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 →
Critical Mass 2008 submission
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 →
Still tweaking the Re:Development series
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 →
The Photo Book
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 →
Independence Hall – Philadelphia
Independence Hall Square, Philadelphia, Sept 2008, copyright Douglas Stockdale We dropped into Philadelphia Saturday night for a five day stay inside the city (Saturday night at Alma de Cuba - a very highly recommended resturaunt downtown off Walnut and 17th). I had been thinking about my Re:Development series and more about how the images flow. I was... Continue Reading →
Robert Frank – Paris
In between things in Philly this week, I picked up a copy of Steidl's publication (2008) Robert Frank - Paris, which is the Swiss photographers work made in Paris between 1949 - 1952, before finally settling in the US and creating The Americans. And funny, I was walking past the section of books that were the big photographic books... Continue Reading →
Re:Development
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 →
Eugene Atget
"cour 7 rue de Valencia", 1922, Eugene Atget, courtesy of MOMA Always interesting in how one thing leads to another. So how does this all start, eh? Recently my work has been likened to the photographs of Walker Evans and a use of space similar to Eugene Atget. Which is very interesting, in as Atget is usually thought... Continue Reading →
Camera Arts making a comeback
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 →
clam shell for In Passing Blurb book
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 →
Singular Images 