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    Discover a photographer : Stephen SHORE 

    Holden Street, North Adams, Massachusetts (1974)

     

    At the museum : MoMA, The Collection (NYC)

    Broad Street, Regina, Saskatchewan (1974)

     

    At the museum : MoMA, The Collection (NYC)

    Lookout Hotel, Ogunquit, Maine (1974)

     

    At the museum : MoMA, The Collection (NYC)

    Room 509, Dnipro Hotel, Kiev, Ukraine (2012)

     

    At the museum : MoMA, The Collection (NYC)

    Elka Seltzer's Front Door, Ovruch, Ukraine (2012)

     

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    Stephen Shore (born October 8, 1947) is an American photographer known for his images of banal scenes and objects in the United States, and for his pioneering use of color in art photography. In 2010, Shore received an Honorary Fellowship from The Royal Photographic Society.

    At the museum : MoMA, The Collection (NYC)

    Stephen Shore was interested in photography from an early age. Self-taught, he received a photographic darkroom kit at age six from a forward-thinking uncle.[1] He began to use a 35mm camera three years later and made his first color photographs. At ten he received a copy of Walker Evans's book, American Photographs, which influenced him greatly. His career began at fourteen, when he presented his photographs to Edward Steichen, then curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Recognizing Shore's talent, Steichen bought three. At seventeen, Shore met Andy Warhol and began to frequent Warhol's studio, the Factory, photographing Warhol and the creative people that surrounded him. In 1971, at the age of 24, Shore became the second living photographer to have a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[n 1]

    Shore then embarked on a series of cross-country trips, making "on the road" photographs of American and Canadian landscapes. In 1972, he made the journey from Manhattan to Amarillo, Texas, that provoked his interest in color photography. Viewing the streets and towns he passed through, he conceived the idea to photograph them in color, first using 35mm and then a 4x5" view camera before finally settling on the 8x10 format. In 1974 a NEA endowment funded further work, followed in 1975 by a Guggenheim grant and in 1976 a color show at MoMA, NY. His 1982 book, Uncommon Places, was a bible for the new color photographers[citation needed] because, alongside William Eggleston, his work proved that a color photograph, like a painting or even a black and white photograph, could be considered a work of art. Many photographers, including Nan GoldinAndreas GurskyMartin ParrJoel Sternfeld, andThomas Struth, have acknowledged his influence on their work.[citation needed]

    Shore has produced many photobooks (listed below).

    Currently Shore is the director of the photography department at Bard College, a position he has held since 1982.

    (Wikipedia)

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