Dates of Artists Life: (October 8, 1947-present)
Personal Background: Stephan Shore was born in 1947 in New York City. Shore was a prodigy in the art of photography, with his career beginning at the age of 14 when he presented his photographs to Edward Steichen at the Museum of Modern Art. Steichen saw amazing talent in Shore at bought 3. Shore later worked at Andy Warhol's studio The Factory at the age of 17 from 1965 to 1967. Inspired by the photographer Walker Evans, Shore spent the 70s on road trips throughout the United States documenting everyday scenes in locations such as gas stations, parking lots, and rural roads. Shore's collected works of his travels where published in 1982 in the book Uncommon Places and again in 2004 and 2007. Shore loved partying in his youth and hung-out with many other high end photographers such as Ansel Adams. Today, Shore still does many photographs, though he does mostly digital photography now and he frequently posts on his Instagram.
Style: Shore exhibits a very authentic and American style of photography in his work. Shore shoots colors for visual accuracy and as well as realism making his pictures very lively. His style also is very industrial, showing the beauty as well as sadness and alienation of Western society. He tries to exhibit beauty in things that are very mundane such as cars, gas stations, or old roads. Throughout his career, Shore has tried to present his photographs more like a journal, documenting his travels, then an actual laid out artistic project.
Philosophy: Throughout his work, Shore tries to convey the beauty of post industrial life. However, at the same time he also tries to critique it. Shore's photographs consistently present modernity in both a peaceful as well as a sad light. Alienation also plays a key role in Shore's photography. Many of his pictures show men and women gazing longingly at the camera, with faces that seem empty, sad, or just plain worried.
Influences: Stephan Shore's work has shown me the possibility of taking beautiful photos in small town America. Shore's photographs exhibit a peaceful aesthetic about them that I have tried to imitate in my work as well.Though it is obviously quite hard to get the true atmosphere down, mostly due to his photos being taken in Southwestern small towns and Los Angles, it is still possible to get parts of the style down. His photographs have exhibited a great influence on me through the course of this class. I will keep his work in mind as I take more pictures going forward.
Sources:
Personal Background: Stephan Shore was born in 1947 in New York City. Shore was a prodigy in the art of photography, with his career beginning at the age of 14 when he presented his photographs to Edward Steichen at the Museum of Modern Art. Steichen saw amazing talent in Shore at bought 3. Shore later worked at Andy Warhol's studio The Factory at the age of 17 from 1965 to 1967. Inspired by the photographer Walker Evans, Shore spent the 70s on road trips throughout the United States documenting everyday scenes in locations such as gas stations, parking lots, and rural roads. Shore's collected works of his travels where published in 1982 in the book Uncommon Places and again in 2004 and 2007. Shore loved partying in his youth and hung-out with many other high end photographers such as Ansel Adams. Today, Shore still does many photographs, though he does mostly digital photography now and he frequently posts on his Instagram.
Style: Shore exhibits a very authentic and American style of photography in his work. Shore shoots colors for visual accuracy and as well as realism making his pictures very lively. His style also is very industrial, showing the beauty as well as sadness and alienation of Western society. He tries to exhibit beauty in things that are very mundane such as cars, gas stations, or old roads. Throughout his career, Shore has tried to present his photographs more like a journal, documenting his travels, then an actual laid out artistic project.
Philosophy: Throughout his work, Shore tries to convey the beauty of post industrial life. However, at the same time he also tries to critique it. Shore's photographs consistently present modernity in both a peaceful as well as a sad light. Alienation also plays a key role in Shore's photography. Many of his pictures show men and women gazing longingly at the camera, with faces that seem empty, sad, or just plain worried.
Influences: Stephan Shore's work has shown me the possibility of taking beautiful photos in small town America. Shore's photographs exhibit a peaceful aesthetic about them that I have tried to imitate in my work as well.Though it is obviously quite hard to get the true atmosphere down, mostly due to his photos being taken in Southwestern small towns and Los Angles, it is still possible to get parts of the style down. His photographs have exhibited a great influence on me through the course of this class. I will keep his work in mind as I take more pictures going forward.
Sources:
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http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/3982/ten-things-you-might-not-know-about-stephen-shore
http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/3982/ten-things-you-might-not-know-about-stephen-shore
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https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/418271884124760941/
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/418271884124760941/
Compare and Contrast: For the first set of pictures, there is obviously a resemblance but also a big difference. Both pictures have a set of cars in a parking lot. Shore's however has a some more than mine. There is also an obvious difference in weather as Shore has a very sunny day while I have a cloudy one. There is also a difference in background with a storefront being behind mine. The second pair of photographs shows one of a hotel room in Ukraine taken by Shore (obviously) and the other in my room. Both have a separate doorway in front of the camera and both show a light on the ceiling and a picture in the back. There is however a different feel to both rooms as well as different spaces between the doorway and the camera. The third pair of photographs both are of a dirt road in rural America (albeit very different locations). Shore's picture is in Texas while mine is in Michigan. Both where taken on rather sunny days. However, my picture has a lot more farmland as well as more clouds than Shore's picture does.
Personal Artist Statement: My photographs are all mostly tied to Rural America and try to convey life here. Much of their emphasis is on mundane things such as beds, cars, stores, and roads. There is also not much color in them (though "Room" is the exception) which I did on purpose to try and convey a depressing feel to the Midwestern United States. The texture in all of them varies greatly, from grainy like "Between Two Farms" to more industrial like "Chelsea, Michigan". All of these pictures try to convey a sense of what life in the Midwest is like.
Personal Artist Statement: My photographs are all mostly tied to Rural America and try to convey life here. Much of their emphasis is on mundane things such as beds, cars, stores, and roads. There is also not much color in them (though "Room" is the exception) which I did on purpose to try and convey a depressing feel to the Midwestern United States. The texture in all of them varies greatly, from grainy like "Between Two Farms" to more industrial like "Chelsea, Michigan". All of these pictures try to convey a sense of what life in the Midwest is like.
Resources:
https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/stephen-shore?all/all/all/all/0
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/18/arts/design/18shor.html
http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/3982/ten-things-you-might-not-know-about-stephen-shore
http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2012/08/13/5-things-stephen-shore-can-teach-you-about-street-photography/
https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/stephen-shore?all/all/all/all/0
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/18/arts/design/18shor.html
http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/3982/ten-things-you-might-not-know-about-stephen-shore
http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2012/08/13/5-things-stephen-shore-can-teach-you-about-street-photography/