue Reading →
Fabrik Projects exhibition preparations
Alternative Crossing (Middle Ground) 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale With the pending exhibition at Fabrik Project next month quickly coming up fast, there are a bunch of things that I need to do to prepare for this. I guess it never fails; I have the web-images for the project prepared and then the gallery would like these... Continue Reading →
Exhibition News; Douglas Stockdale at Fabrik Projects
Surveillance (Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra project) 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale I am really excited to announce the exhibition of my project Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra at Fabrik Projects, an LA gallery located near Culver City. Exhibition dates: Saturday, May 5th thru Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 Artist reception: Saturday, May 12th, 2018 Location: Fabrik Projects, 2636 S.... Continue Reading →
LACP Faculty exhibition opening reception April 13, 2018
Douglas Stockdale & framed "America" 2018 copyright Gerhard Clausing Last Friday had a wonderful evening at LACP for the Faculty group exhibition opening reception. Top line; it was nice to see my Middle Ground print on the wall, a continuing validation of this project. Second it was really enjoyable to see some friends in that... Continue Reading →
Kickstarter, GoFundMe or ??
Middle Ground, book dummy 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale So while my Canon 5D Mk3 is undergoing "flange back" repairs at Canon, I will have some time this week (hopefully repairs complete this Friday) to evaluate some fund raising alternatives to produce Middle Ground. The big-daddy of book fund-raising appears to be Kickstarter with it's all-or-nothing process. Seems... Continue Reading →