Looking at one photograph at a time
Wo Zhi Kan Kan (JiaShan, China) 2008/2023 Copyright Douglas Stockdale - I am very honored that my cyanotype print titled “Wo Zhi Kan Kan” (Mandarin for "I Am Just Looking") was selected by guest juror, Ann Jastrab (Executive Director/Curator of the Center for Photographic Art, in Carmel, CA) for The Photographer's Eye (Escondido, CA) (s)Light of Hand... Continue Reading →
‘Randy‘ Nevada Route 157 (In Passing: Lest I Forget #1954) solar cyanotype + Prismacolor pencil, copyright 2007/2023 Douglas Stockdale – While writing about my earlier series of roadside memorials, I recalled that I had yet another name for this series, Lest I Forget, which is written on one of the memorials I found while driving in Nevada. I... Continue Reading →
Wo Zhi KanKan (I am Just Looking) (JiaShan, China) Copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale - Another morning in which I woke up with a list of plans and just like Charlie Brown, I wonder off and find myself working on sometime different. I just can't seem to stay on the reservation. That darn creative muse, eh?... Continue Reading →
The holiday season is upon us again and is time for me to choose a photograph for our annal Christmas Card & Season's Greetings. Last year I found a really nice photograph for our Christmas card that I had captured when we were earlier in Vail Colorado that seemed well suited, and which was well... Continue Reading →
Vail, Sandstone Creek, February 2018, copyright Douglas Stockdale It is the time of year to send out the Holiday cards, which for us is a Merry Christmas (greeting) card that also includes the best wishes for the New Year. So spoiler alert, our photo this year is not the one above. Rather this photograph was... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground, self-published artist book, edition of 99 copyright 2018 Douglas Stockdale Last weekend the publication of the Middle Ground edition was finally completed! Binding the of 99 artist books took a bit longer than I had anticipated, to say the least. Introduction (text not provided in the artist book): My urban landscape project Middle Ground... Continue Reading →
Christmas Wreath 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale First, wishing all of you and your families a wonderful and joy filled Christmas and Holiday Season. Yes, time to create another Christmas card and this year, since I did not create a wonderful Christmas (card) image in Santa Fe last month (& not for a lack of trying), I... Continue Reading →
Untitled (La Heutte, Switzerland, 2005) copyright Douglas Stockdale Since my family and I celebrate Christmas, one of my holiday traditions is to design, produce and address the Christmas Cards. And of course the center piece for the card is the Christmas photograph. It has been our practice to not include photographs of ourselves, but rather... Continue Reading →
Untitled (MingXinPian #0984) copyright Douglas Stockdale This is a long term and a slowly developing project that I have worked on intermittently these past years. For this photograph I am investigating a feeling about a state of decline or decay. I recently had an opportunity to show this photographic print in conjunction with five similar... Continue Reading →
JiaShan, Hutong Boatman (Chinese Picture Postcards series) 2008 copyright Douglas Stockdale - As I continue to develop my new series Chinese Picture Postcards, I decided that I would start my blog for this project very early on. Since this series is intented to be paired images, one side an idealistic composed photograph and the facing... Continue Reading →
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