Untitled, from the portfolio “New California Views,” 1975
Ektacolor print
8 x 10 inches
Artist Quotes:
“A photograph can do many things at once. I can be exploring culture or I can be making decisions about what street to photograph to give a taste of this town or this age.” Stephen Shore interview with Steve Lafreniere, July 1, 2009.
“It’s absolutely typical that you could leave your house and have a certain walk to a café every day and not really pay attention to what’s around you, but if you put a camera on your shoulder, all of a sudden you do. What can I learn from that?” Stephen Shore interview with Steve Lafreniere, July 1, 2009.
Additional Links:
Nineteen Stephen Shore interviews from 2004-2013:
“Stephen Shore” by Steve Lafreniere, July 1, 2009:
In this interview, Shore discusses his photographic process, his camera choices (digital versus analog) and the economies of photography, and he shares some thoughts on the unique qualities of photography.
“An Uncommon Interview with Stephen Shore” by Ben Sloat, April 8, 2007
In this interview, Shore discusses his photographic process and the way his work was perceived in the ‘70s versus how it is perceived today. He also discusses the choices he makes in framing his photos and the concept of landscape photography.
“Highways, Hamlet, and Pancakes: Stephen Shore talks with Bookforum” by Darius Himes, June/July/August 2008:
This interview focuses on the locations of Shore’s photographs.
“Uncommon Places: An Interview with Stephen Shore” by Aaron Schuman, January 2004: Shore discusses the size of his photographs. This interview pays special attention to the artistic choices that he was making in the 1970s.
California Landscape into Abstraction Research 