For the artist book I now envision (book pre-visualization!), I want to bind it with a very simple, but elegant pamphlet stitch. Assembled and bound it should look like what I posted in my last article. And there are a numerous ways to complete a pamphlet stitch and a relatively simple production fixture, called a... Continue Reading →
Artist book-dummy making progress
The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow (book-dummy) copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – A quick status report on my book-dummy for The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow , which appears to be slowly making some good progress. I seem to be heading towards a small edition artist book, perhaps in conjunction with a book + print... Continue Reading →
SEC4P exhibition in progress – All About the Light
Photograph 2022 copyright Jean Wilder With recent events going on, specifically the Russian invasion and war with Ukraine, I have been distracted and neglected to provide some self-promotion for an exhibition, All About the Light, that I am in. Currently on-going at SouthEast Center for Photography (SEC4P) in Greenville, S.C., which will close this weekend... Continue Reading →
Ukraine angst: Kyiv (Remembering Guernica)
Kyiv (Remembering Guernica) copyright 2020/2022 Douglas Stockdale I find myself in a similar place that Picasso did in 1938 when Hitler bombed the civilian city of Guernica in Spain during the Spanish Civil War; how does one portray the suffering wrought by needless violence and chaos of an unprovoked attack? Similar to Guernica, the city of... Continue Reading →
Ukraine Crisis
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 090521 (Ukraine Crisis) copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale Although I have been working on an environmental art project, Anthropogenic Crisis, related to climate change driven by global warming of the oceans, I cannot look away from the rapidly unfolding geopolitical crisis in Ukraine created by a mad Neo-Nazi leader in Russia. This is... Continue Reading →
2-22-22: Twosday
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 175448 (Burning Palms) copyright 2016/2021 Douglas Stockdale A moment to have some fun with an unusually day that incorporates a lot of two's: 2-22-22; Twosday. Thus my Anthroprogenic Crisis artwork utilizing a pair of subjects to celebrate this day. Cheers, Doug ____ Workshops: Medium Photo: Developing a Creative Photo Book, a virtual (Zoom) workshop I... Continue Reading →
What Will You Remember? > Anthropogenic Crisis
I am very honored that one of my images (Burning Palm) from my Anthropogenic Crisis series was featured as the banner image for an article by Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy who were one of the many portfolio reviewers during the Los Angles Center of Photography (LACP) Exposure Weekend in their wonderful photographic review magazine... Continue Reading →
Anthropogenic Crisis – Burning Palm
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 157750 (Burning Palm) copyright 2016/2021 Douglas Stockdale - As I wrote about earlier during the LACP Exposure Weekend I had reinvested my honorarium for being a portfolio reviewer to do some networking with a few curators and gallerist that I have not had a chance to have a discussion with before this.... Continue Reading →
New Zoom PhotoBook Workshop – Colorado Photographic Arts Center
Book-dummy, Gardening for Ordnance copyright Douglas Stockdale This four-day Zoom workshop with Colorado Photographic Arts Center is an opportunity for artists and photographers who are currently working on or planning to start a project that will result in a book publication. Whether you plan to make book submissions to a publisher or self-publish your artist... Continue Reading →
Vote for a Green Environment
VOTE copyright Kerry Michaels - Today the LACP Exposure Weekend has come to a close. As always, I had the opportunity to review the portfolios of a talented group of artists and photographers. And always equally inspiring for my own art work concepts, ideas and processes. Of course, those choosing to spend time with me... Continue Reading →