Looking at one photograph at a time
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Acuto, Italy, 2010 copyright Douglas Stockdale Wonderful news! An Italian photo-book publisher is very interested in my project Ciociaria and we have now moved past the inquiry stage to the "what do we need to do to get this published" stage. very nice! So at this time, I have a very small decision as to... Continue Reading →
Porciano Copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale We had just started a nice conversation about their small town, Porciano, perched high on this hill side when the rain started to drizzle, so I quickly asked to take their photograph and they agreed, and they then moved to this comfortable position amongst themselves in the door way.
Piglio copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale This is the regional landscape location of the city of Piglio, inclusive of the vineyards that has made the Cesanese wine of Piglio famous.
Morolo Copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale While working on my project Ciociaria, I had the opportunity to wander through the area surrounding the hill-side city of Morolo. I had paused to photograph one area, but when I was about to leave, I decided to follow another rule of thumb of mine; to turn around and look at what else might... Continue Reading →
Photographs copyright Douglas Stockdale I have just completed the development and sequencing of my recent photography project, Milan Fashion Week, which is currently available in a blog style photobook layout. More about this conceptual presentation in just a moment. BTW, what follows is not your normal photographic artistic statement, I am just not up to that today. First, if... Continue Reading →
Accessorize Copyright 2010 by Douglas Stockdale Last year after initiating my project Milan Fashion Week, it quickly began to look like this little project was the project that couldn't. While I was after transferring the digital files from my portable to my desktop computer last September, I somehow lost all of my files and was only able to recover part... Continue Reading →
