I am in the midst of getting everything ready for my solo exhibition opening this afternoon of my Memory Pods series at The Photographer's Eye gallery, which I will be leaving for Escondido within the hour. Nevertheless, I have this image on my desk that seems to haunt me. Yes, the song Strange Brew by... Continue Reading →
Southern Landscape – Appalachian Trail near Gooch Gap
Yesterday when discussing Southern Landscapes, about an urban landscape in Waycross, while today is about another Southern Landscape that I encountered five years earlier. The Waycross image has a formalism to it that I think works well with some urban landscapes and for me seemed suited to the subject. This image is probably just the... Continue Reading →
Moab Slickrock Metallic
LSTa9793 Douglas Stockdale copyright 2020 At the end of 2020 I was exclusively printing the Quantum Elements series on the Hahnemuehle Rag Metallic, nevertheless as I stated in at the beginning of this year, I am still trying other media that might provide a similar shimmer and luminance to the physical print object. The Moab... Continue Reading →
Science + rainwater = caustic networks
LSTa0053 copyright Douglas Stockdale 2021 I am still working with my images from my last day-trip down to the local creek. This image, LSTa0053, is another interesting mashup of caustic networks with other refractions. I note that there is almost a transition point between the basic two types of refractions, something I will explore during... Continue Reading →
Quantum Elements – Winter rain
LSTa0066 copyright Douglas Stockdale 2021 Well I know what I should be doing. I have an solo exhibition that I should be promoting (well I guess this counts a little) as well as my book development workshop in March, see below. I know that 'promoting' these events is suppose to be all sorts of social... Continue Reading →
LACP Portfolio Review – a Portfolio exhibition
Julia Dean - LACP Portfolio Review Zoom Hang-out - copyright 2021 This past weekend, January 21st - 24th, Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) had their 'annual' Exposure Weekend virtually, but with a little pandemic twist. This event had been scheduled for their usual time during the summer of 2020, but then we had a... Continue Reading →
Science + landscape = art
I have been puzzling over the resulting artwork that stems from my interest in science when using the landscape as my subject for investigation. I think it is helping to work on my artist statement, while doing so this week, I thought back to the presentation that Meghann Riepenhoff provided at Medium Photo a couple... Continue Reading →
Abstract art for Abstractions sake?
This weekend I found myself spending a lot of time just staring (studying?) the initial prints from my new series Quantum Elements. I found myself questioning the underlying reason why I am creating this series of abstractions. I know what turned me onto this series in the first place; capturing the visual effects that link... Continue Reading →
Crazy start for 2021
LSTa9793 Douglas Stockdale copyright 2020 My oh my. When discussing my end of year for 2020 and doing a little looking ahead, I had no idea that politically in America that democracy would almost come off the rails. Wow. Just shows that you can never underestimate a sociopath in our White House and the many... Continue Reading →
Bluewater Shore – Limited Edition artist book – last copies for sale
In 2017 I self-published my limited edition artist book Bluewater Shore. This is a flip-book design that uses vernacular photographs to recreate a semi-fictional story about a group of young women who shortly after the end of WWII decided to go a on an all-girl's trip to the shore. Without any escorts. Gasp! As been... Continue Reading →