Kim Denise
pink radiator sunset
In the early days of his career, the photographer Stephen Shore, wanted to take photographs that weren’t weighted down by the conventions of fine art photography. He wanted to mimic the act of seeing — the common, everyday experience of seeing.
He spoke about the distinctions usually made between writing and speaking; writing tends to be more formal, more controlled, more stilted, more burdened. What Shore wanted to do was shoot photos that were the visual equivalent of speaking. Which is exactly what we see here. It’s just a simple moment, the sun slanting through Venetian blinds, illuminating a cast iron steam radiator, projecting shadows on the wall.
This is not ‘written’ photograph. It’s not an essay. It’s not even a conversation, really. This is a sigh of contentment, followed by the visual equivalent of saying “Who’s a good dog?”
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