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Ashland Wisconsin, Francesca Woodman, Duane Michals, Edward Steichen, Andre Kertesz, Walker Evans, Behind Blue Eyes, William Eggleston, Edward Weston

The Stephen Shore exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art casts a wide net, including the anomalous periods when Shore worked abroad, but its main focus is his many photographs of hyper-quotidian America, our stalest shades of red, white, and blue. These quiet and straightforward pictures—of food, buildings, cars, and toilets—show that Shore is best understood as a photographer uninterested in photographing what is agreed to be worthy of capture.

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“This photograph could be the opening line of a joke: ‘So, a girl rides up to a bar on a horse...’” says Joel Meyerowitz. “But really what happened was that I was there getting some ice cream for my kids when this girl rode up to the window on her horse and ordered two lobster rolls and some fries; as soon as I saw the girl, the horse, and the ice cream sign, I saw the photograph.” Joel Meyerowitz, Mary Ellen Mark, Nan Goldin, Night Walkers, Edward Weston, Steve Mccurry, Martin Parr, Robert Doisneau, Freddy Mercury

“This photograph could be the opening line of a joke: ‘So, a girl rides up to a bar on a horse...’” says Joel Meyerowitz. “But really what happened was that I was there getting some ice cream for my kids when this girl rode up to the window on her horse and ordered two lobster rolls and some fries; as soon as I saw the girl, the horse, and the ice cream sign, I saw the photograph.”

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America's pastime: A family plays baseball in their drive in this sunny photograph entitled Samantha The Suburbs Aesthetic, Summer In The Suburbs, 90s Suburban Aesthetic, American Suburbs Aesthetic, Suburbs Aesthetic, Suburban Lifestyle, American Suburbs, Suburban Aesthetic, Suburban Home

Photographer Beth Yarnelle Edwards sees the suburbs as the 'physical embodiment of the American Dream.' Her images reveal aspiration and stability, but also the more mundane aspects of a suburban existence.

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From 1972-1979, a 30-something Stephen Shore traversed the United States by road, stopping along the way to set up his tripod and 8x10 camera. When he got tired over long drives, he recited Shakespeare to himself, often adopting the role of Hamlet as he made his way from one in-between place—a parking lot, a crossroads—to the next. New Topographics, Saul Leiter, American Photography, Walker Evans, Famous Pictures, William Eggleston, Cindy Sherman, Street Photographers, Foto Inspiration

From 1972-1979, a 30-something Stephen Shore traversed the United States by road, stopping along the way to set up his tripod and 8x10 camera. When he got tired over long drives, he recited Shakespeare to himself, often adopting the role of Hamlet as he made his way from one in-between place—a parking lot, a crossroads—to the next.

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