Artist Reference ~ Stephen Shore

Stephen Shore is a Contemporary American Photographer, best known for his colour images of street corners and plates of food, suburban baseball fields and parking lots. Stephen Shore said “I discovered that this camera was the technical means in photography of communicating what the world looks like in a state of heightened awareness,” which made him take his photography seriously as his photos show a different side of the world.

Image Analysis

His images are recollections of experiences but they are taken in a careful and considerate way. His images are taken with a large format camera which makes his images a lot more precise and increases the quality of his images both in colour and in the form. The layout of this photo is very chaotic and there is a lot of things going on in the image which makes it quite confusing to look at. There is a petrol station and cars parked in a parking lot both in one photo which creates a more interesting concept. The rainbow in the sky creates a contrast between the dark colours of the cars and of the background of the image as its all very dramatic dark colours whereas the sky is a pale blue and white colour. The lines in this image from the car and from the reflection in the puddle act as leading lines to the focal point of the image.

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