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In Passing, Speical Edition, Artist Proof (A/P) I by Douglas Stockdale Seems like a number of things have been coming together this week. First, as a result of publishing The Photo Book and linking a number of publishers and gallery bookstores to my journal, I now have an accepted gallery industry trade name for what I... Continue Reading →
Detoriating Wreath, Texas, 2006, copyright Douglas Stockdale Initially I thought that converting my folio to the Harman FB Mp paper from the Moab Entrada was just going to entail a little bit of image tweaking. Now in my book, to tweak an image means making some minor adjustments, that probably mean a lot more to... Continue Reading →
Okay, all of the last weeks topsy turvey stuff has kinda subsided and now I'm trying to get an even keel. I just did a second check of my Critical Mass submission and I don't see any needed changes. Thus I am taking a little breather from my series Re:Development, having completed an update to my web... Continue Reading →
Industrial ReDevelopment #2, photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale Today I completed my submission for Photoludica's annual Critical Mass (version 2008). Since I had already complete my series Re:Development, I just had to tweak some of the triptychs in the series, including this one, Industrial ReDevelopment #2. More about this image and my artistic statement, below. First,... Continue Reading →
Hutong Re:Development #10, photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale After I had completed the assembly of the 40 triptychs for my series Re:Development, I knew that I needed to give the "finished" series some breathing room. Set them aside and work on some other things and then come back to them with a little bit of... Continue Reading →
While trying to resolve some editorial issues for the other on-line journal I write, The Photo Exhibit, I decided to break out and start another on-line journal about photography books, called The Photo Book, http://www.thephotobook.wordpress.com Not much there yet, but over the next week, I will start exporting all of my writings about photographic books... Continue Reading →
Hutong Re:Development #17, China, 2008, photography copyright of Douglas Stockdale Last week I essentially finished the last of the 40 color triptychs for my series Re:Development - China, Business as Usual (Zhou Chang Ying Yeh). And over this week I have been looking and re-examining the triptychs that I assembled to be sure of the emotional content and... Continue Reading →
Arizona Monsoon, copyright Douglas Stockdale - With the May 2008 bankruptcy of the Camera Arts magazine by Tim Anderson, the Publisher & Editor, I thought that the magazine was a goner. Which was sad after I had a great conversation with Anderson at the Palm Springs Photo Festival during my portfolio review session. This discussion... Continue Reading →
I just received a photograph of my clam shell artist proof for the Limited Edition In Passing book and folio. This is being constructed by Transient Books, but before a I provide a full endorsement, I will wait until the end of next week when I receive it and review the worksmanship. So far, they... Continue Reading →
Hutong Redevelopment #5, China, 2008 photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale - As I complete the 37th triptych for my series Re:Development, it felt like this series was coming together and I was getting some traction. As a result, I completely reworked my web site for my China portfolio Business as Usual, renaming it Re:Development and deleted all... Continue Reading →
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