"America" photobooks I had announced on my personal blog earlier this week that my photobook reviews will soon start being co-published in EMAHO magazine. Manik Katyal, the editior and publisher, has also asked me to be the "America" photobook specialist while Colin Pantall focuses more on the European photobooks. I thought that this was an... Continue Reading →
Pine Lake – Out of Print
Pine Lake, copyright 2013 artist photobook by Douglas Stockdale I recently arranged with photo-eye (Santa Fe, NM) book store to sell the last copies of the edition for my Pine Lake artist photobook. I believe that in publisher's terms that when all copies are now in the hands of the bookstores that I am officially... Continue Reading →
LA Art Book Fair – 2014
untitled (LA Art Book Fair, January 2014) copyright 2014 Douglas Stockdale Last year I was pretty stoked when it was announced that the NY Art Book Fair would be making a Left Coast appearance. And it was pretty nice event with my only big complaint was the crappy lighting made very difficult to examine most... Continue Reading →
Interesting Photobooks for 2013
I have been invited to take part in photo-eye’s annual poll by photobook commentators as to the 10 Best Books of 2013. For those who follow this blog, that fact that I am participating in this may seem a bit unusual, as I have readily admitted in the past, I do not have access to... Continue Reading →
Book Fair this Sunday in Santa Monica – updated
Book Fair and print sale for emerging photographer/artists Which includes yours truly, me! I will be there with my artist book Pine Lake as well as my Ciociaria Limited Edition book + print set (both versions), and trade copies of Ciociaria to purchase and be signed. I will also have a framed limited edition photograph... Continue Reading →
Le PhotobookFest – Paris November 15 – 17, 2013
Since I was soooo busy with finishing Pine Lake, my artist book, I neglected to provide some updates on other events such as Le PhotobookFest which will be occurring this coming weekend in conjunction with Paris Photo. The Le PhotobookFest will be at a different venue, L'Ancienne Imprimerie/Picture Tank, 19 rue Bisson 75020 Paris, than the... Continue Reading →
Douglas Stockdale – Pine Lake
Pine Lake copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale self-published Limited Edition Artist Book I am very thrilled to announce the publication of my hand-made artist book Pine Lake. Thus post is not intended to be a book review, as I need to let others provide more objective assessments. This is just a blatant self promotion. Pine Lake... Continue Reading →
Feature #275 & some changes
With the publication of my commentary on Gina Genis's photobook, I have reached an interesting milestone. This is the 275th photobook commentary I have published on this blog. I think if I knew that I would be reaching this goal when I stated this blog in 2008, that could have been intimidating enough that I... Continue Reading →
LA Art Book Fair
Copyright the photographers; Paul Schiek's "Dead Men Don't Look Like Me" (TBW Books), Dan Gluibizzi's "Folding Space"/Zefrey Throwell's "Pressing Time" (Ampersand Gallery & Fine Books), Nicolas Hoosteing's Matador (Etudes Books), Notes on Fulford's Raising Frogs for $$$ (The Ice Plant), Alec Soth & Brad Zellar's "Michigan" (Little Brown Mushroom), The LA Art Book Fair Catalog. I had an opportunity to attend the LA Art Book... Continue Reading →
Fotografia Photobook Exhibit – Opening
Photographs copyright 2012 Lorenzo Formicola Lina Pallotta (author of ) I just received a couple of photographs from Lina Pallotta which were taken by Lorenzo Formicola during the opening of my photobook exhibition at Fotografia in Rome last month. Lina is the author of Piedras Negras which I had selected for this exhibition and is my Ace on-the-floor... Continue Reading →