Stephen Shore

Stephen Shore was born in 1947 in New York City. He is an American photographer that is known mostly for his deadpan image if banal scenes taken of objects in the United States, and for his pioneering use of color in art photography. Stephen was interested in photography from an early age, he was self-taught when he received a photographic darkroom kit at age six. His Career began at early at the age of fourteen, when he had shown his photographs to Edward Steichen, then curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art. Recognizing Stephens talent, he bought three of his works. Then in 1971, at the age of 24, Stephen Shore became the second living photographer to have a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Stephen Shore Then started on a series of cross-country trips, making "on the road" photographs of American and Canadian landscapes.

Stephen Shore believes that he has more so been influenced with modern technology than by any single photographer.

Most of the the pictures that he takes seem to be more of the everyday common things you may see but wouldn't really think of taking a picture of, and i think he does that a lot with his work but its still interesting to look at even if his pictures are some what ordinary.