Quotes by Stephen Shore

Stephen Shore

A lot of the photography I’m doing and thinking about is directed at Instagram.

Instagram

Photography

Thinking

A photograph has edges the world does not.

Doe

Photograph

World

A quote that I like very much comes close to explaining my attitude about taking photographs. ‘Chinese poetry rarely trespasses beyond the bounds of actuality the great Chinese poets accept the world exactly as they find it in all its terms and with profound simplicity they seldom talk about one thing in terms of another; but are able enough and sure enough as artists to make the ultimately exact terms become the beautiful terms.’

Artist

Attitude

Beautiful

A 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.

Perception

Photography

World

As not a native, I have the advantage of not seeing scenes habitually. I can see things fresh.

Advantage

Native

Scene

Back in the 70s it cost 15-20$ a shot for the film, the processing, and the contact sheet, now it’s twice that.

Cost

Film

Sheets

Even in ordinary reproduction [photography] verges on facsimile.

Ordinary

Photography

Verge

I discovered that this camera was the technical means in photography of communicating what the world looks like in a state of heightened awareness. And it’s that awareness of really looking at the everyday world with clear and focused attention that I’m interested in.

Everyday

Mean

Photography

I do what feels natural, but I can’t say I haven’t thought about it.

Feels

Natural

Photographer

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.

Attention

Looks

Pay

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Aesthetic

Art

Artist

Attention

Attitude

Autism

Beautiful

Bed

Block

Cameras

Challenges

College

Cost

Creative

Creativity

Doe

Draws

Essence

Everyday

Feels

Film

Giving

Hot

Instagram

Kind

Levels

Long

Looks

Meals

Mean

Mets

Motivation

Native

Natural

Numbers

Order

Ordinary

Party

Pay

People

Perception

Persons

Photograph

Photographer

Photography

Pieces

Pot

Problem

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Quotes by Stephen Shore

Stephen Shore

A lot of the photography I’m doing and thinking about is directed at Instagram.

A photograph has edges the world does not.

As not a native, I have the advantage of not seeing scenes habitually. I can see things fresh.

Back in the 70s it cost 15-20$ a shot for the film, the processing, and the contact sheet, now it’s twice that.

Even in ordinary reproduction [photography] verges on facsimile.

I discovered that this camera was the technical means in photography of communicating what the world looks like in a state of heightened awareness. And it’s that awareness of really looking at the everyday world with clear and focused attention that I’m interested in.

I do what feels natural, but I can’t say I haven’t thought about it.

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.

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