Looking at one photograph at a time
As a child, did you ever have an art farm? The little plastic box that you put sand and some ants in and then watched them make their borrow home. We bought our first one and then decided we had enough ants around the area, we could make our own. They were very fascinating to... Continue Reading →
Untitled, 2004 Photography copyright of the artist, Gregory Crewdson With Gregory Crewdson's recent cover photograph in the Spring 2008 issue of Aperture magazine, there seems to be a buzz about Crewdson's art process. Such as being disappointed that he may not be the one who actually hits the exposure button. Duh. It's not who actually makes the... Continue Reading →
Petit's Mobil Station, Cherry Hill, NJ, 1974 White Castle, Route #1, Rahway, NJ, 1973 All photograhs, copyright of the artist, George Tice Sitting next my book by David Plowden, is the book, Photographs 1953 - 1973 by another urban landscape photographer, George Tice, who I know does have an influence on my urban landscape photography. This retrospective book... Continue Reading →
Vanishing Point, photograph copyright of the artist, David Plowden Last October 2007, David Plowden published his retrospective urban/rural landscape photography book, David Plowden: Vanishing Point. I have not seen the images within the book, but checking his web site, I think it may be like visiting old friends. I believe that Plowden may be one... Continue Reading →
I really, really enjoy the immediacy and feedback that is possible with digital image capture. It has allowed me to be more playful, have some fun, be inventive, and to take big risk much more than what I had experienced with my film days. With film, the feedback loop was too long. I now understand why I had... Continue Reading →
I thought that I had picked out a suitable subject and time frame for my SoFoBoMo project, but then fate has stuck its head in. I recently completed a medium term project in Riverside County and so I was thinking about where I wanted to work on my SoFoBoMo project. And I had narrowed it... Continue Reading →
JiaShan, China, 2008 copyright Douglas Stockdale - Just to say it again, I am a photographer. Oh right, I am actually a lot of things; husband, friend, dad, Papa, etc. But as to what and how I creatively express myself, I have settled on being a photographer. For about 15 years I was a painter.... Continue Reading →
I diffenently have many moments of becoming the 'Charlie Brown' of photography, when the thoughts Make up your mind, Douglas! come roaring into my head when it comes to editing my photographs. Case in point is this image, Sign of the Times, that I made on the road into PingHu. One of the many new city signs... Continue Reading →
Disused Railway line with car Tyre, copyright Simon Denison Simon Denison is a British urban landscape photographer who has helped shape my understanding and some of my hard to characterize feelings (remember, I'm a guy) about my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip (Update: series subsequently published by LensWork as In Passing) A quote from the Introduction of his book, Quarry... Continue Reading →
Tollroad Hillside from my series Bad Trip - Sad Trip I am just now about to head out the door to get another image matted, this time for the Photographers Exchange meeting on March 20th. This is a group of photograpers and supporters who live in Southern California and meet once per month to show and... Continue Reading →
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