Stephen Shore

Stephen Shore was born in 1947 and has been interested in photography since the age of six when an Uncle bought him a dark room kit as a present.  He is self taught and started presenting his work at an early age to Edward Steichen the Curator of Photography at the museum of modern art who saw his potential and bought three of his images.

When Stephen shore was 17 he met Andy Warhol and later began to photograph him in his surroundings and then went on to hold an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

By the 1970's Stephen Shore began to travel around America and Canada photographing landscapes and then on to Manhatten, Amarillo and Texas.  He then learned that colour photography could also be considered a piece of Art like any painting or Black and White photograph which was not considered possible by some of his predecessors.

This is an image taken while Stephen Shore was following around Andy Warhol and capturing him and the world that surrounded him.  This image shows Andy Warhol and Chuck Wain in the background.  This photograph like all at this time was done in black and white shows a good tonal range.  The shot has focused on the girl which is of course Andy Warhol surroundings.

I like this landscape image which I feel shows really nice texture of the water the sand and stones and then the trees and then the mountains far away in the distance.  This image shows a good balance of the rule of thirds.

This image Holden Street shows how Stephen Shore has used the vibrant colours of these buildings to bring this image alive and the road leads the eye into the distant landscape.  I like the vibrant colours of the buildings in this image and he has shot in a great position which shows how the rule of thirds can make a great proportioned and positioned image.