Looking at one photograph at a time
CA-241 Tollroad, Coto de Coza, California Copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale Some may call it serendipity, while Christians would say that this is the quiet voice of the Lord, but an odd chain of events started this last Saturday when I received a unsolicted photobook, Afterwards, edited by Nathalie Herschdorfer, for a potential review on my blog The PhotoBook. As I stated... Continue Reading →
Oregon route 30, copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale This was a mixed day working on my project In Passing; tweaking photographis, printing for my revised book dummy, which I now have all of the photographic prints in the straight black & white mode to start the sequencing and pairing design process. I have also finished linking up all... Continue Reading →
Tollroad, Rancho Santa Margarita Copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale For me, it is always interesting how one thing may lead to another. Last week I finally started the re-work of my project Insomnia: Hotel Noir, specifically to remove the blue tint from the images and return to Black & White basics. While printing the Insomnia images for... Continue Reading →
NoWhereMan, in Transit copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale - It is always interesting to me when random events collide, as though the almighty has had a delicate hand in it. For those who on occasion read this blog over the last four years will recall that off and on I have been working on a project titled Insomnia:... Continue Reading →
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.
Auberge noir (Insomnia: Hotel Noir series) copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale - After a relatively long spell, I am working on my Insomnia project again. Perhaps it is the influence of studying the photobooks of Mario Giacomelli and Kiyoshi Suzuki, while I find myself moving to a darker palate and contraster images. You probably could question the relevance as these two photographers were actively photographing during... Continue Reading →
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