Looking at one photograph at a time
Artist photobook maquette cover, Bluewater Shore, copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale. A couple of days ago I started a discussion about my next artist photobook for 2014, Bluewater Shore, which I have just finished the first maquette in preparation of getting some feedback from friends at photo l.a. next week. First, in the photo of the... Continue Reading →
Pine Lake copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale. I was thinking earlier today that I should finish the year with a post about what my objectives were for next year and thoughts about this past year. But then Manik Katyal, the Editor-in-Chief/Publisher of Emaho magazine disrupted my great plans with his article about Pine Lake. So how... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Fiuggi, Italy, 2010) copyright Douglas Stockdale 2013. As a freelancer, sometimes a client will keep me really busy, and I mean really, really busy. When this happens in late November and most of December, some of my other to-do's suffer. One of those traditional items at the end of the year is the Christmas... Continue Reading →
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 →
