Looking at one photograph at a time
Untitled (Chicago, IL #6333) copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale One aspect of this project is my investigation of the man-altered landscape. When the documentation of the landscape includes the impact of industry, this has been frequently linked to when a viewer is offered both industrial splendor and the tragedy of the environmental cost. Sometimes this cumulative... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Fiumicino, Italy # 7235) copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale While I recently have been developing the concept of this project, I have come to realize that I have not been publicly honest as to who I am. There is a side of me that I have been keeping secret and as all secret's go, over... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Jamaica, NY # 7220) copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale With art and photography, there are referents that mark a person's progression, pushing ahead while yet looking back. So in this case having mentioned Bernd & Hilla Becher, another broader referent for this body of work might be be the Dusseldorf School (Kunstakademie - arts academy... Continue Reading →
Untitled (East Boston, MA #6961) copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale Gaining access to these sites of technology is very problematic and usually means that I have a very small window of opportunity to make the composition, determine the exposure and capture the image. Additionally, I did not have a lot of leeway as to when during... Continue Reading →
untitled (Roissey, France, #5060) copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale Yesterday, I had reflected that this project was being developed with using a Topographic style, but hopefully not as severe as the coldly objective and sterile viewpoint of Bernd and Hilla Becher. Nevertheless, I am pushing forward an objective and neutral viewpoint that is not peopled, but... Continue Reading →
o untitled (San Carlos CA #9341) copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale. Another interesting addition for one of my nomad projects. cheers!
untitled (San Carlos, CA #9360) copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale. As I have previously mentioned, for my day job I am a bit of a global nomad. And I spend a lot of time at airports while passing through various cities and countries. On occasion I have an opportunity to inspect the surrounding airport infrastructure a... Continue Reading →
untitled (belt & suspenders - book dummy 1) by Douglas Stockdale Well this ought to be the most boring photograph that I have or maybe ever will post. This year my summer photographic project has been very interesting; to self-publish a limited edition (photographic) artist book. Actually a very fun project without dead lines while... Continue Reading →
ANSCO Snapfolio booklet cover I was aware of the Kodak processing promotional booklets, but until recently, I was not aware that ANSCO, their film processing competitor in the 1950's and 60's, had a similar film processing promotion. That was until I was sorting through my Grandmother's family photo collection that had been passed down to... Continue Reading →
untitled (Charlene, Phoenix, 1955) copyright Douglas Stockdale While working on my SNAPS project, I have been evaluation some photographs that are still in their original Kodak processing folders or booklets. If I recall, Kodak was providing these booklets as a bonus with a set of the larger prints. I notice that for these Kodak booklets,... Continue Reading →
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