One of the items that Brooks Jensen and I discussed last month was my interest in self-publishing a private limited edition book. Brooks then mentioned what he is publishing, which he calls "Folios" and so I did a little research on his process. It is very interesting. There is no binding involved, in as all of... Continue Reading →
Artist Statement – A Sideways Glance
Corona (From my series A Sideways Glance) I completed the first draft of my artist statement for the series A Sideways Glance and posted it on my web site here. I'm still a little bum'd with leaving my first written draft on the back of the plane in Shanghai, perhaps thinking that I might have... Continue Reading →
Artistic Statement – Insomnia: Hotel Noir
Expressway Heights (Insomnia: Hotel Noir) 2007 copyright Douglas Stockdale - I am in the middle of a bunch of multi-tasking tasks and I am afraid that I am not getting much of anything accomplished. So I have decided to work on taking first-things-first. The first is to follow up and complete the artistic statements for... Continue Reading →
Photo of the Day: Peggy Lane
At the moment, I feel that I am getting back into the flow of my series after a month away, but I do not feel that I have my rhythm back yet.
Resuming the local flow
I think I am now past the Germany/China trip jet lag and getting back to my local artistic flow; but some changes have since occured. Just before I left for Euorpe and Asia, we had the local wild fires for a week here in Southern California, then gone for three weeks, then the Thanksgiving holiday... Continue Reading →
My Brooks Jensen interview – LensWork
Last week after my return from China, I had my interview with Brooks Jensen, the Co-Editor of LensWork magazine in preparation for the LensWork Extended DVD and print editions. I am always fastinated with the reactions that I receive from my images, and this conversation was no exception. I knew that Brooks would want to... Continue Reading →
Travel log recollections: JiaXing China
Untitled (JiaXing, China) copyright 2007 Douglas Stockdale - For me, this is a classic image that summarizes my impression of the JiaXing landscape; massive transition in the midst of very old tradition cloaked in the environmental haze. Massive transition in that everywhere there is change occurring and the change appears to be very rapid. The huge amount of construction... Continue Reading →
Travel Log: Tokyo layover
On my return trip from Shanghai to Los Angeles and home, I did a four hour layover in the Tokyo airport (and I do recommend Japan Airlines). And is my habit, I had a forward window seat for the leg into Tokyo and we had this wonderful landscape, with the clouds and the sun rays shining... Continue Reading →
If Jeff Wall went to China
In retrospect after the earlier color 'people image' that I posted of the wedding couples in the Shanghai park, I realized that this image has a more Jeff Wall look to it. Again, not that this is what I was trying to do. And this was taken with one exposure at a decent shutter speed. For... Continue Reading →
Contemporary Chinese Photography
After posting this image yesterday after using my Black and White mojo, I found myself thinking about how this would look if I stayed with a color image. Interesting image, no? I also found myself thinking about the Contemporary Chinese Photography that seems to be popular at the moment, but this is after the fact, not while... Continue Reading →
Singular Images 