Back in the 70s it cost 15-20$ a shot for the film, the processing, and the contact sheet, now itโs twice that.
Stephen ShorePhotographers have to impose order, bring structure to what they photograph. It is inevitable. A photograph without structure is like a sentence without grammar-it is incomprehensible, even inconceivable.
Stephen ShoreI wanted to make pictures that felt natural, that felt like seeing, that didnโt feel like taking something in the world and making a piece of art out of it.
Stephen ShoreThere's something essentially fictive about a photograph. That doesn't mean that if you understand that, and you understand how the world is transformed by the camera, that you can't use the limitations or the transformation to have an observation that is a very subtle perception of the world.
Stephen ShoreA work can do many things at once, and it doesn't have to be just about the world, it could also be about photography, it could be about perception, it could be an exploration of the medium. It could be a document, it could be a visual poetry, and it could be a formal exploration all at the same time.
Stephen Shore