Just a small whine today. After publishing my review of Zoe Strauss's book America on The Photo Book, I sent Zoe a follow up email letting her know that it was published and if there were any factual changes needed. To my surprise, besides liking the review, she indicated that there were some spelling errors in... Continue Reading →
Triptych photographs
California Aqueduct, Pearblossom Highway, CA photograph copyright of Ann Mitchell Ann just sent me the announcement about her pending exhibit in San Pedro for a new body of work called American Triptychs. Which by the way, I enjoy a lot. But viewing her triptych's created my own emotional response regarding my earlier attempts at creating a project using triptych's, my Chinese... Continue Reading →
Insomnia – Ten images still to go
Expressway Room from the project Insomnia; Hotel Noir photograph copyright 2009 Douglas Stockdale Seems like I figure out one image for my project Insomnia and I end up needing to change two others. But I am slowly making some headway and almost down to single digits for the remaining images. And in the process, two images that I... Continue Reading →
50 Photographers you should know
I am always intrigued by books that state that they have THE list of important information, in this case, 50 Photographers you should know. Nevertheless, I bought the book, published by Prestel and edited by Peter Sepan, a British editor. It also made me think about past books that wanted to provide the history of... Continue Reading →
More Photo and Journalist comix
This is the first Kebabirstan comix drawn by Steve Wilson about the ventures of Larry Frolick and Don Weber. This one actually precedes the one that I posted yesterday, here. For some reason, over the years, I have always made time to read the newspaper "funnies". As Larry states about this comix series: What this "Welcome to... Continue Reading →
Kebabistan – comix by Steve Wilson
Kebabistan copyright of Steve Wilson In a slightly different vane, I recieved this comix drawn by Steve Wilson from Larry Frolick (Mr. Retro-cool), who wrote the text for Donald Weber (yes, "The Snapper" in the comix above) book Bastard Eden, our Chernobyl. Don's book (reviewed on The Photo Book) was published by Photolucida, one of the three chosen during Critical Mass 2007... Continue Reading →
Insomnia memories
Some additional fine tuning and tweaking of this photograph over the last week for the Insomnia project. Best regards, Doug
Insomnia Nightwalking
Nightwalking from the project Insomnia: Hotel Noir photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale
Insomnia Nightscape
Nightscape from my project Insomnia: Hotel Noir - photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale
Entrance to Insomnia
Entance from my project Insomnia: Hotel Noir - photograph copyright of Douglas Stockdale