Douglas Stockdale – Insomnia: Hotel Noir
Insomnia: Hotel Noir copyright 2009 by Douglas Stockdale
I just published my latest photobook project Insomnia: Hotel Noir with Blurb and the large (11 x 13″) hardcover ImageWrap with Blurb’s premium pager is now available. nice.
More details about this photographic project that I started in 2006 can be found on the blog that I created, at www.insomniahotelnoir.wordpress.com, and is available here.
Best regards, Doug Stockdale
Diane Reeves – Torrance Cultural Arts Center Faculty Show
Selling Lake Diane copyright of Diane Reeves
Diane Reeves, a member of the Photographers Exchange, is exibiting in the Torrance Cultural Arts Center Faculty Show. This exhibition is from July 7-August 1 with the opening on July 11th from 4-6.
The address is 3320 Civic Center Drive Torrance, CA (310)618-6340. The hours are from 11-5 Tuesday thru Saturday. This faculty exhibit is concurrent with the South Bay Watercolor Society show.
Queen Diane copyright of Diane Reeves
By Doug Stockdale
Great Info Site for Artists
I found this site today that has many great articles for artists.
Check it out…so much good info.
http://www.artbusiness.com/artists.html
Free Photoshop Demonstrations
Larry Vogel
Free Photoshop Demonstrations at the San Diego Fair!
July 4th / Two Sessions 12:30 and 6:30
Closing Day July 5th at 12:30
I will demonstrate Photoshop techniques using my Before & After Series.
Each session will be different. Hope to see you there!
Photo Exchange members accepted into Works of Man exhibition
Photograph by Ellen Butler
Ellen Butler and Hal Myers, both members of the Photographers Exchange, have had photographs accepted into the Works of Man exhibition. The exhibition is scheduled to run June 26 – July 25, 2009 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Photographer Chris Jordan is the juror.
For more information on Chris Jordan visit: http://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/prisoners-as-waste-the-photography-of-chris-jordan/
Here is an excerpt from that site:
Chris Jordan has spent his time making larger and larger photographic constructions to communicate the scale at which American society wastes its resources, its environmental future and its grasp on logic. In his effort to catalogue the linear and thoughtless waste of the US, he has progressed from crushed automobiles, to cell phone chargers, to polystyrene cups to American prisoners.
Chris Jordan’s juror’s statement: “This jurying process has reminded me how thankful I am to be a photographer. Today’s artists are making brilliant, intimidating work, both artistically and technically. Culling 1600 images down to 52 was painful, especially when it was narrowed down to about 70 A-listers and more needed to be cut. The open-ended theme allowed me to choose loosely around one of my favorite categories of photographs: portraits of our battered world, captured with a particular kind of grace and beauty. Not every photo here fits that concept exactly, but they all constellate around it in one way or another. The visual complexity represented in the selected images can serve as a doorway to mental and emotional complexity, which in my mind is something always to be encouraged. Beautifully rendered photographs of uncomfortable subjects help to remind us of the irony and complexity in our world that we might otherwise be tempted to reduce to simple notions of right and wrong, good and bad, us and them. They point to our complicity and responsibility for issues we might be tempted to dismiss as “not our problem.” These photographs bring forward our grief for what has been lost, and our hope and joy for what still exists to be cherished. And they help us remember to face the chaos of our times with discernment, humor and equanimity. The artists represented here deserve to have their work celebrated. I am honored to have served as juror, and I am humbled by the evolved worldviews that these images represent. Congratulations to you all.”
Artists’ and Public Reception:
Friday, July 3, 2009, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
The Center for Fine Art Photography
400 North College Ave.
Fort Collins, CO 80524
By Jim McKinniss
The PhotoBook on Facebook
Last September, I stated a new blog, called The PhotoBook, dedicated to reviewing photographic books that are about photographic projects, series, monographs and bodies of work. Recently I have been getting some strong recommendationas from Andy Adams of Flak Photo to start a fan based page on Facebook. So today I took the plunge, and I now have a Facebook page about The PhotoBook which is here.
So like Larry Vogel said about his new blog last week, check it out and if you like it, become a fan.
Best regards, Doug Stockdale
FYI, yesterday I published my 47th review on The PhotoBook,which was Graciela Iturbide’s book El Bano De Frida Kahlo.
Energizer and National Geographic Extend Contest Invitation
Ghost Ranch Hills by Jim McKinniss
Energizer and National Geographic is currently extending an invitation for any level of photographer to enter their most inspiring photographs for a chance to have the winning photo published in a special Energizer advertising section in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine, and win the ultimate grand prize: A 10-DAY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS TRIP FOR TWO TO THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS!
Acclaimed photographer Jim Richardson will be judging the contest and the grand prize includes a 10-day expedition for two to the Galapagos Islands .
There are six thematic categories: animals/wildlife, nature, travel, people and cultures, weather and inspiration/Keep Going®.
Whether you are a digital photography novice, a proud picture-taking mom or a long-time photo enthusiast, all skill levels are encouraged to enter.
To enter the contest go to: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/energizer/?source=lithium
By Jim McKinniss
RIP – Kodak discontinues its Kodachrome film
Kodak Kodachrome 64
On June 22 Kodak announced that it will cease production of its 74 year old Kodachrome film due to declining sales as photographers switch to digital.
For more information: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31486343/ns/business-us_business/
Kodachrome by Paul Simon http://www.geocities.com/bjaes.geo/lyrics/kodacrm.htm
When I think back
On all the crap I learned in high school
It’s a wonder I can think at all
And though my lack of education
Hasn’t hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall
Kodachrome
You give us those nice bright colors
You give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah!
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away
If you took all the girls I knew
When I was single
And brought them all together for one night
I know they’d never match
My sweet imagination
And everything looks worse in black and white Kodachrome
You give us those nice bright colors
You give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah!
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away
Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away
Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away
Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away
Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome
Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome
Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome (away)
Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome
Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome
Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome (away)
Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome
(Leave your boy so far from home)
Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome (away)
By Jim McKinniss
LIFE IS JUST A FANTASY to open at The Whole 9 Gallery
Copyright by Erica Thorpe
The Whole 9 Gallery in Culver will be presenting the works of 7 visual artists in a new show that runs from June 20 through July 18. The show is titled “LIFE IS JUST A FANTASY”.
The Whole 9 Gallery offers visitors the pleasure of viewing wonderful contemporary artwork by talented artists in a space that is very relaxing.
Meet the artists at Whole 9 Gallery on June 20 between 6:30pm and 10pm.
The featured artists are Stefani Ames, Outi Harma, Mark Acetelli, Candace Metzger, Erica Thorpe, Natalie Gearhart, Cheryl McDonald.
Gallery Location:
6101 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232 (Just 3 blocks west of La Cienega)
310.836.4601
By Jim McKinniss
