Looking at one photograph at a time
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 →
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 →
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 →
Early last week, I was contacted by photo-eye, the Santa Fe gallery and bookstore, to write photobook reviews for them. We've worked out most of the details, as they need a brief photobook review and I can wirte a more encompassing review of the same book, which I can publish on The PhotoBook. I think that... Continue Reading →
Last week I was contacted by the editor of the Irish photo magazine Source for an interview, as they had determined that my articles and photobook reviews that I publish on The PhotoBook was a blog that they wanted to highlight as one of the top ten blogs that photographers should be reading. The interview was just published yesterday. Wow,... Continue Reading →
Reminder that Blurb is in the midst of their Photography.Book.Now judging and concurrently they have the "People's Choice" Award. So if you have not voted for your favorite book yet, and you really like my mine, please vote for Insomnia: Hotel Noir here. Best regards, Doug
I think that I have made a successful next step in publishing my project Insomnia: Hotel Noir, which is to have a book query acknowledged and a request for a formal book submission. One big goal for Insomnia: Hotel Noir was to have it published by a traditional publisher. And one of the advantages of the... Continue Reading →
JiaShan boatman, 2008 copyright of Douglas Stockdale - While I was working my way through the first edit of my photographs for the Chinese Picture Postcards project, this photograph above just jumped at me as the image that could be my potential photobook cover. One potential for this project is a series of diptychs, one of which will be a classic China photograph... Continue Reading →
Cavallo Point Lodge bookstore One of the occasional delights that I have, is that while working on one project, through a series of somewhat related connections, other great opportunities appear! Here is my current example; while working on Linda Connor's photobook Odyssey review for The PhotoBook, I found about a wonderful photographic place to creatively hang-out in... Continue Reading →
Insomnia: Hotel Noir copyright 2009 by Douglas Stockdale I just announced on my Insomnia: Hotel Noir blog that I published the book with Blurb over the weekend. nice. And this morning I received back some nice comments from David Maisel regarding my review of his book, Libraries of Dust, which I just published on The... Continue Reading →
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