
Stephen Shore: Solving Pictures
Quentin Bajac(Author)
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. October 2017
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-500-54496-9 (ISBN)
Description
One of the most significant photographers of our time, Stephen Shore has often been considered alongside other artists who rose to prominence in the 1970s by capturing the mundane aspects of American popular culture in straightforward, unglamorous images. But Shore has worked with many forms of photography, switching from cheap automatic cameras to large-format cameras in the 1970s, pioneering the use of colour before returning to black and white in the 1990s, and in the 2000s taking up the opportunities of digital photography, digital printing and social media.
Stephen Shore encompasses the entirety of the artist's work of the last five decades, during which he has conducted a continual, restless interrogation of image making, from the gelatin silver prints he made as a teenager to his current engagement with digital platforms. Published to accompany the major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the book allows for a fuller understanding of Shore's work, and demonstrates his singular vision - defined by an interest in daily life, a taste for serial and often systematic approaches, a strong intellectual underpinning, a restrained style, sly humour and visual casualness - and uncompromising pursuit of photography's possibilities.
Stephen Shore encompasses the entirety of the artist's work of the last five decades, during which he has conducted a continual, restless interrogation of image making, from the gelatin silver prints he made as a teenager to his current engagement with digital platforms. Published to accompany the major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the book allows for a fuller understanding of Shore's work, and demonstrates his singular vision - defined by an interest in daily life, a taste for serial and often systematic approaches, a strong intellectual underpinning, a restrained style, sly humour and visual casualness - and uncompromising pursuit of photography's possibilities.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 267 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-500-54496-9 (9780500544969)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Quentin Bajac is The Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Chief Curator of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Content
Director's Foreword: Glenn D. Lowry * Stephen Shore: Solving Pictures, Quentin Bajac * Encyclopedia, Quentin Bajac, David Campany, Kristen Gaylord and Martino Stierli * Chronology, Kristen Gaylord * Exhibition History, Kristen Gaylord * Bibliography, Gianna Furia * Chronology, Exhibition History, Bibliography, Checklist, Index, Acknowledgements, Photo Credits, Committee on Photography / Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art