DARIUS HIMES » A Conversation with Stephen Shore

I have been placed in an unfair position. Stephen Shore is a photographer that deservedly enjoys a place of some stature in the history of photography. At the age of 14, three of his photographs were acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and in 1971 he gained the distinction of being the second (the first had been Alfred Stieglitz) living photographer to have a one-person show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In subsequent years he has exhibited widely, notably being included in The New Topographics exhibition of 1975 (curated by William Jenkins) at the George Eastman House, and seen numerous volumes of his work published to critical acclaim. What this means is that much has been written about him. In fact, I dare say that all of the good sentences have already been taken

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