Stephen
shore was destined to be a photographer from the very beginning it seems.
Reading his Bio, I’ve found that he started dabbling in photography at age 6
and started selling work at age 14. As a young man he spent a lot of time
around Andy Warhol, and started building his own style of candid, journalistic
color photography based on the people and events surrounding him.
Shore
decided to go cross-country during the early 70s to photograph the American and
Canadian landscapes. During his trip he realized that color photography would a
more pertinent medium for this series, and settled on working at 8x10 format.
In a way he brought color photography into the art world, proving that this
medium was just as valid as other more formal mediums. I’m personally very
attracted to his subject matter, his photographs always feel like a perfect in
between moment.
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