A work can do many things at once, and it doesn't have to be just about the world, … - Stephen Shore

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The lifestyle that I have is probably neither desirable nor useful to most people.

Stephen Shore

A work can do many things at once, and it doesn't have to be just about the world, it could also be about photography, it could be about perception, it could be an exploration of the medium. It could be a document, it could be a visual poetry, and it could be a formal exploration all at the same time.

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I realize that as I get more experience as I get older, my perception changes and that feeds the photograph.

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I meet young artists and it becomes clear that with some the main motivation is getting a show in Chelsea. It strikes me that this is very different to the way it was for me, which was that I wanted to understand photography and the world and myself.

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I'm not interested in doing the same kind of picture over and over again. I pose problems for myself. Sometimes they are aesthetic problems and sometimes they are logistical problems.

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I don't know how much a photograph can add to a biography, the way a film or writing or narrative medium could. Because it's a frozen image.

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If I only try to solve the problems I set for myself, then I'm limited by what I can conceive of. I can't solve a problem I can't conceive. But if someone else gives me a visual problem, it can be out of the whole realm of my normal practice.

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