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 →
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 →
Best creative wishes for 2018!
Morning walk, Trabuco Canyon, 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale On the brink of 2018 I think is a nice time to reflect on the achievements (and maybe even some of the screw-ups) of this past year, while looking forward to the opportunities and possibilities of the New Year. So what do I have a chance to... Continue Reading →
Gabriela Cendoya reviews Bluewater Shore
Review 2017 copyright Gabreiela Cendoya, screen shot, Bluewater Shore copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale Yesterday I woke to find that Gabriela Cendoya, a very well known photobook reviewer in Spain, has just published a review of Bluewater Shore on her blog GabrielaCendoya. Although she will on occasion provide a book review in English, the Bluewater Shore... Continue Reading →
Bluewater Shore at Photobooks International bookstore
Bluewater Shore, limited edition artist book, copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale Another of my projects this summer has been getting Bluewater Shore into bookstores here in the U.S. as well as in Europe. As is discussed at length in the Indie Photobook Publishing Guide that I posted yesterday, once your book is self-published, there can be... Continue Reading →
Bluewater Shore PR photo do-over
Ready for a Holiday (Bluewater Shore) 2017 Douglas Stockdale Earlier in June I had set up the studio lights to re-photograph the interior of my limited edition artist book Bluewater Shore for some bookstore submissions. Recently looking at the resulting images, one of which is below, I realized that as a result of how I... Continue Reading →
LACP 4th Annual Members juried exhibition acceptance
Fog (Memory Pods project) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale I am delighted to announce that another of my Memory Pod project photographs has been juried into an exhibition, which in this case is the 4th Annual Members Exhibition for LACP (Los Angeles Center of Photography). The juror is Paula Tognarelli of the Griffin Museum of Photography... Continue Reading →
Fathers Day & remembering Dad
Two rods, Newport Beach, June 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale This past weekend was Father's Day, a time to celebrate Dads and for some of us, to remember their Dad's who are no longer with us. In my case it was the later as my Dad had passed almost thirty years ago. Yesterday in honor of... Continue Reading →
Bluewater Shore – limited edition artist book
Bluewater Shore (book with poly slip-cover) Copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale Bluewater Shore is a semi-fictional visual narrative about a young woman’s holiday, an exciting unescorted trip to the shore with friends, which is set in the late 1940’s. It investigates a new sense of independence for women that occurred during and following World War II... Continue Reading →