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Book Review – Steel Town by Stephen Shore – MACK Books
The first time I met Stephen Shore was in 2019 at Photo London, but I have known and been influenced by his work for far longer. At Photo London (during the Press Event) Shore was interviewed, alongside my friend Mary McCartney (daughter of Paul) by William A Ewing. Shore’s latest release by Mack Books entitled Steel Town combines a series of images that he took in 1977 when he travelled across New York state, Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio – the latter in the midst of industrial decline and soon to be known as the Rust Belt.
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Book Review – A1 – The Great North Road by Paul Graham
Photographer Paul Graham is an entirely self-taught contemporary British artist who works in Fine Art Photography. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, the Hasselblad Award and received a Guggenheim Fellowship. His work has been the subject of more than eighty solo exhibitions worldwide. Graham’s first serious project commenced in 1981 through to the end of 1982, when he was aged 25. It consisted of photographing all the people and places he came across while traveling repeatedly to and fro along the A1 in a borrowed Morris Mini Traveller car. It was the wooden back estate version, which just about allowed him enough…
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Stephen Shore and Britt Salvesen in Conversation
As a huge fan of Stephen Shore, ever since I met and filmed him at PhotoLondon last year , I thought this conversation between him and LACMA curator Britt Salvesen would interest our readers too. They discuss Shore’s distinctive photographic work: from pioneering the aesthetic of the great American road trip, the new vanguard of Instagram photography, and how he practices the act of seeing.
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Photo London 2019 Interview with William A Ewing, Mary McCartney and Stephen Shore
This morning I was invited to the Press Conference of Photo London 2019, now in its fifth year (and despite Brexit) continuing to grow at a brisk rate. Over 100 exhibitors including many of the world’s leading galleries are on display. Stephen Shore presents a special exhibition of new and unseen works as Master of Photography. There’s a new curatorial focus resulting in the strongest fair to date with 25 solo presentations. There is also a strong support for emerging galleries and artists via the Discovery section. The Public Programme includes special exhibitions featuring Roger Fenton, Vivian Maier, Gavin Turk, Eamonn Doyle and Josh Haner. Michael Benson and Fariba Farshad,…
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Photography & Art – Tickle Your Fancy #47
Welcome back to our forty seventh post in our new section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’. ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ includes a round-up of between three to five links to articles from around the internet that have specifically interested us during the course of the week. Ones that we feel are relevant to your interest in photography and art. Just to explain the title for this section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ is an English idiom and essentially means that something appeals to you and perhaps stimulates your imagination in an enthusiastic way, we felt it would make a great title for this new section of the site. We really hope you enjoy these articles…
