copyright Douglas Stockdale 2012 Memory is a fickle thing. Probably to my chagrin, something that I am not always in control of. Regardless, the subject of memory that has been really intriguing me as of late.
Memory – sometimes murky
Ciociaria – Karen Jenkins review – photo-eye
Ciociaria copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale photo-eye just published Karen Jenkins review of my book Ciociaria. Jenkins goes into considerable depth, and grapples with an undercurrent of memory that weaves through most of my photographic projects, where she states; the theme of the memorial also emerges, wherein nature is shown as an inextricable part of how we commemorate... Continue Reading →
Libros de Fotografia – Ciociaria review
More web ink for Ciociaria, with a photobook review by Tomás de Teresa on his blog Libros de Fotografia. The text for Tomás's review is in Spanish, but in my humble option, I think the efforts to translaste into English are worth it, e.g. "Douglas has traveled the area as a flaneur, wandering in the rural and urban areas with the... Continue Reading →
NoWhere Man – NoWhere near Chicago
NoWhere Man near Chicago copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale A couple of weeks ago while I was passing through the Chicago area, I was inspired to work again on my NoWhere Man project.
In Passing – an Aftermath project
CA-241 Tollroad, Coto de Coza, California Copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale Some may call it serendipity, while Christians would say that this is the quiet voice of the Lord, but an odd chain of events started this last Saturday when I received a unsolicted photobook, Afterwards, edited by Nathalie Herschdorfer, for a potential review on my blog The PhotoBook. As I stated... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria – pre-publication preview
Ciociaria copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale & Edizioni Punctum (a.k.a. Punctum Press in USA) The publication of my book Ciociaria is planned to have its Euopean launch in conjunction with FotoGrafia Festival Internazionale di Roma, September 23rd in Rome, Italy. The FotoGrafia Festival actually runs from September 23rd to October 23rd. I am still tweaking out some design aspects with the book's publishing team, but... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria – book cover proof
Douglas Stockdale Ciociaria, copyright 2011 Edizioni Punctum The pace for my book design is beginning to accelerate. We are now working on a deadline for the book launch: FotoGrafia Internazionale Festival di Roma that opens September 23rd in Rome Italy. One important aspect of the book design is the cover, in my case a combination of photograph, text, font style, font size,... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria – designing the photobook
Douglas Stockdale, Edizioni Punctum Studio, Rome by Marco Delogu, 2011 A very interesting and intense day in Rome at the Edizioni Punctum studio finalizing the design of my book Ciociaria. Okay, almost finalizing as the we ran out of time, but we completed about 80% of the work and though the hardest parts of the design process. I have... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria – evaluating the dummy layout selections
Perhaps one of the more dynamic situations during the later phase of photobook development is the selection, pairing and sequencing of the photographs with the book dummy in preparation for the final design meeting. I recall the observations made about Kiyoshi Suzuki's book dummies, which were his constant companion and that over time became very worn, dog-eared and notated during this phase of... Continue Reading →
A day of working on my project In Passing
Oregon route 30, copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale This was a mixed day working on my project In Passing; tweaking photographis, printing for my revised book dummy, which I now have all of the photographic prints in the straight black & white mode to start the sequencing and pairing design process. I have also finished linking up all... Continue Reading →
