Landscape Photography

Stephen Shore   




Here are a mixture of landscape images i have found by the photographer Stephen Shore. Not all of his images are landscape images, or at least not what i would consider to be anyway. I chose the images which most caught my eye and influenced me. As can be seen, these images have been taken in different cities/towns. This is something which i straight away find interesting as most would probably consider landscapes to be based around picturesque landscapes such as sunsets and fields. This work is something which will be relatable to the work i produce myself as i too, will be working within a busy built up town kind of environment. 

despite many of the images seeming to have bright colours which are almost impossible not to notice, I was attracted to these images more for the actual subject matter, as whats in the pictures are something which I think would make an interesting images in colour or black and white. I will be working with black and white film so this is something I will have to consider. 

I like the idea of taking photographs of busy stops, as this is something which id feel would make for an interesting town landscape image. This image is even more interesting in the way in which the photographer has taken it from the back of the bus stop, this just gives and interesting and unusual perspective. I like the idea of capturing images of things which most people wouldn't think twice about looking at. 

The shape and position of this tree really add interesting to the image. If you were to imagine the scene without this tree i do not feel the scene would look have as interesting. i also like the way the photographer has captured the difference between shadows and bright sunlight, the way the sunlights harshly hits the shop fronts is something which also adds interest to the image in my opinion. 

What i feel is most appealing about this image is the rusted, worn and old textures. The colour contrast between the turquoise doors against the sand coloured stone and rust also add to the interest of the image. However down the the textures alone and the way the image have been taken from a straight on view point are both factors which would in my opinion create a very interesting black and white image. 

This image is my favourite of the ones I've chosen to present here by Stephen Shore. It is such an intereting image in the way the wires cross in all kinds of directions in the sky and the actual posts them selves all stand in different ways. They eye is drawn across many directions across the image, and into the background. What i like most about this image is that is would deffinately be an image i could see working well in black and white, as its the subject matter that makes the image so interesting not the colouring.