Looking at one photograph at a time
Douglas Stockdale, Palos Verdes Art Center, 2018, photograph by Karen Schuenemann I am very honored and excited to announce that I am part of the inaugural LACP (Los Angeles Center of Photography) Mentor-ship program that was just formally launched by this LA organization. This builds on my recent LACP experience as a workshop leader for my... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground, Book Dummy #3, leporello design 2018 copyright by Douglas Stockdale This is an update on my artist project Middle Ground and the background story of why I created my third book dummy. In one regard I am very happy with this book dummy as this is the very first time I created a... Continue Reading →
Douglas Stockdale, Photo Book presentation, all photos by Karen Schuenemann I think that my Photo Book as Art presentation that I had announced earlier was a pretty good success judging by the interaction, questions and follow-on inquires about the various aspects of book design and publishing. This artist talk was for the Photography and Digital... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground, Book Dummy #2, top view 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale Earlier this month I had discussed my first book dummy (proof of concept) that I had developed for the Middle Ground project to explore the idea of using a leporello (accordion) book design. My next step was to create a book dummy (#2) that... Continue Reading →
San Diego Port of Entry (Middle Ground) 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale While thinking that since I have essentially completed my political satire about the #stablegenius's "da wall" and ready to get 'er launched as I posted earlier this week, I find my self distracted by another of the #stablegenius attempts to divert everyone's attention away... Continue Reading →
America (Middle Ground Book Dummy #2), 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale For those on the left coast next week, I am very happy to announce that I will be speaking on “Photo Books as Art” for the Photographic and Digital Artist Group (PADA) at the Palos Verdes Art Center (PVAC) on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 7 pm. For non-members... Continue Reading →
Marker #34 (Middle Ground) 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale For the next couple of months, maybe more, I will be exclusively using this site as the platform to update my Middle Ground project status and to get this launched. The photography is complete, the project concept is fully developed, the photobook design is getting closer to... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground, Book Dummy two, February 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale while on our ski vacation last week and the drive back over the past two days (yep, road trip from Southern California to Colorado and back again), I had a great opportunity to think about my various photographic projects, especially the current photobook that I... Continue Reading →
Sandstone Creek, Vail, February 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale This past week was a holiday vacation for a bit of skiing in Colorado, which was a ton of fun. We had great skiing conditions as well as some "braille" skiing in almost white-out conditions, which was a bit tough when I choose the wrong trail and... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Gardening for Ordnance) 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale First the good news; I have the Hasselblad back and I am resuming my photographic adventures with film again. The image with this post, untitled at the moment, is from the first roll for a camera/lens check as my first opportunity to test my used 120 mm... Continue Reading →
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