Looking at one photograph at a time
Copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale Still thinking about the concept of memory. In one way, all photographs are about memory, as they reveal something that no longer is. As soon as the exposure is made, it is instantly a photograph of history and of things past. Nevertheless, when investigating memory, some photographs are better metaphors than others. When a... Continue Reading →
Instant Nomad (France) copyright Douglas Stockdale While in France, I continued to develop my concept of the traveling business man as an extension of my earlier project Hotel Noir. My goal with Hotel Noir was to investigate a specific place that was a transitional site, a city that I was working at over an extended period of time and staying... Continue Reading →
Instant Nomad (England) 2012 Copyright Douglas Stockdale I am experimenting with another way to create a narrative exploring what I do for work. Last year it seemed that I was working on two if not three alternaives, but now I am thinking that there may not be any issue with mashing these together. Moving away from... Continue Reading →
Copyright Douglas Stockdale As I look ahead to 2013, I find that the photograph that I made earlier in JiaShan China with the lone man in a small boat to be wonderfully symbolic of the feelings that I am having. I am leaving the old (year, ways, thoughts, past, memories) on an unknown journey under... Continue Reading →
Gore Creek - Copyright Douglas Stockdale We are wishing you Comfort and Joy for this holiday season and a creative New Year for 2013. Cheers!
Copyright Douglas Stockdale While munching on the Christmas morning Apricot Pastries (thanks Kellie!), it is a good time to reflect on the past year. 2012 has it's ups and downs as well as going a little sideways. So in the spirit of honking my own horn, very happy to report: The most noteworthy occasion in... Continue Reading →
Lest I Forget - Ciociaria copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale All I can say, I had some really good intentions, but while I was attempting to update my http://www.douglasstockdale.com web site with a different mix of photographs from my book Ciociaria, I made some really bad programming errors. Really, really bad. Like wiping out all of... Continue Reading →
Lest I Forget - Ciociaria copyright Douglas Stockdale I am very happy to announce that my photograph "Lest I Forget" from my Ciociaria project and photobook is curated into the December group exhibition at the Orange County Contemporary Center for Art (OCCCA). The exhibition will have two opening, the first is this Saturday, December 1st,... Continue Reading →
photographs copyright the artists I find it interesting as to how much of my available time is required to curate the photobook exhibition at Fotografia di Roma. The exhibition opens this Thursday at 8pm and runs through the end of October. Whereas I had plans to be in Rome for the exhibition opening, my travel... Continue Reading →
I have a new and unique opportunity, as my proposal to curate a photobook exhibition for the XI Edition of FotoGrafia Festival Internazionale di Roma (FotoGrafia - the International Festival of Rome) was accepted. Very nice! The theme for this festival is "work", which is an interesting subject and in my proposal, I addressed it rather broadly. I... Continue Reading →
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