Memory Pods, June 2018, copyright Douglas Stockdale Now that the heat of July has come in full force here in Southern California, the Aloe Vera seed pods that I am photographing for my project Memory Pods are all quickly withering away in their own unique style. As I wrote earlier in April, this is my... Continue Reading →
Expired film – Gardening for Ordnance
Untitled, Gardening for Ordnance project, 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale While I am still in the midst of binding the remaining leporello artist books for Middle Ground (yes, book is still available, so message me for details) I have continued to work on two other on-going projects, Memory Pods and Gardening for Ordnance, both with an... Continue Reading →
More Expired film donations
120 Ektachrome & VPS expired film, 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale - This was a good week for expired 120 film donations. I was starting to run a bit thin in my expired film inventory while working on my project Gardening for Ordnance and starting to get a little stingy for my film use. My idea... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground – contextualized
Alternative Crossing, Middle Ground, 2017, copyright Douglas Stockdale Contextualize; the artist intends to explain, justify and extend their body of work. Similar to the write-up a gallery will provide for an artist's work that might need to be re-positioned as to it's artistic merit (such as being "collectible", thus you should buy it), as example... Continue Reading →
Portfolio Review for LACP’s EXPOSURES 2018
Douglas Stockdale, portfolio reviewer, EXPOSURES 2017, Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) I am very honored to again to join the LACP portfolio reviewer team during EXPOSURES 2018 this July. I will be on-site providing portfolio reviews for both Saturday and Sunday this year. Similar to last year, my emphasis will be on photographic projects, editing... Continue Reading →
Feedback – Artist talk at Fabrik Projects
Douglas Stockdale, Artist talk, Fabrik Projects, photos by Kasey Taylor Having an opportunity to having an open discussion with those interested in your work is a great chance to create a dialog as well as get some really honest feedback from your work. Really honest. Yes, there was what one person called afterwards a little... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground – featured on New Landscape Photography
San Diego Point of Entry, Middle Ground, 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale I am very happy to announce that yesterday my urban landscape project Middle Ground was featured on New Landscape Photography. Another nice validation of this project and the second time my work has been featured by Willson Cummer on his blog; with my Italian... Continue Reading →
Featured artist on Artsy
Marker #169, Middle Ground, 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale I just found out that I am one of the two "artist of the week" featured on Artsy, one of the web based portals that are used by galleries to promote their represented artist. As a friend of mine stated, Artsy is a different platform on the web,... Continue Reading →
Artist talk June 2nd at Fabrik Projects
Middle Ground exhibition, photograph by Don Webb II One of the requests that apparently reoccurred during my opening reception is for an artist talk about this exhibition and artist project. The artist talk is now scheduled to coincide with the exhibition closing reception at 4pm on Saturday, June 2nd (2018) at the Fabrik Projects gallery.... Continue Reading →
America Memorial Day
America, (Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra), 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale Here in the United States we are celebrating Memorial Day over this long three day weekend, a wonderful event for many reasons. As a kid it meant that we were going to be out of school shortly and the summer vacation was about to go into... Continue Reading →