Looking at one photograph at a time
Untitled (Union Ice Picks) copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale. While I was developing my artist book Pine Lake, I had started selecting photographs for what will probably be the second artist book in this series about memory, family, nostalgia and remembrance. I am also going to make some changes for this next book, one of which... Continue Reading →
While I was reviewing some recent photobooks, I realized that I have been using some book design and publishing jargon that may not be as well known to photographers and readers of photobooks. I think for many folks, the book printer (and bindery) may be a black box; photographs and essays go in and pretty... Continue Reading →
Me (photo by Wendy Hicks) at Duncan Miller gallery, Santa Monica, CA Yesterday afternoon was a fun and interesting event being a participant at the Duncan Miller gallery Photo Art Book Fair held in Santa Monica. Actually my first time as a "exhibitor", so thought I would share a little bit about this experience. First,... Continue Reading →
This morning I awoke to a nice surprise. My artist book Pine Lake was featured by Tomas de Teresa on his Spanish photobook review blog, Libro de Fotografia. How cool is that?! Part of his review for Pine Lake: Douglas Stockdale, el fotógrafo conocido por el blog The Photobook ha auto-publicado un nuevo trabajo llamado... Continue Reading →
copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale. I as I reflect on the development of my artist book Pine Lake, perhaps I was reacting to a very subliminal keepsake that I cherish. Sitting on my workstation for many years is this small fishing memento that my Dad has purchased a long time ago. I can remember this little... Continue Reading →
Ciociaria copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale & published by Edizioni Punctum (Punctum Press) I am really honored to be featured today on Matej Sitar's Tumblr page The Angry Bat (The Angry Bat's - nice photobooks) about my photobook Ciociaria. So check it out here. Thanks Matej! I appreciate that Ciociaria, an earlier photobook that investigates memory and its preservation, is getting... Continue Reading →
Pine Lake copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale Just a quick shout out that L'Ascenseur Vegetal, the web bookstore in France which is the European bookstore for Pine Lake has just posted their Pine Lake sales page here. Nice. Claude Lemaire, the owner of L'Ascenseur Vegetal, was able to juggle posting this while preparing to drive up... Continue Reading →
A very nice surprise this morning when I discovered that photobook reviewer Josef Chaladek has featured my artist photobook Pine Lake on his blog this morning. Very cool. So please check it out here! Cheers! Now I need to link this up on the side bar.
Pine Lake, As Issued, Costa Mesa, CA copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale One of the fun and interesting aspects of publishing Pine Lake has been a reason to initiate another round of discussions with book store owners. Recently I met with DJ, the owner of As Issued, which is located in The LAB on Bristol in... Continue Reading →
Pine Lake copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale self-published artist photobook At the end of last week, as I stated here, it was pointed out to me that I had some prime real estate available on the interior of my custom frame cover. A very nice place to include an introduction. I had drafted the introduction, but... Continue Reading →
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