Stephen Shore - The Nature of Photographs

"Stephen Shore is a photographer who took his first photographsas a child and by the age of 14, the three of his photographs were acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

The In 1971 Shore became the first living photographer to have a one-person show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His photographs have since been included in numerous shows, including the ‘American Surfaces’ exhibition (Cologne and Frankfurt, 1999) and the Tate Modern’s successful 2003 ‘Cruel and Tender’ exhibition. Shore is a pioneering and highly influential photographer; he is also an important teacher and is Director of the Photography Program at Bard College, New York."

Stephen Shore within this book explores ways of understanding photographs from all periods and types from iconic images to found photographs, from negatives to digital files. This book shows representation of his journey from his many years of working as a photographer teach at Bard College. This book features photography from photographers such as Walker Evans and Collier Schorr.