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a gas station with cars parked on the side of the road and signs above it

The work of Stephen Shore can be considered as archaeology of the present. The photo ‘Beverly Boulevard at La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 21 June 1975’ from the series Uncommon Places is one of the most famous works by Stephen Shore and cannot be overlooked in the history of American photography. On the photo we see a typical American boulevard with lines of signs, gas stations, lampposts and traffic lights, seemingly chaotic and confusing, yet photographed with a geometric…

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two red chairs sitting on top of a wooden table next to a blue wall and floor

Big Timber, Montana. All Photos © Stephen Shore Stephen Shore fondly recalls his Polaroid SX-70. Shore, known for color images of everyday America, in books like Uncommon Places and American Surfaces, loved the immediacy of the SX-70. “Whatever you observed and chose to picture was right there,” he says of that ingenious little device.

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Stephen Shore's photographs are attentive to ordinary scenes of daily experience, yet through color--and composition--Shore transforms the mundane into subjects of thoughtful meditation. A restaurant meal on a road trip, a billboard off a highway, and a dusty side street in a Texas town are all seemingly banal images, but upon reflection subtly imply meaning. Color photography attracted Shore for its ability to record the range and intensity of hues seen in life. In 1971, at age…

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Stephen Shore. Room 131, Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, June 21, 1974. 1974. Chromogenic print. 7 5/8 × 9 3/4" (19.4 × 24.8 cm). Purchase. 406.1974. © 2025 Stephen Shore. Photography

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an old fashioned television sitting on top of a wooden stand next to a bed in a room

Stephen Shore's photographs are attentive to ordinary scenes of daily experience, yet through color--and composition--Shore transforms the mundane into subjects of thoughtful meditation. A restaurant meal on a road trip, a billboard off a highway, and a dusty side street in a Texas town are all seemingly banal images, but upon reflection subtly imply meaning.

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303 Gallery is proud to present its second solo exhibition of photographs by Stephen Shore. This selection of work dates from the 1970’s and is part of Shore’s renowned Uncommon Places series. Stephen Shore is of the first generation of American Photographers to introduce a new photographic vocabulary that utilized color in documentary photography. And, Shore’s attention to detail, scale and the pristine landscape can be seen as major influences on contemporary photography.

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