After much mulling over, I have decided that I will delete one of my project blogs, Chinese Picture Postcards (MingXinPian), that I had set up in 2009 to test out one of my concepts for the body of photographic work that I had accumulated while working in China between 2007 and 2008. In retrospect, my idea did not pass my... Continue Reading →
Flow of Light Brush the Shadow – continuation
Enroute to PingHu Copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale I am continuing to evaluate my body of work from 2007 - 2008 made in China that is evolving into one of two potential book projects, with these photographs for "Flow of Light Brush the Shadow". I am also using a new tool (for me), uploading the strongest images... Continue Reading →
Flow of Light Brush the Shadow
All Photographs Copyright 2011 by Douglas Stockdale I have continued to think about the body of work that I created while I was in China during 2007 and 2008. While in the midst of my stay, I had a number of potential concepts, but in retrospect, not really concrete enough. I know that while in China... Continue Reading →
Inspirational Muse is still alive – thank goodness
NWM Hanover copyright 2011 by Douglas Stockdale I had lamented earlier this month about my inspirational muse and how this was something you really can't manage, per se. I, you, we just need to allow a openess and listen quietly. As sometimes things occur for me, when I start to connect, it seems like many more ideas... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria – Editing
Copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale At some point in a photo project, I sense that I am coming to the end, in that what I am attempting to convey or the subject seems to coming to stand still. For me, that could be either internal or external. Sometimes, such as when my Visa expired for China, I was not planning to... Continue Reading →
Inspirational muse
When I morphed into a project mode for my photographic work many years ago, I was soon mentally overloaded with a flood of potential conceptual ideas. I duly noted them and I have since been concurrently working on two or three projects, usually with a strong emphasis on one of them. It always seems that I have... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria > Photobook publisher connection
Fuiggi, December 2010 copyright Douglas Stockdale For my project Ciociaria and the subsequent book publisher connection with Marco Delogu, the publisher behind Edizioni Punctum, it may well be of a case of how one thing developed into another to arrive at my Fall publication of Douglas Stockdale Ciociaria. Earlier I have shared how the project Ciociaria came to be, but as this project was developing,... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria – Project background story
Fiuggi Landscape, Ciociaria copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale This is the background story of how my project Ciociaria came about, which is part random circumstances and part recognizing an opportunity. First and foremost, I like to work on conceptual projects, to have an idea that provides the context and structure of the photographs that I am making. Now I... Continue Reading →
Thoughts for the end of 2010
A Charlie Brown Christmas Tree, Fiuggi, Italy December 2010 copyright Douglas Stockdale During the Holidays, while I am working on my own photobook project, Ciociaria, and needing to pause while the printer hummms away, it allows me time to reflect on this last year, and to ponder what 2011 will bring. I think it is an understatement to say... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria – Edizioni Punctum
Aucto, Italy, 2010 copyright Douglas Stockdale This may be as good as it gets regarding a press release, but the extremely good news is that Edizioni Punctum (aka Punctum Press) will be publishing my project Ciociaria, probably in the Fall of 2011! I just met with the Marco Delogu, the publisher, in Rome to work... Continue Reading →
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