false 1754639 1 <div>Originally published by Aperture in 1982 and long unavailable, Stephen Shore's now legendary book <i>Uncommon Places </i>has influenced a generation of photographers. Shore was among the first artists to take color beyond the domain of advertising and fashion photography. <i>Uncommon Places</i>--his visionary series of images of the American vernacular landscape of the seventies and early eighties--stands at the root of what has become a vital photographic tradition over the past three decades.<br><br><i>Uncommon Places</i>: <i>The Complete Works</i> presents an expanded, definitive collection of the early work of this major artist, much of which has never before been published or exhibited. In 1972 Shore set out with a friend for Amarillo, Texas and--like Robert Frank and Walker Evans before him--discovered a hitherto unarticulated vision of America via highway and camera.<br><br>Shore approaches his subjects with cool objectivity, the photographs seemingly devoid of drama or commentary. Yet each image has been distilled, retaining precise internal systems of gestures in composition and light through which a parking lot emptied of people, a hotel bedroom, or a building on a side street assumes both an archetypal aura and an ambiguously personal importance. In contrast to Shore's signature landscape images, this new, expanded survey of the original series reveals equally substantial collections of interiors and portraits. <br>Shore's broad influence can be seen today in the work of countless contemporary photographers--Thomas Struth, Andreas Gursky and Catherine Opie among them. <i>Uncommon Places</i>: <i>The Complete Works</i> provides an opportunity to reexamine the diverse implications of Shore's groundbreaking project and offers a fundamental primer for the last thirty years of large-format color photography.<br></div> 1752484 7 6 2004 Stephen Shore: Uncommon Places - The Complete Works total:52|5:34|4:13|3:4|2:1|1:0| 52 236 70 7 5 2 false false Fri Nov 06 18:44:54 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 18:45:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Jan 15 10:09:55 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 10:09:55 -0800 2008
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