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… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
Why can't a photograph be all four things at once? -be an art object; be a document, what ever that means exactly, but deal with content; be a formalist exploration; and operate on some, metaphor is not the right word… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
I don't know how much a photograph can add to a biography, the way a film or writing or narrative medium could. Because it's… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
I was photographing every meal I ate, every person I met, every waiter or waitress who served me, every bed I slept in, every… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
A quote that I like very much comes close to explaining my attitude about taking photographs. ‘Chinese poetry rarely trespasses beyond the bounds of… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
Photography is inherently an analytic discipline. Where a painter starts with a blank canvas and builds a picture, a photographer starts with the messiness… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
I have to be reminded, “’It’s your son’s birthday party. Bring a camera.’ And then, when I’m there, ‘Take a picture,’ because it doesn’t… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in doing the same kind of picture over and over again. I pose problems for myself. Sometimes they are aesthetic problems… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
I realize that as I get more experience as I get older, my perception changes and that feeds the photograph. — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
I think most serious photographers understand that there's this large gap between the world and how the world looks through a photograph. — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
A lot of the photography I'm doing and thinking about is directed at Instagram. — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
The danger is that you can wind up doing tourist pictures. I want to see it fresh and see the little bits of everyday… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism. — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
