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I wanted to make pictures that felt natural, that felt like seeing, that didn’t feel like taking something in the world and making a piece of art out of it.

Stephen Shore

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Stephen Shore
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: October 8
Photographer
New York City
New York
Stephen Eric Shore
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