Gatekeeper (Entanglement series) 2018/2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - A wonderful start for the week when I was reading a Facebook shout out by a friend of mine, who listed me in her post about her making the first cut of the top 200 Finalist for this years Critical Mass. hmmmmm?? So intrigued, I check it... Continue Reading →
The Last Iceberg – new series of cyanotypes
Untitled (The Last Iceberg series #1430) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - This is another update on my earlier update on The Last Iceberg series. When I first started on the larger project, Anthropogenic Crisis, in 2021 that eventually spun off The Last Iceberg series, which I had pre visualized in color. Since then, I have... Continue Reading →
Santa Fe Nicho – The Still(ed) Life exhibition at Light Art Space
Santa Fe Nicho, copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale - I am honored that my cyanotype print titled Santa Fe Nicho was selected by guest juror, Diana Bloomfield (Raleigh, NC) for Light Art Space (Silver City, NM) gallery exhibition The Still(ed) Life: Celebrating Handmade Photographic Art, which is featuring Alternative Photographic Processes. I am equally excited that this is my... Continue Reading →
Wo Zhi Kan Kan – (s)Light of Hand 2023 exhibition
(s)Light of Hand 2023 exhibition 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - I was in very good company for the (s)Light of Hand exhibition at The Photographers Eye gallery, which the one month exhibition opened Saturday evening. My print Wo Zhi Kan Kan (center, white frame) was flanked by Dennis Segers's two Platinum Palladium landscapes to the... Continue Reading →
Camouflage 2 – Entanglement series
Camouflage #2, (Entanglement series) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - Cyanotype print from digital negative, the second titled Camouflage from this same series. Photographed this site last month with a 50mm Distagon on my Hasselblad using expired Ektar 100 (2019) 120 film on a decommissioned WWII/Korean War practice Bombing Range in Southern California. As a note, I... Continue Reading →
Vote for democracy
Vote for democracy, copyright Douglas Stockdale 2023 Experimenting with cyanotype 'word' art. Unsure where this series of artwork might lead to as a means to provide food for thought. I am very concerned with the attempts to limit voting rights and the various attacks on democracy. Cyanotype print, Vote for democracy, copyright 2023, image is 9... Continue Reading →
(Dis)information – Juneteenth
Remnant (Entanglement series) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale – I am publishing this on the occasion of Juneteenth, a relatively new government holiday in the United States, but celebrated by African Americans for many years. "It commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans following the Civil War. Deriving its name from combining June and nineteenth, it is... Continue Reading →
Complications – Entanglement series
Complication (Entanglement series) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - I am taking a slight pause for a mid-year reassessment of where I am and where I am going. Not about making drastic new directions but just determining if a slight tweak in my plans going forward are warranted. I was doing a quick vin diagram of... Continue Reading →
(s)Light of Hand 2023 – An Alternative Photography Exhibition
Wo Zhi Kan Kan (JiaShan, China) 2008/2023 Copyright Douglas Stockdale - I am very honored that my cyanotype print titled “Wo Zhi Kan Kan” (Mandarin for "I Am Just Looking") was selected by guest juror, Ann Jastrab (Executive Director/Curator of the Center for Photographic Art, in Carmel, CA) for The Photographer's Eye (Escondido, CA) (s)Light of Hand... Continue Reading →
World Ocean Day 2023
SeaKelp & Sea Stacks, Fall, Bandon, OR, 2022 copyright Douglas Stockdale - This cyanotype was printed on the occasion of World Ocean Day; "One Ocean, One Climate, One Future". I photographed this composition while we were in Bandon last Fall for my son's wedding. Our rental house was overlooking the beach and I could see... Continue Reading →