Stephen Shore

Edie Sedgwick!

Stephen Shore started photography at an early age. When he was six he received a photographic darkroom kit and three year later, he began experimenting with color photography with a 35mm camera. He was strongly influenced by “American Photographs”, a book written by Walker Evans, which was given to him in 1957. One thing I think is really cool is that he met Andy Warhol at the age of 17 and was inspired to photograph the artist's studio. Frequenting Andy Warhol and the Factory must have been an amazing experience. That I think is what makes him an interesting photographer, because of the opportunity he had, being able to hang out with Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick (I recomend you watch the movie “Factory Girl”).

Here are some photos from that period:

Later in 1972, he was attracted to the American landscape and began taking cross-country road trips and documenting them. He first documented his trip using a 35mm camera and was asked to take the trip again using a 4x5 camera. Most of his American landscape photos can be found in the “Uncommon Places” book. He, along side of William Eggleston is recognized as one of the first color photographers.

Sources:

-Uncommon Places: The Complete Works, Stephen Shore.

-http://wwar.com/masters/s/shore-stephen.html

-http://www.jenbekman.com/stephen_shore_bio.html