Organized into 60 thematic sections, this magisterial volume provides
a complete overview of Shore's career--from the early portraits of
Warhol's Factory to his latest Instagram images
One of the most influential photographers of our time, Stephen Shore has
often been categorized as one of a group of artists of the 1970s who
captured American popular culture in straightforward, unglamorous color
images. While this is true, it is only part of the story: Shore has
worked with many forms of photography, switching from cheap automatic
cameras to large format in the 1970s, pioneering the use of color film
before returning to black and white in the 1990s, and, in the 2000s,
taking up the opportunities offered by digital photography, digital
printing and social media.
Published to accompany the first comprehensive survey of Stephen Shore's
work in the US, this catalog reflects the full range of his
contribution, including the gelatin silver prints he made as a teenager
(and sold to The Museum of Modern Art); his photographs of the scene at
Andy Warhol's Factory, in New York; the color images he made during
cross-country road trips in the 1970s; his recent explorations of
Israel, the West Bank and Ukraine; and his current work on digital
platforms, including Instagram.
This book offers a fresh, kaleidoscopic vision of the artist's extensive
career, presenting more than 400 reproductions arranged in a thematic
framework, each grouping accompanied by a short but wide-ranging essay.
This unique encyclopedia-style format makes visible the artist's
versatility of technique and the diversity of his output, reflecting his
singular vision and uncompromising pursuit of photography's
possibilities.
Stephen Shore (born 1947) was the first living photographer to have
a solo show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York since Alfred
Stieglitz (40 years earlier). He has also had solo shows at The Museum
of Modern Art, New York; George Eastman House, Rochester; Kunsthalle,
Dusseldorf; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Jeu de Paume, Paris; and the Art
Institute of Chicago. Since 1982 he has been the director of the
Photography Program at Bard College, New York, where he is the Susan
Weber Professor in the Arts.
