Raphael Labbé aka Leafar
Stephen Shore
PhotographerKnown for: color photography of the American interior
Stephen Shore began photographing in New York as a teenager — he sold prints to MoMA at fifteen — before adopting an 8×10 view camera to photograph the American interior with a deadpan precision that influenced a generation of photographers and painters. His books American Surfaces (1972) and Uncommon Places (1982) document cross-country road trips with a directness that was radical for its time. He has chaired the photography department at Bard College since 1982.
Gear & Materials(1)
Deardorff
Manufactured by L.F. Deardorff & Sons in Chicago from the 1920s through the 1980s, the 8×10 is a wooden field camera producing negatives 8 by 10 inches. Its bellows design allows for full front and rear movements including tilt, swing, and shift.
“Shore used an 8×10 view camera for "Uncommon Places" (1982); discussed in his book "The Nature of Photographs" and multiple interviews.”
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