Looking at one photograph at a time
Watching the Olympics the past couple of days has inspired me to work on my "Business as Usual" series. I have been looking at and editing this body of work for the last four months, but I have been struggling with the thread that pulls it together. I think that I may have found that... Continue Reading →
By Lyle Rexer in the May/June 2008 issue of photograph magazine; "As with identity, so with photography; apperance is a costumed pose, and what lies beneath it can only be implied, never fully revealed".
"Brie, France, 1968" photograph copyright of Henri Cartier-Bresson During a recent photographic image review on Stills, one landscape image brought up a reference to this photograph above by HCB. It is one of those images that is also similar to another photograph by Brett Weston, that I have always enjoyed. Something about that tree lined road that pulls me... Continue Reading →
I am still reading Joel Meyerowitz's interview in Cape Light, interesting ideas about photography, seeing, experiencing, color versus black & white, etc. Maybe I will elaborate more, but the one question I have is, that what was written in 1977 relevent today? hmmm. Julie O'Donnel in a recent article here, made a comment regarding about "a lack... Continue Reading →
Courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery, SF, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, LA, and Pace/ MacGill Gallery, NY A brief article about Richard Misrach and some of his current landscape photographs made in Hawaii, was just published in Smithsonian (Augutst 08) A couple of excepts: So even his picture of a lone couple on a beach can be vaguely... Continue Reading →
I wrote the following as an updated note to an earlier entry, but it probably needs a seperate published manisfesto: I have been trying to reconcile the writing I do for this blog versus The Photo Exchange, were I am the current Managing Editor, so for this subject (The Business of Fine Art Phtograph) and similar topics... Continue Reading →
More investigating the spacial relationships of neighbors. Missouri.
Arvada, CO copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale The question of "What makes a good landscape" is one of those questions that at one time, I felt had some relevance. Sorry, but I am now feeling that the question is only one for me personally. In fact, I have difficulty with the concept of "good" as adjutive attached to a... Continue Reading →
While I was in Eastern China at the beginning of the year, I embarked on a study of the construction and changes occuring there. Thos photographers were subsequently labeled "industrial landscape photography" at the Palm Springs Photo Festival portfolio reviews. I must admit, I was tapping into my technical background, but I thought those phtotographs were... Continue Reading →
I continue to contemplate the use of Limited Editions for my photographs after my lengthly discussion with Hal Gould while in Denver last week. There really is a lengthly list of pros and cons on this issue, but I guess it does come down to individual philosphy and creative intent. In reality, there is no limit to... Continue Reading →
Singular Images 