Looking at one photograph at a time
Wayne Swanson, portrait by Donna Cosentino • With the recent passing of my friend and PhotoBook Journal colleague, Wayne Swanson (1951 - 2024), I realized that I wanted to write and publish a memoriam about him to share in our on-line magazine. First was the shock of his passing, while he had been in and out... Continue Reading →
3RD BIENNIAL REVA & DAVID LOGAN PHOTO BOOK SYMPOSIUM - Photo courtesy of Barry Schwartz - A little shout-out about providing my presentation this past weekend at the UCBerkeley School of Journalism Third Biennial Reva & David Logan Photo Book Symposium. Joining me were Kris Graves (KGP) and Michelle Dunn Marsh (Minor Matters) on this... 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 →
Wow. I knew that Southeast Center of Photography (SEC4P) was about to announce our next book development workshop together and that they wanted to post this on their social media first before I started my social media PR. I just did not expect that it would be sold-out in less than fours hours from the... Continue Reading →
For the artist book I now envision (book pre-visualization!), I want to bind it with a very simple, but elegant pamphlet stitch. Assembled and bound it should look like what I posted in my last article. And there are a numerous ways to complete a pamphlet stitch and a relatively simple production fixture, called a... Continue Reading →
Earlier I had announced that a limited edition Fiuggi Book + Print of Ciociaria was acquired by the Frick Fine Arts Library at the University of Pittsburgh and I now very excited to announce that four of my books are now in their permanent collection. In addition to the Ciociaria book are my three artist... Continue Reading →
Today is about reflection as to what occurred in New York City, Washington DC and a field in Pennsylvania. Reflection on those who lost their lives during these events, both on the aircraft that were turned into guided missiles and those victims at the site of impact. These events eventually led to the War in... Continue Reading →
Book-dummy copyright Douglas Stockdale I am very honored to announce my third annual book development workshop in conjunction with Medium Photo for next September. Last year this Medium Photo workshop, Developing a Creative Book, due to the COVID-19 pandemic had taken some interesting twists and turns. We ended up having a virtual workshop on Zoom... Continue Reading →
My Medium Photo workshop, Developing a Creative Book, due to the COVID-19 pandemic has taken some interesting twists and turns. I think we have now sorted everything out and this workshop is back on track to start later this September. Initially this was going to be a four-day hands-on workshop with everyone participating together in... Continue Reading →
Commission book dummy, saddle stitch 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale For those who have been following me on the development of this book commission, it has been a crazy week. I am now back to developing the book dummy. Last Friday I mocked-up a potential book dummy to the proper book trim size using some stationary... Continue Reading →
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