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Fiuggi, Italy July - Copyright Douglas Stockdale 2010 I am back walking Fiuggi again in the hot of the Italian summer, although a tad bit cooler here in the foothills South of Roma. Nevertheless, I am spending considerable time in and out of this little town, an interesting mix of tourism, old town, new city... Continue Reading →
Auberge noir (Insomnia: Hotel Noir series) copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale - After a relatively long spell, I am working on my Insomnia project again. Perhaps it is the influence of studying the photobooks of Mario Giacomelli and Kiyoshi Suzuki, while I find myself moving to a darker palate and contraster images. You probably could question the relevance as these two photographers were actively photographing during... Continue Reading →
Chicago (Paris) copyright Douglas Stockdale 2010 Yesterday afternoon I had a nice discussion with the French photographer Mathieu Lambert about his book Fake Tales of America. I will review his book later this month on The PhotoBook, but for now this post is more about the idea behind his book: even if you have not been... Continue Reading →
Seine Scene copyright Douglas Stockdale 2010 I suppose I could have titled this Le Seine, Paris, Nighscape, but I enjoyed the play on words. A warm balmy night in Paris and everyone seems to be making the very most of this occasion. nice. I don't know if there is a project hiding somewhere in here, but there might be....... Continue Reading →
I recently received an email from one of my old buddies, Gary Riha, which had a couple of scans, one of the exhibition announcement of our first two person show, and the other of me at our "reception". Back in 1982, Gary Riha and I had our first two person exhibition at the Valencia library... Continue Reading →
Fuiggi, Italy, Midnight copyright of Douglas Stockdale On my recent trip to Italy, I decided to bring along the tripod to initiate some studies of Fuiggi at night. Not sure that this will develop into a full project, but I am open to "see" what happens. Meanwhile, it is intersting... Best regards, Douglas
West Lake, China 2008 copyright Douglas Stockdale The annual print exchange will be occurring at The Photographers Exchange on Thursday this week, with more about this group, including the time and place of the event, here. To prepare a print for the exchange (you bring one, you take home one), first I realized that I did... Continue Reading →
Fiumicino nets, 2010 copyright Douglas Stockdale - My return to SoCal is a bit disrupted by all the snow in NY with my flight to JFK cancelled, so in the scramble I now have a flight from Rome to London and then non-stop to LA, BUT on Sunday. So an unplanned and extra day in Italy, sad, eh?... Continue Reading →
Nightscape - Fiumicino, Italy 2020 copyright Douglas Stockdale Finishing up this trip to Roma, we were staying at Fiumicino out by the Roma International airport and had a recommendation for one of the local seafood restaurant, Zi Pina, which turned out to have both great seafood and a very nice selection of wines, so thank you Giuseppe and... Continue Reading →
Boulder Lookout for the Flat Irons, CO 2010 by Douglas Stockdale Heading towards Boulder on 36 a couple of times and I had noticed that there was this Lookout, which I had suspected was for the range of mountains known as the Flat Irons. Why was it call Flat Irons, I don't know, but it is. So... Continue Reading →
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