Stephen Shore Quotes

I had a creative hot streak in the 1940s and since then I've been pot boiling.

I'm always interested in finding new aesthetic problems to deal with and challenge myself, even if the aesthetic problem is one of content.

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

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

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

I was photographing every meal I ate, every person I met, every waiter or waitress who served me, every bed I slept in, every toilet I used.

The context in which a photograph is seen affects the meaning the viewer draws from it.

I know that people think of my work from the '70s as American, but I've been going to other places for a long time.

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.

I think most serious photographers understand that there's this large gap between the world and how the world looks through a photograph.

If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism.

I realize that as I get more experience as I get older, my perception changes and that feeds the photograph.