8 October 1947, is an American photographer associated with the development of color photography in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. Born in New York City, he engaged with photography from an early age, receiving a darkroom set as a child and later a 35mm camera. As a teenager, he showed his photographs to Edward Steichen at the Museum of Modern Art, who acquired several works for the collection.

In the mid-1960s he became associated with Andy Warhol’s Factory, where he produced black-and-white photographs documenting the artists and musicians active there. Shortly before the age of twenty-four he became the first living photographer to have a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

During the 1970s he undertook extended journeys across the United States, photographing everyday scenes such as streets, intersections, commercial areas, and gas stations. These works contributed to the acceptance of color photography as an artistic medium. His photographs from this period were published in photobooks that became central to his practice and to the history of the medium.

He participated in documenta 6 in 1977 and has exhibited widely in the United States and Europe. His work has been shown in institutions including the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Sprengel Museum Hannover, SK Stiftung Kultur in Cologne, and Museum Ludwig. In 2010 he received the Cultural Award of the German Society for Photography.

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Biography text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), German edition. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Shore