Photographers and Photography in Southern California and Beyond
by Douglas Stockdale • My experimentation/play series of organic abstraction during the COVID-19 pandemic has also included some printing evaluations using the dye sublimation printing process on clear base aluminum. I have been working with three west-coast California print labs on this printing project and they all have a slight variation on what to call this process... Continue Reading →
Gerhard (Gerry) Clausing, Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) Every place has its own unique smells, sounds, and ambience, whether is San Francisco’s China Town, South Los Angeles barrio or a far-off country in Europe, Asia or Africa. Capturing the particular aura of a place and of those who inhabit it is the great challenge of travel... Continue Reading →
copyright Scott Mathews Within the artistic genre of landscape, documentary and still-live photography, the subject of water and all of its related forms is one of the classic themes. The subject of water has continued to evolve into contemporary art due to its metaphoric potential as representing one of the basic essences of life, thus... Continue Reading →
Photographer; Harvey Chin The year is traditionally marked by the passing of time as indicated by the seasonal weather conditions; it is currently the fall while steadily heading into winter. This seasonal period also has events that are well known; Halloween, Thanksgiving, and coming soon Christmas and Hanukkah. Most of these holiday events are family... Continue Reading →
Diane Reeves, Pyramid, Nevada The investigation and image capture of the landscape dates back to the earliest photographs made by a camera in 1826 by Joseph Nicephore Niepce and the landscape still remains as one of the classic photographic genres. Photographers have romanticized the landscape as part of the Pictorialist movement in the early 1900’s... Continue Reading →
copyright Jim Koch CONNECTIONS exhibition Photography is a medium that allows us to connect: to communicate with other individuals as well as with the world as our ever-present backdrop. While in our current time digital processes seem to create distance, the medium of photography cuts through this digital omnipresence and enables us to address human... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground exhibition, Fabrik Projects, photograph by Don Webb II One of the requests that apparently reoccurred during my opening reception is for an artist talk about this exhibition and artist project. The artist talk is now scheduled to coincide with the exhibition closing reception at 4pm on Saturday, June 2nd (2018) at the Fabrik Projects gallery. To talk... Continue Reading →
America, Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra, 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale As a member of the Photographers Exchange, I am very excited to announce that two of my photographs from my Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra project were selected by Scott B. Davis for the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) annual Fine Art Exhibition. The two photographs are America, above and the... Continue Reading →
ALL MEDIA 2018 Application Deadline June 29, 11:59 p.m. The Irvine Fine Arts Center (IFAC) is pleased to announce the annual juried All Media exhibition, and invites Southern California-based artists to submit artwork for consideration. This year, the exhibition will be juried by Dave Barton, the arts writer for OC Weekly. Submissions are being accepted through June 29,... Continue Reading →
Surveillance (Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra) 42" x 52" 2016 Douglas Stockdale I have a really wonderful announcement to make; I am honored to become a represented artist of Fabrik Projects! I am joining a group of talented artist, including Sarah Hadley, Tami Bahat, Martin Cox, Christopher Sheils, Cia Foreman, Glen Wexler, Andy Burgess and many others. This... Continue Reading →
