Was born in New York City in 1947. At the young age 17 he was already photographing artists and at the age of 23, Shore became first living photographer to have show of his artistic vision at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Shore’s interest in country photography shows in projects such as “on the road” where he photographs American and Canadians landscapes. Exploring difference in landscapes he came up with the idea to photograph them in colour which form he considered as work of art.
Shore devoted his life to photography by teaching photography at Bard College and exploring ways of understanding and looking at all types of photographs. In his book The Nature of Photographs he demonstrate how the world in front of the camera transforms into a photograph within Physical, Depictive and Mental Level.
In the image from El Paso Street, Texas, 1975 he gives the consideration to depictive level, in which the photographer starts with the messiness of the world and selects a picture. Looking at this photograph we know that the objects in the image continue beyond the edges, but it is the depictive level within the frame that depicts the world and stillness of El Paso Street.
Stephen Shore (1970), 2nd edn, The Nature of Photographs, London-Phaidon Press Limited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Shore
Shore devoted his life to photography by teaching photography at Bard College and exploring ways of understanding and looking at all types of photographs. In his book The Nature of Photographs he demonstrate how the world in front of the camera transforms into a photograph within Physical, Depictive and Mental Level.
In the image from El Paso Street, Texas, 1975 he gives the consideration to depictive level, in which the photographer starts with the messiness of the world and selects a picture. Looking at this photograph we know that the objects in the image continue beyond the edges, but it is the depictive level within the frame that depicts the world and stillness of El Paso Street.
Stephen Shore (1970), 2nd edn, The Nature of Photographs, London-Phaidon Press Limited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Shore
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