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May 8, 2021 · Stephen Shore’s ‘El Paso Street, El Paso, Texas, July 5, 1975’, ... The photos, probably taken by guards, are glimpses of prison life both mundane and horrific. Scenes of family visits and ...
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May 18, 2007 · Stephen Shore’s pictures of everyday America imply the arbitrary ways we make sense of life. ... Jesse Krimes makes art that stems from his six years in prison on drug charges.
Stephen Shore (born October 8, 1947) is an American photographer known for his images of scenes and objects of the banal, and for his pioneering use of color in art photography. [1] His books include Uncommon Places (1982) and American Surfaces (1999), photographs that he took on cross-country road trips in the 1970s.
May 12, 2021 · An Archive of Images from San Quentin State Prison. Nigel Poor’s cache of photos from the California penitentiary shows us life controlled and monitored, but also that which is beyond the reach ...
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Stephen Shore was born in 1947 and grew up on New York City's Upper East Side. Shore's family was Jewish, and he was the only child. The family owned a succesful business and Stephen lived a privileged existence, with annual trips to Europe and regular exposure to art and other forms of culture. He was given a darkroom set by an uncle when he was s...
As a teenager, Stephen Shore was interested in film alongside still photography, and in his final year of high school one of his short films, entitled Elevator, was shown at Jonas Mekas' Film-Makers' Cinematheque. There, Shore was introduced to Andy Warhol and took this as an opportunity to ask if he could take photographs at Warhol's studio, the F...
In 1972, Shore set off on a photographic journey across the United States, driving from New York City through the Carolinas and across Texas and New Mexico before returning through the Midwest. Using a simple Rollei camera, Shore shot almost 100 rolls of film which he subsequently culled into the series American Surfaces. He continued these trips i...
Shore played a central role in establishing color photography as an art form, leading to more widespread questioning of the distinction between the snapshot and the calculated work of artists focused on form and tonal contrast. Shore's use of color opened up the possibility for subsequent artists; Nan Goldin has spoken of his work informing her use...
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Jul 14, 2021 · Photographer Nigel Poor’s latest work, The San Quentin Project, shows what it means to be inside. Stabbing in gym, September 24, 1963 mapped by Ruben Ramirez. For many of us, Nigel Poor has become a household name in the criminal justice reform space. Between her teaching at California’s San Quentin State Prison to co-hosting Ear Hustle ...
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Oct 10, 2014 · 3. Over the course of 1965 to 1967, Shore was at the Factory nearly every day, compiling an extraordinary intimate record of the workings of the Warhol’s studio and the people who came, went and socialised within. Stephen Shore, Room 219, Holiday Inn, Winter Haven, Florida, Courtesy of the artist and Thames & Hudson. 4.
