Courtesy of Dual Graphics & Peanut Press, 2017 photo by Douglas Stockdale I have been asking around to various publishers and book printing companies for some commercial signatures to help illustrate some aspects of my pending Introduction to Photo Book Design workshop. A signature is somewhat foreign to photographers who have not been involved in commercial printing... Continue Reading →
LA Art Book Fair 2017
Copyright 2017 Douglas Stockdale & Gerhard Clausing Our report (Gerhard Clausing, Contributing Editor, and myself) from last Saturday’s LA Art Book Fair 2017. As in the past this Fair can be overwhelming and it is truly difficult to see the entire Fair in one day, least to have emphasis on just the photographic books. It... Continue Reading →
Left coast news: The International Photobook Competition 2017
Photo Book Independent 2016 judging, 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale Just announced; the 2017 International Photographic Book Competition in conjunction with Photo Independent. Submissions are now being accepted. Important; the deadline for the 2017 Photobook Competition is March 15, 2017. Entries must be received (in hand) no later than April 1, 2017 for judging. The clock... Continue Reading →
Left Coast News: 2 photobook workshops in February
The Epilogue, Laia Abril & book design by Ramon Pez In conjunction with Art Book LA 2017, there will be two photobook workshops occurring on back to back weekends. One workshop lead is by the team of Ramon Pez and Michael Brown, sponsored by Magnum, which is being held at LACP and the other workshop... Continue Reading →
Left Coast PhotoBook News: LA ART BOOK FAIR 2017
LA Art Book Fair coming soon to the Left Coast! February 24 – February 26, 2017 Preview: Thursday, February 23, 2017, 6–9 pm Location: The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA: The Geffen Contemporary is located at 152 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012 This is the fifth annual LA Art Book Fair (which I missed... Continue Reading →
Left coast photobook news: Ruscha at OCMA
Every Building on the Sunset Strip copyright 1966 Ed Ruscha Currently OCMA (Orange County Museum of Art) is exhibiting Pop Art Design and included are a few works by Ed Ruscha, but probably the most interesting to those who enjoy photobooks is a very long display of Ed Ruscha’s 1966 Every Building on the Sunset Strip.... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays
Christmas wreath 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale We wish you and your families a wonderful and Joy filled Christmas and Holiday season. Warmest regards, The editorial team and families of Douglas & Gerhard
Early bird discount for photobook workshop ends this Saturday
LACP Introduction to Photo Book Design, photo Douglas Stockdale The early-bird registration discount of 20% for my Introduction to Photo Book Design workshop that I will be leading next April over two weekends will be ending midnight this Saturday, December 17th. This creative workshop is sponsored by Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP). So if... Continue Reading →
LACP workshop: Introduction to PhotoBook design
Copyright 2013 Douglas Stockdale I am very excited to announce that I will be leading an Introduction to Photo Book Design workshop in conjunction with the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) next Spring 2017. The workshop will be held over two consecutive Saturdays, April 1st and April 8th in Los Angeles at the LACP... Continue Reading →
Indie Photobook Library moves to Yale University
Ciociaria published by Edizioni Punctum, now in the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Just announced by the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University that the Indie Photobook Library (iPL) has been just incorporated into their collection. The collection includes more than 2,000 photobooks from around the world along with related ephemera, archives of the... Continue Reading →