Looking at one photograph at a time
Copyright 2011 Douglas Stockdale - A couple of weeks ago I had my first opportunity to visit Berlin. I drove over from Hanover, but missed the transition from the old Western Germany into Eastern Germany, probably because I was driving a bit too fast on the Autobahn in the far left lane when I realized the rest stop... Continue Reading →
Bologna Fountain (Italy) detail, copyright 2010 Douglas Stockdale - Sometimes during my journeys, I happen across something that causes me to realize; I am not in Kansas anymore...or Iowa or most anywhere in our southern United States...LoL Best regards, Doug
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 →
Fiumicino nets, 2010 copyright Douglas Stockdale - My return to SoCal is a bit disrupted by all the snow in NY with my flight to JFK cancelled, so in the scramble I now have a flight from Rome to London and then non-stop to LA, BUT on Sunday. So an unplanned and extra day in Italy, sad, eh?... Continue Reading →
December, Fiuggi, Italy copyright 2009 Douglas Stockdale - A hilltop comune (town) in the province of Frosinone in the region of Lazio (Ciociaria) in central Italy that dates back before 1200, which is located south of Rome. The town of Fiuggi became famous for its Acqua di Fiuggi which flows from its natural springs and... Continue Reading →
JiaShan, Hutong Boatman (Chinese Picture Postcards series) 2008 copyright Douglas Stockdale - As I continue to develop my new series Chinese Picture Postcards, I decided that I would start my blog for this project very early on. Since this series is intented to be paired images, one side an idealistic composed photograph and the facing... Continue Reading →
California State Route 241, Rancho Santa Margarita (Roadside Remembrance) copyright 2009 Douglas Stockdale I have been continuing to work on the thorny problem of 1) selling my self-published books, 2) the high cost of the Blurb published books if I publish something really nice with them, and the 3) potentially limited distribution channels because of... Continue Reading →
Departure (Insomnia - Hotel Noir series), photography by Douglas Stockdale - I have developed a number of iterations of this photograph, varying all sorts of aspects related to color and tonality. Sometimes I start to wonder which one is right, while that implies that I might not fully understand the concept I am working on.... Continue Reading →
Riverside County, 2007 copyright of Douglas Stockdale - As I pull back to re-examine my Riverside project, I also finding myself thinking not so much about what the project is per se, but more about the pictorial space that I am confronting. Which is to say, how I use a camera/lens to create and capture the... Continue Reading →
JiaShan (China series) copyright 2008 Douglas Stockdale - As I continued to chew on the whole 'subtlety' question (and thanks to Paul Butzi to working the question a little deeper), and specifically to how I am developing my photographs for my current series, I tried a little test. What if I attended my monthly print review with the Photographers Exchange,... Continue Reading →
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