NoWhere Man near Chicago copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale A couple of weeks ago while I was passing through the Chicago area, I was inspired to work again on my NoWhere Man project.
NoWhere Man – NoWhere near Chicago
Ciociaria – Final design complete & on press
Ciociaria copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale, published by Edizioni Punctum The short story: my book design is complete (thank you Leonardo & Marco!) and the book is on press. I guess you could say that I am on the bubble for becoming a published author, eh? Ciociaria now has an ISBN and soon the book will truly be in... Continue Reading →
In Passing – an Aftermath project
CA-241 Tollroad, Coto de Coza, California Copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale Some may call it serendipity, while Christians would say that this is the quiet voice of the Lord, but an odd chain of events started this last Saturday when I received a unsolicted photobook, Afterwards, edited by Nathalie Herschdorfer, for a potential review on my blog The PhotoBook. As I stated... Continue Reading →
Harvey Benge – photography+art+ideas – Ciociaria
Ciociaria copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale Perhaps good things do come in three's! So far this weekend, I have had three marvelous photographers, all of whom I really respect, post great pre-publication articles about my photobook Ciociaria. First Aline Smithson featured me on Lenscratch, very quickly followed by Andrew Phelps featuring me on Buffet and today Harvey Benge featured me on his wonderful... Continue Reading →
Buffet – featuring Ciociaria
Ciociaria copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale Okay, this morning I was really excited to see that Aline Smithson had posted an article about my book Ciociaria on her blog Lenscratch. That was really, really nice. Only then to find out that Andrew Phelps also featured my book Ciociaria today on his excellent blog Buffet, along with a really... Continue Reading →
Lenscratch – featuring Ciociaria
Ciociaria, Fiuggi copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale I woke up this morning to a nice surprise, Aline Smithson, a left-coast photographer, photo-instructor (just featured in PDN as one of the best fine art photo-instructors!) and blogger extraordinaire, featured my project and pending photobook Ciociaria on her blog Lenscratch. This is very exciting and quite an honor. This is the second time that Aline... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria – pre-publication preview
Ciociaria copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale & Edizioni Punctum (a.k.a. Punctum Press in USA) The publication of my book Ciociaria is planned to have its Euopean launch in conjunction with FotoGrafia Festival Internazionale di Roma, September 23rd in Rome, Italy. The FotoGrafia Festival actually runs from September 23rd to October 23rd. I am still tweaking out some design aspects with the book's publishing team, but... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria – book cover proof
Douglas Stockdale Ciociaria, copyright 2011 Edizioni Punctum The pace for my book design is beginning to accelerate. We are now working on a deadline for the book launch: FotoGrafia Internazionale Festival di Roma that opens September 23rd in Rome Italy. One important aspect of the book design is the cover, in my case a combination of photograph, text, font style, font size,... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria – designing the photobook
Douglas Stockdale, Edizioni Punctum Studio, Rome by Marco Delogu, 2011 A very interesting and intense day in Rome at the Edizioni Punctum studio finalizing the design of my book Ciociaria. Okay, almost finalizing as the we ran out of time, but we completed about 80% of the work and though the hardest parts of the design process. I have... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria – evaluating the dummy layout selections
Perhaps one of the more dynamic situations during the later phase of photobook development is the selection, pairing and sequencing of the photographs with the book dummy in preparation for the final design meeting. I recall the observations made about Kiyoshi Suzuki's book dummies, which were his constant companion and that over time became very worn, dog-eared and notated during this phase of... Continue Reading →
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