I don't have to have a single point of emphasis in the picture. It can be complex, because it's so detailed that the viewer can take time and read it, and look at something here, and look at something there, and they can pay attention to a lot more.
Stephen ShoreI have to be reminded, โโItโs your sonโs birthday party. Bring a camera.โ And then, when Iโm there, โTake a picture,โ because it doesnโt occur to me to use it as this memorializing thing.
Stephen ShoreI think I misunderstood Instagram and just thought it was people photographing their friends, and discovered there were a number of people, a number of artists, who were taking it very seriously and doing very imaginative work with Instagram as the medium.
Stephen ShoreThe danger is that you can wind up doing tourist pictures. I want to see it fresh and see the little bits of everyday life that a native might take for granted, but that are special to the place, while at the same time, not taking a picture that would be a tourist clichรฉ.
Stephen Shore