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Stephen Shore

Stephen Shore. Photographer October 8, 1947 American Known for his “deadpan images of banal scenes and objects in America.”. Holbrook, Arizona June , 1972. Shore began photographing at the young age of 8. . West Palm Beach, Florida January , 1973 .

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Stephen Shore

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  1. Stephen Shore Photographer October 8, 1947 American Known for his “deadpan images of banal scenes and objects in America.”

  2. Holbrook, Arizona June, 1972 Shore began photographing at the young age of 8.

  3. West Palm Beach, Florida January, 1973 At 14, he met Edward Steichen (the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York) and showed Steichen his work. Steichen bought three pieces.

  4. Church and Second Streets, Easton, PennsylvaniaJune 20, 1974 He spent a good portion of the mid-’60s documenting Andy Warhol and the Factory.

  5. U.S. Route 10, Post Falls, IdahoAugust 25, 1974 In 1971, at the age of 24, he became the first living photographer to have a solo exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art.

  6. Meeting Street, Charleston, South CarolinaAugust 3, 1975 In 1972, Shore went on the road and started making color photographs of America.

  7. Wolf Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 28, 1975 Both he and William Eggleston helped to prove that color photography could be a work of art.

  8. Coronado Street, Los Angeles, CaliforniaJune 21, 1975 He took photos of what he called “Uncommon Places” ironically because they were actually very common places.

  9. El Paso Street, El Paso, TexasJuly 5, 1975 Through his lens, he elevated the normal everyday street in Anytown, USA into a work of art.

  10. Presidio, TexasFebruary 21, 1975 He received a Guggenheim in 1975, two National Endowments for the Arts (1974 & 1979), and his work is included in many major museums’ collections.

  11. Sutter Street and Crestline Road, Fort Worth, Texas June 3, 1976 “Stephen Shore's photographs are attentive to ordinary scenes of daily experience, yet through color--and composition--Shore transforms the mundane into subjects of thoughtful meditation. A restaurant meal on a road trip, a billboard off a highway, and a dusty side street in a Texas town are all seemingly banal images, but upon reflection subtly imply meaning.” -J. Paul Getty Museum www.getty.edu

  12. Hoff Avenue, Tucson, ArizonaDecember 6, 1976 His photos use space well, layering foreground over middle ground showing links to the background, giving the photos amazing depth.

  13. Room 125, West Bank Motel, Idaho Falls, ID July 18, 1973

  14. He is the director of the photography department at Bard College. South of Klamath Falls, Oregon

  15. Sources • http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=3666&page=1 • http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/shore/shore.html • http://www.americansuburbx.com/channels/s/stephen-shore

  16. My work Concentration: • The focus of my concentration is on cars and the spaces we leave them in. • Where do cars live (or die)?

  17. How do my photos explore my concentration? • Through my research into Stephen Shore and his color photographs of America, I was intrigued by his elevation of the banal through photography and by his stark, formal compositions. I explored the spaces where cars live by shooting the space and not so much the car. The photos focus on the negative space and texture around the cars. The cars are barely peeking into the picture. Instead we see the flaking wood, rhythmic pattern of the bricks, the shapes outlined on the wall. The photos are taken using asymmetrical balance and with a fine attention to space, how it is used or not and the negative spaces around the edge of the car.

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