Untitled (Entanglement series) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale – Good news, not so great news; Earlier this fall I found out I was a Critical Mass 2023 Finalist (wohooo!), while I subsequently found out that I was not selected as one of the Top 50 by the 200 curators who made the juried this (Okay, a collective... Continue Reading →
H2O: Shifting Currents – two seascape cyanotypes in the Light Art Space exhibition
Sea Kelp & Sea Stacks, Bandon, Oregon, copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale Bandon Harbor, Low Tide, Bandon, Oregon, copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale Delightful news! Two of my seascape cyanotypes were accepted into Light Art Space's exhibition "H2O: Shifting Currents" which was juried by Kristen Martinicic. Backstory: we were in Bandon Oregon last fall for my son's... Continue Reading →
Critical Mass 2023 – Top 200 Finalist
Gatekeeper (Entanglement series) 2018/2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - A wonderful start for the week when I was reading a Facebook shout out by a friend of mine, who listed me in her post about her making the first cut of the top 200 Finalist for this years Critical Mass. hmmmmm?? So intrigued, I check it... Continue Reading →
Santa Fe Nicho – The Still(ed) Life exhibition at Light Art Space
Santa Fe Nicho, copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale - I am honored that my cyanotype print titled Santa Fe Nicho was selected by guest juror, Diana Bloomfield (Raleigh, NC) for Light Art Space (Silver City, NM) gallery exhibition The Still(ed) Life: Celebrating Handmade Photographic Art, which is featuring Alternative Photographic Processes. I am equally excited that this is my... Continue Reading →
Camouflage 2 – Entanglement series
Camouflage #2, (Entanglement series) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - Cyanotype print from digital negative, the second titled Camouflage from this same series. Photographed this site last month with a 50mm Distagon on my Hasselblad using expired Ektar 100 (2019) 120 film on a decommissioned WWII/Korean War practice Bombing Range in Southern California. As a note, I... Continue Reading →
(Dis)information – Juneteenth
Remnant (Entanglement series) 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale – I am publishing this on the occasion of Juneteenth, a relatively new government holiday in the United States, but celebrated by African Americans for many years. "It commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans following the Civil War. Deriving its name from combining June and nineteenth, it is... Continue Reading →
(s)Light of Hand 2023 – An Alternative Photography Exhibition
Wo Zhi Kan Kan (JiaShan, China) 2008/2023 Copyright Douglas Stockdale - I am very honored that my cyanotype print titled “Wo Zhi Kan Kan” (Mandarin for "I Am Just Looking") was selected by guest juror, Ann Jastrab (Executive Director/Curator of the Center for Photographic Art, in Carmel, CA) for The Photographer's Eye (Escondido, CA) (s)Light of Hand... Continue Reading →
Entanglement – reflecting on D-Day 1944
Untitled (Entanglement series) May 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - I had posted the above image of my cyanotype print yesterday on my social media (IG and Fb) as a homage to those who served in the military during WWII about the date that began the mainland offensive invasion of France on June 6th, 1944. My... Continue Reading →
Expired B&W film – more unexpected outcomes
Illford FP4, expired June 1983, photographed May 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - When I recently wrote about embracing unexpected outcomes with my expired film, the photograph I featured was from a roll of very old 120 FujiChrome 100F. A recently used roll of Illford Black and White 120 FP4 film that I exposed earlier this... Continue Reading →
Camouflage
Untitled (Camouflage) expired 120 film, solar cyanotype, 2023 copyright Douglas Stockdale - Camouflage is used by the military with any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment. Also it is a process to hide by making objects hard to see, or disguising them as something else, to blend into the surroundings. A continuation of my... Continue Reading →