Stephen Shore: Uncommon Places: The Complete Works

From the Back Cover Stephen Shores 1982 series Uncommon Places, with large-format color pictures of the American vernacular landscape has influenced a generation of photographers. Uncommon Places: The Complete Works presents an expanded, definitive collection of his legendary series. With an interview by Lynne Tillman and a text by Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen. First published: 2004 Product Description Originally published in 1982, Stephen Shore’s legendary Uncommon Places has influenced a generation of photographers. Among the first artists to take colour beyond the domain of advertising and fashion photography, Shore’s large-format colour work on the American vernacular landscape stands at the root of what has become a vital photographic tradition over the past thirty years. Uncommon Places: The Complete Works is the definitive collection of this landmark series. An essay by noted critic and curator Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen and a conversation with Shore by fiction writer Lynne Tillman examine his methodology as they elucidate his roots in the pop and conceptual art movements of the late sixties and early seventies. The texts are illustrated with reproductions from Shore’s earlier series American Surfaces and Amarillo: Tall in Texas. Review 'One of the seminal books on modern America' - British Journal of Photography 'The legacy of Stephen Shore’s 'Uncommon Places' cannot be overstated … this updated edition features 15 previously unseen images and includes discussions with the artist, offering readers insight into what it means to produce - and update - such an enduring legacy' - The Year’s Best Books, Amateur Photographer 'Consistently amazing' - The Art Book 'A new, definitive edition of the iconic work' - AnotherMag.com 'Wonderfully evocative' - Digital Camera 'His work is Nabokovian for me: exposing so much, and yet leaving so much room for your imagination to roam and do what it will' - Tennessee Williams Book Description An updated edition of this classic series, which has influenced a generation of photographers About the Author Lynne Tillman is a prolific author and journalist. Among her books are Haunted Houses, Case in Doubt, Motion Sickness and No Lease on Life. Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen has been the rector of the Art Academy in Vienna since 2002.