Being Stephen Shore
One of the last great photographic heroes on the gift that got him started, hanging out with Andy Warhol and his life long wanderlust
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Pioneer spirit: Stephen Shore
The road trip images that helped change the path of photography
Stephen Shore is one of the most influential photographers of his generation. A pioneer in the use of colour photography and a personal friend of Andy Warhol, Shore was a prodigy whose images have endured, and whose work continues to challenge.
Stephen Shore spoke exclusively to Phaidon.com at a book signing in Paris in the summer of 2010.
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