I am very honored to be exhibiting with the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) faculty next month in Los Angeles at the new LACP gallery. The exhibition opening and reception is Saturday, March 21, 2020, from 7-10pm. The exhibition runs until May 12. My photograph, Bewilderment, is from my Memory Pods project is one of... Continue Reading →
Mystery on Trabuco Flats – Pseudo Night
I just love serendipity. While working on my other projects I had the sinking feeling that my interest in the fictional Mystery on Trabuco Flats project was not going to go anywhere. So totally on the back burner. I thought that having some night photographs might add more to the mystery to my story, but... Continue Reading →
Gardening For Ordnance – Image/Text combinations
I am continuing to study and evaluate the combination of the photographs for my project Gardening For Ordnance, with the appropriated text from the various documents about this decommissioned military site. I find this to be an interesting process. Being a Charlie Brown guy, I bounce back and forth between making the relationship between the... Continue Reading →
Exhibiting Photo Book photographs – cropping changes?
Over the holidays I was re-examining my 2018 project Middle Ground and thinking that since CalTrans has demolished almost all of the iconic San Diego freeway median I had photographed, perhaps this project might now warrant a second look in a gallery space in San Diego county? What I had not realized at the time... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria limited edition book – Sold Out!
Cachi (Persimmons), Morolo, Italy, 2012 copyright Douglas Stockdale I am very happy to announce that Cachi (Persimmons), Morolo, Italy, one of my two limited edition book + print sets for Ciociaria, is now sold out. Nice! I created the two Limited Edition Book + Print Sets shortly after the Ciociaria book was published by Edizioni Punctum. The sell out... Continue Reading →
Gardening For Ordnance – Text + Photo
Now that I have my Memory Pods photographs framed for the December group show at Fabrik Projects, I am back to working on my Gardening For Ordnance project again. As I have stated on numerous occasions, I enjoy working with a physical book-dummy, thus I need to print. With my new Canon printer, I feel... Continue Reading →
Fabrik Projects 2019 Holiday Exhibition update
Fabrik Projects, the Los Angeles gallery that represents me, just updated their web-site for their 2019 Holiday Exhibition and they have just included a date and time for a combo Opening Reception & Holiday Party. cool. Exhibition starts December 3rd, 2019 and runs thru January 4th, 2020 Opening Reception and Holiday Party, December 21st, 2019, 6pm... Continue Reading →
Fabrik Projects – Holiday Group Exhibiton
I am very happy to announce that five of my Memory Pods photographs have been selected by Fabrik Projects gallery for their Holiday Group Exhibition, which runs from December 17, 2019 thru January 4th, 2020. The Fabrik Projects goal for this exhibition is to provide affordable art for the holidays at $500 or less per framed... Continue Reading →
24″ Canon Pro-2100 printer up & running
My new 24" Canon Pro-2100 printer is now up and running. Yes! I am really old school about photographic images in that I need to print it to feel comfortable in evaluating the color, contrast, and composition as a final image. For me, a print is the final output of my creative endeavor, thus essential... Continue Reading →
A Milestone year in the making…
When coming up on a milestone birthday in the past there was usually not much out of the ordinary to report. Not this year for me. So although I have not provided many personal updates, maybe now is a good time for a quick summary of what has turned into an interesting year. Let's start... Continue Reading →