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Douglas Stockdale Ciociaria - copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale One of the principal reasons to initially assembly a book dummy (a.k.a. marquette) of a project for a potential photobook is to facilitate conversations with the publishers, to gain traction with them and hopefully a contract for your concept. In the case with my photobook Ciociaria, I had captured the imagination of Marco at Edizioni Punctum, who was... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Copyright Douglas Stockdale I just received an update from Colin Jago that SoFoBoMo 2011 dates have been announced for the 2011 event: July 1 through August 31st. I also posted a brief announcement on The PhotoBook, so some more information available there as well. In a case of rust remover for those not familiar with... Continue Reading →
Copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale - A couple of weeks ago I had my first opportunity to visit Berlin. I drove over from Hanover, but missed the transition from the old Western Germany into Eastern Germany, probably because I was driving a bit too fast on the Autobahn in the far left lane when I realized the rest stop... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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