Stephen Shore

After researching the story of Stephen Shore, I finally gained much more respect for his work even though I had already fallen in love with his vintage feel from day one. Shore's story has to be one of the most impressive I've ever heard, not gonna lie... Shore began to show a heavy interest in photography from a very young age, starting to shoot color (yes, Shore was another very influential person on the development of color photography at a time when it was very accepted) with his first 35 mm film camera at the very young age of nine. Astoundingly he began his very successful career at only the age of 14 by showing his work to the curator of the MoMA. The curator of course recognized Shore's raw photographic talent and he purchased three of Shore's prints right then. After hanging out with Andy Warhol, he later became, at the age of 24, the second living photographer to have a solo exhibition at the MoMA. When Shore decided to start traveling the country and shooting the American culture in his color 35 mm, 4x5 view camera, he began to produce some of the most popular first color photographs of the beautifully colorful America at that time. 

If it was not already obvious, Shore has been a heavy influence on work of my own (even though you may not be able to tell it the majority of the time). One of my favorite things about his work is his use of lines. The photos above, I thought represented his use of lines the best. The lines of the window and legs leading to the television set, The pool railing and edges framing the woman oh so perfectly in the water and the creating of the viewers desire to keep going down the road, past the dog, just to see what follows.