Stephen Shore Project

Cindy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:12:50 +0000

Image 2. This is the second image from the project I’m doing of a great master of photography, Stephen Shore. The goal for me is to take something simple and look for story.

Finding the Muse

Cindy — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:12:23 +0000

Ah, well I knew I’d be here. I knew it was coming. Sometimes I find myself falling into a rut. I love change and the mundane begins to really get to me. I change up the positions of my living room furniture because I get bored with sitting in the same place for too long. Now that winter is coming, I need to work extra hard to find inspiration because, well, to be honest, winter does not inspire me. It makes me feel blah, and dull. So I thought I would share a link with you that might help not only myself, but you if you happen to fall into a rut like I do. It’s Creative Every Day. It’s not necessarily a place for only photographers, but for artists of all mediums.

I’ve also been toying with the idea of doing a project based on the work of Stephen Shore. Stephen is one of my favorite photographers and I find his work brings to me a certain feeling unfelt by other modern photographers. I think one of the things I may find difficult is evoking the feeling from the object shot. Stephen can shoot a ring stain from a coffee cup and make me feel something in it. Also, his work is based from the 70′s and therefore has an artistic eclectic value that is difficult to find in the present timeline. I don’t know. Just a thought. I should look deeper. Because the thing that moves me about the coffee ring stain, is not the stain, but the understanding that someone somewhere was having a cup of coffee, and a little dripped from the rim to curl around the bottom of the cup. There is story there. That is my goal.

Here is my first image:

Cindy Knull » Stephen Shore tribute

Stephen Shore Project

Finding the Muse