Clear Lake, Shoreline, Fall copyright 2021 Douglas Stockdale - While up in Oregon earlier this month we did a couple of day trips, one of which was a drive out of Eugene up along the Willamette River up to its headwaters that included a stop of Clear Lake. OhMyGoodness, this lake was really fitting of... Continue Reading →
Frick Fine Arts Library – permanent collection
Earlier I had announced that a limited edition Fiuggi Book + Print of Ciociaria was acquired by the Frick Fine Arts Library at the University of Pittsburgh and I now very excited to announce that four of my books are now in their permanent collection. In addition to the Ciociaria book are my three artist... Continue Reading →
European Book representation – Anzenberger Gallery bookshop
I am very excited to announce that my limited edition artist book 'Middle Ground' is now available in Europe though the Anzenberger Gallery Bookshop! This Vienna (Austria) bookshop is run by the wonderful and talented gallerist and bookmaker Regina Maria Anzenberger. It is a real pleasure to work with her and her gallery team as... Continue Reading →
BookTalk with Southeast Center for Photography Oct 16th
I am honored to be featured by the Southeast Center for Photography (SEC4P) during their next monthly virtual BookTalk, which will be this coming Saturday, October 16th at 11am PST (2pm EST). I will discuss the re-imagining of my limited edition artist book Middle Ground that investigates an urban landscape that is a conceptual metaphor... Continue Reading →
Photo Creativity 102 – Complete something the first day – even on a holiday
Black Walnut tree, Eugene Oregon, October 2021 copyright Douglas Stockdale This is a take-off on my 10-minute rule for artistic (photographic) creativity, that is meant to help me become engaged with a new location, typically when on a holiday. This is also something I attempted to incorporate into my business travels when possible, usually resulting... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria – Now in Frick Fine Arts Library collection
I am very honored to announce that my Ciociaria Limited Edition Fiuggi (book + print) is now in the permanent collection of the Frick Fine Arts Library at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Ciociaria – Fiuggi edition will join my other books that in their permanent collection. Ciociaria was published by Edizioni Punctum in 2011 and two book + print limited... Continue Reading →
Morolo – An Italian urban landscape
Morolo, Italy (Ciociaria) copyright Douglas Stockdale 2010 While preparing to make another book announcement or two, I realized that it has been 10 years since my first book Ciociaria was published by Edizioni Punctum. Cool! Also realized that it's been almost as long as I have checked on the status of my social media and... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria – ten years after
This month is the ten-year anniversary of the publication of my first trade book Ciociaria by Edizioni Punctum (Rome, Italy) in 2011 and a great time for a retrospective discussion. In summary, this is a documentary of a central region of Italy that is well off the usually tourist path, yet a region that is... Continue Reading →
Memory Pods – 2021 Experiment/Play
Memory Pods (#192128) copyright Douglas Stockdale 2021 Yesterday when I published my update article about my progress on my eighth year of working on my Memory Pods series, I did not discuss something new for this series that I started my experiment/play process with. Up until this year, I have been keeping the background in... Continue Reading →
Memory Pods botanicals – processing in the works
Memory Pods (#085192) copyright Douglas Stockdale Last July I had published an article about my eighth year developing my Memory Pods series, and since then I have been working on the phase 2 development of the photographic images. This year, for reasons I am unsure of, I have a bumper crop of original work that... Continue Reading →