Looking at one photograph at a time
Metaphoric detonation, Trabuco Bombing Range copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – One of my unanswered questions while working on my project, Gardening For Ordnance, is what might it look like if one of the many various buried bombs, known as Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), were to magically detonate in front of me. What might that look like? That... Continue Reading →
Warning signs, America copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – Wow, I think that the Gasoline companies and their distributors really stepped on their own dicks this time in their unrestrained efforts to maximize profits on the sale of gas. As a result of their unreasonable money grab in the price of gas they have created a huge... Continue Reading →
Arroyo Trabuco #080730 copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale - Extending my morning walks to include some time adjacent to, as well as, time inside the Arroyo Trabuco here in Orange County. Time to think about how my project Gardening For Ordnance will proceed...and the additional exercise will not hurt me. Cheers & make every day an... Continue Reading →
For some reason this morning I had a bit of an aha! moment; that one thing that is not included in the Singular Images Press media kit for my artist book, The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow, is that as a pamphlet stitch binding would resulting in a lay-flat book. The relevance of any... Continue Reading →
Special Artist Edition (Book + print), The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow 2022 Douglas Stockdale I am excited to announce that the San Telmo Museo, located in San Sebastian, Spain, will be acquiring one of the Artist Special Editions of my book to add to their permanent book collection. Cool! I had suspected that this edition was... Continue Reading →
Special Artist Edition (Book + print), The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow 2022 Douglas Stockdale I am very honored today that the Frick Fine Arts Library at the University of Pittsburgh is acquiring one of the Special Artist Editions of my artist book The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow. This will join my... Continue Reading →
The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow - proof check 2022 copyright Douglas Stockdale – It gets pretty exciting during the publication of a new book to receive the first set of hard proofs from a printer at the later stages of the pre-press activities. It is also when the reality of what will soon be... Continue Reading →
San Clemente pier copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – In Southern California we are transitioning from Gray-May to June-Gloom, a time when we have very overcast coastal conditions. Usually a big surprise for those who are visiting from someplace other than Southern California for their big vacation trip after the kids get out of school. Hint: it... Continue Reading →
Gallery photo by Wayne Swanson The benefit auction by The Photographer's Eye Collective that I announced in the article last week is now open and accepting bids, which can be completed here. This non-profit gallery is rising funds to grow photography education through providing scholarships for college and high school photography students, and to offer... Continue Reading →
My artist book, The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow, is one step closer to be published and in the midst of the pre-press activities for the center section of the book. Interestingly, while in the mode of making some very detailed commercial printing decisions, such as do we want to use a PMS color... Continue Reading →
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