Looking at one photograph at a time
Copyright Douglas Stockdale While munching on the Christmas morning Apricot Pastries (thanks Kellie!), it is a good time to reflect on the past year. 2012 has it's ups and downs as well as going a little sideways. So in the spirit of honking my own horn, very happy to report: The most noteworthy occasion in... Continue Reading →
I-5 Mission Viejo, CA photograph 2012 copyright Douglas Stockdale A continuation of my investigation of memory and its preservation. (Update; the working title of this project has reverted to In Passing)
National Safety Council - A-1 Colloferro, Italy copyright 2012 Douglas Stockdale I am very honored that the National Safety Council (USA) has incorporated one of the photographs from my Roadside Remembrance Memorials series into one of their monthly safety campaigns for 2012. Editorial freedom; they have grayed down the photograph to keep the emphasis on their text. The... Continue Reading →
Photographs copyright Douglas Stockdale 2012 I am now able, as well as extremely happy, to share some wonderful news. Over the past month, I have been in discussions with Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma (MACRO), the largest contemporary art museums in Rome Italy, regarding the acquisition of three Limited Edition photographs from my photobook project Ciociaria. This week I... Continue Reading →
Trubuco Canyon, CA-241 copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale Ephemeral: transitory, lasting for only a short period of time and leaving no permanent trace
Cheshire England, January 2012 copyright Douglas Stockdale I continue to be intrigued by the various facets of memory and one that seems the most futile and vexing is the preservation of a memory. Sometimes no matter how hard I attempt to hold on to it, a memory can be elusive and like the fog, slips too... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Photographs copyright of Douglas Stockdale I just completed my 2009 Critical Mass submission with the photographs from my project, Insomnia: Hotel Noir. A photo story that I use 36 photographs to tell and then I have to distill that down to 10 images for my submission. The 10 photographs are here, with the book cover (above) as my... Continue Reading →
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