Stephen Shore‘s ability to turn something as mundane as a highway billboard or a motel room puzzle into captivating scene, leaving the viewer staring and yearning for more, makes him one of the most legendary American photographers. Here are just a few of my favorite works . . . be inspired.

South of Klamath Falls, U.S. 97, Oregon, July 21, 1973

Chicago, Illinois, July 1972

U.S. 93, Wikieup, Arizona, December 14, 1976


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Bridge Street, Mexico, Maine, July 30, 1974

Lookout Hotel, Ogunquit, Maine, July 16, 1974

Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California, August 13, 1979

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Presidio, Texas, February 21, 1975

Sha-Mar Beauty Salon, Chestnut Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1973

Thirty-First Avenue and Crescent Street, Queens, New York, October 28, 1974

Fifth Street and Broadway, Eureka, California, September 2, 1974