Looking at one photograph at a time
My SouthEast Center for Photography (SEC4P) Zoom book workshop dates have moved to early 2024. The new dates are January 20, 21 and then 27, 28th 2024, from 10 AM - 1 PM, Eastern Standard Time (EST). I have designed this workshop so that we work on the book design basics the first weekend and... Continue Reading →
Untitled (The Last Iceberg series, #9200 Solo Voyage) copyright 2022/2023 Douglas Stockdale – Last week I wrote an article about working with a back-stitch on one of my Entanglement cyanotypes and how I came up with an idea of how to potentially represent the barb's along the barbwire fences. Which then led me to consider other alternatives to... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series, #6908-2) copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale – When I recently learned to use an embroidery back-stitch on my cyanotype prints for one of Last Iceberg series prints, I realized that using the back-stitch on one of my recent Entanglement series cyanotypes (above) could be ideal solution to a problem I had encountered. I had found... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series #8182-11 Zoning) copyright 2019/2023 Douglas Stockdale – My Entanglement project that gained a Critical Mass 2023 Finalist recognition continues to evolve and morph. It has changed to the point that there is still a slight visual resemblance, but now with a stronger emotional and visual edge. Concurrently, I am continuing to learn more about... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Last Iceberg series, #101325) copyright 2014/2023 Douglas Stockdale - Necessity is the mother of invention, which recently for me meant learning another embroidery design trick that I can incorporate into my cyanotype prints; the back-stitch. First came the concept that I was attempting to investigate. Up to now I have been using what I... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series) copyright 2018/2023 Douglas Stockdale - While tweaking my cyanotype prints and artist statement for my Critical Mass 2023 Finalist project and I have been also working on some visual alternatives. I discussed earlier the concept of incorporating a red line as a visual metaphor for the redlining that occurred in the 1930's... Continue Reading →
The Devil's Rope (Entanglement series) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale – While continuing to assess my Critical Mass 2023 Finalist project, Entanglement, earlier in the week I had hand-colored a couple of my cyanotypes with Prismacolor art pencils to evaluate an alternative way to provide focus on the Structural Housing Inequities in America for this project. I... Continue Reading →
Earlier when I had announced that I was included in issue #42 of The Hand magazine, I had no idea how many or which of my Entanglement cyanotypes had been included. Tricky devils, they want those who are included in the issue to promote the magazine (cover) and not their images until everyone finally received... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale – Good news, not so great news; Earlier this fall I found out I was a Critical Mass 2023 Finalist (wohooo!), while I subsequently found out that I was not selected as one of the Top 50 by the 200 curators who made the juried this (Okay, a collective... Continue Reading →
Blue Horizon (number 5505) copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale - Earlier this year I was in the midst of working on the Last Iceberg cyanotypes when I received my Critical Mass 2023 Finalist notification for my Entanglement cyanotype series. Full stop on the work for Last Iceberg series in anticipation that I might be in the... Continue Reading →
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