Stephen Shore is an American born photographer that started at a very young age. At six he received a dark room set as a gift from his uncle. He quickly became interested in printed photographs. It wasn’t until he was eleven that he started taking pictures. Throughout his late teens Shore met Andy Warhol he started photographing him and the artist’s musicians etc. that surrounded him. In 1971 Shore became the first living photographer to have had a solo exhibition at The Museum of Metropolitan Art in New York. In 1972 Shore drove across America and documented the event producing a series of work entitled ‘uncommon places’ here he would take pictures of seemingly banal objects, intersections, residential architecture, diners, gas stations. All of which he shot on colour film and a view camera. Shores work could be argued (despite his technical precision) that his work crosses over into intimate life, as he was documenting what he saw at that period of time for the duration of the trip. His day to day life that only he saw, which is pretty intimate. I love his snapshot style and vivid colours. He's certainly changed my opinion of deadpan photography, which before i found a bit dull. I take it back.
Trail's End Restaurant, Kanab, Utah, August 10, 1973
'the camera only records what no one else was around to see'- Jonathan Walton
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