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Douglas Stockdale Ciociaria - copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale One of the principal reasons to initially assembly a book dummy (a.k.a. marquette) of a project for a potential photobook is to facilitate conversations with the publishers, to gain traction with them and hopefully a contract for your concept. In the case with my photobook Ciociaria, I had captured the imagination of Marco at Edizioni Punctum, who was... Continue Reading →
Enroute to PingHu Copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale I am continuing to evaluate my body of work from 2007 - 2008 made in China that is evolving into one of two potential book projects, with these photographs for "Flow of Light Brush the Shadow". I am also using a new tool (for me), uploading the strongest images... Continue Reading →
All Photographs Copyright 2011 by Douglas Stockdale I have continued to think about the body of work that I created while I was in China during 2007 and 2008. While in the midst of my stay, I had a number of potential concepts, but in retrospect, not really concrete enough. I know that while in China... Continue Reading →
NWM Hanover copyright 2011 by Douglas Stockdale I had lamented earlier this month about my inspirational muse and how this was something you really can't manage, per se. I, you, we just need to allow a openess and listen quietly. As sometimes things occur for me, when I start to connect, it seems like many more ideas... Continue Reading →
Piglio copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale This is the regional landscape location of the city of Piglio, inclusive of the vineyards that has made the Cesanese wine of Piglio famous.
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale One of the benefits of spending a lot of my time in Europe is that when I return to Southern California, the landscape and terrain takes on a subtle strangeness. I believe that my assumptions have been disrupted and I start to see my surrounderings from another perspective and maybe what I have... Continue Reading →
House cleaning, Fiuggi copyright Douglas Stockdale 2010 Ciociaria - The name of a traditional region of Central Italy without a defined border nor historical identity. The name Ciociaria comes from the primitive footwear of its inhabitants and the origins of this particular kind of shoe are ancient. Last month, I continued to reflect on my on-going... Continue Reading →
Chicago (Paris) copyright Douglas Stockdale 2010 Yesterday afternoon I had a nice discussion with the French photographer Mathieu Lambert about his book Fake Tales of America. I will review his book later this month on The PhotoBook, but for now this post is more about the idea behind his book: even if you have not been... Continue Reading →
West Lake, China 2008 copyright Douglas Stockdale The annual print exchange will be occurring at The Photographers Exchange on Thursday this week, with more about this group, including the time and place of the event, here. To prepare a print for the exchange (you bring one, you take home one), first I realized that I did... Continue Reading →
A little over a year ago I started to publish my photographic book reviews on The PhotoBook Journal and now some 75 photobook reviews later, I have started to co-publish a few of my reviews in conjunction with photo-eye's online magazine. photo-eye publishes photobook reviews in conjunction with their book store and gallery, located in... Continue Reading →
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