Looking at one photograph at a time
Entanglement (revised series), Cyanotype, Expired film, 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - Asking the question: Can a multi-decade old, decommissioned WWII/Korean War practice bombing range be representative of historical social issues that are current today in America? I have started to investigate this question using both expired 120 film and solar cyanotype prints. The expired (120)... Continue Reading →
Abandoned, NV Route 157 (Roadside Remembrance #1937), solar Cyanotype + Prismacolor, copyright 2012 Douglas Stockdale – Perhaps as many artist and photographers do, I will enter calls for art, aka juried art exhibitions, to see if I can obtain some additional interest in my artwork. Most recently, I have been started to submit my recent cyanotype prints... Continue Reading →
I am really honored to announce that the recent article by Ann Mitchell on her blog Thinking About Photography is a wonderful trifecta for me. Mitchell's recent article focuses on Photographers who create artist books as part of their artistic practice. As you might notice in her cover photograph, above, she is including my artist... Continue Reading →
California Monsoon, Anthropogenic Crisis #8289 copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale - It is really convenient when Mother Nature brings a monsoon storm right to your back yard and provides me with an opportunity to work on one of my many projects, Anthropogenic Crisis. This is my ongoing investigation of the continuing climate crisis and a series... Continue Reading →
The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow - Liu Guan Lue Yin chop - 2022 Douglas Stockdale - Bad news, Great news. For the Bad News, this past week I have been struggling with how I might incorporate my Chinese chop (stamp) into my Artist Special Edition. To be able to bring together the underlying... Continue Reading →
Anthropogenic Crisis #065425 copyright 2021 Douglas Stockdale – In between printing the interior pages of my new artist book, I have a pdf open regarding the basics of gum bichromate printing that I read while the printer hums along. In thinking about the gum printing, I was initially intrigued with the process of printing an initial platinum-palladium... Continue Reading →
Chop (stamp): Liu Guan Lue Yin - The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow - Douglas Stockdale - Liu Guan Lue Yin; this is the chop (stamp) mark for the Chinese Mandarin phrase of The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow. My favorite of the two chops that I had carved in Shanghai after hearing... Continue Reading →
Text block, The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow, copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – With a successful pre-publication fund raising campaign takes me to the next step on my publication journey for this artist book; delivery of the lithographic offset color printing of the interior text block from AZ Litho in Tucson Arizona. Very cool!! That's... Continue Reading →
Drop Area (Gardening for Ordnance) copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – One of the nice things about a holiday is a time for self-reflection, which I had an opportunity to have this past week while visiting my son in Oregon. And visiting various wineries to sample their vintage products probably helped as well. I suspect that one of... Continue Reading →
Artist Special Edition, artist book + extra print (Sold Out) copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale – Happy Artist! As my publication self-funding campaign has come to a close yesterday, I happy to announce that the Artist Special Edition, artist book + extra print, for The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow has Sold Out (with a tiny little... Continue Reading →
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