Douglas Stockdale
Photographer
These are the currently available books by Douglas Stockdale











Insomnia: Hotel Noir

An exploration of the feelings of detachment, disassociation, and loneliness that can occur when one leaves their family and
home due to the need to travel alone. These feelings can be intensified when the travel also includes multiple time zones,
different cultures and customs, changes in food and diet and other physical or emotional differences. The large hardcover
book with an ImageWrap cover, printed on premium paper can be found
here. Published July 2009.



                                            









In Passing - 2nd Edition

This book is about the fragility and transitional aspects of life, as evident in the folk art memorials built for loved ones whose
lives ended suddenly and unexpectedly. It is my attempt to capture the emotions of tragedy, grief, sorrow and eventually
acceptance over time. The second edition is a large format hard bound book with a beautiful hard cover and dust jacket,
with 80 pages and 36 photographic plates,and is available for purchase
here. Photographs from this series were published
in
LensWork magazine, issue #74, Jan-Feb 2008. The first edition, soft cover version, of the book is no longer available.
More about the series can be found
here.












Sharpening Photographs for Print on Demand (POD) Publishing - 2nd Edition

This technical book is for photographers who are interested in achieving the best printed results of their photographs in a
Print on Demand (POD) book. This book details how photographers need to sharpen their photographs for color half-tone
printing. More about the soft cover book and how to purchase it can be found
here.

Places Amongst Us

The book is a series of photographs that explore the boundaries and borders we establish to identify ourselves. Update: this
book is no longer in publication and is not available.
This book was juried into the Photo+Book
exhibition at the
23 Sandy Gallery, Portland,
OR. The exhibition ran from March 6 - March
28th 2009.