Stephen Shore

Stephen Shore 1-8 Yuma color photograph

In 1-8 Yuma a long road stretches into the horizon line vanishing at the mountains.
Stephen Shore took this picture in color, using a slower shutter speed in order to get a expansive depth of field. The technique seems to incorporate the rule of thirds, the horizon line is about one third of the away from the bottom. A composition technique used to make things appear more interesting. Stephen went on a road trip when he took this picture in 1972, from New York to Texas. This is the highway he was on. This photo is one of the many from the road trip. I feel like it ties into his other work when I notice the framing of the picture, and the sepia tones. I think Stephen takes note of the geometries in his working space. The edge of the frame is often parallel to some line or another. The vertical lines in this photograph seem to have been planned to be equidistant from the frames edge, guiding your eye towards the vanishing point. These gental nudges, even the cloud above, keep the eye drawn inwards. I like these subtle cues. It affects me because I sometimes take pictures like this but it makes me want to plan more unconscious markers in my photography that push or pull attention one way or another.