Rizzoli Bookstore is delighted to celebrate Stephen Shore’s new book in a conversation with James Welling. The Mental Image is the latest book by Stephen Shore, one of the most influential photographers, writers, and teachers working today. Here, Shore turns to the inner life of images: how photographs are imagined, sensed, and carried in the body. The sequel to his global bestseller The Nature of Photographs (2007), this richly illustrated volume brings together numerous anecdotes, influences, references, and teachings to show how visualization, attention, and embodiment can fundamentally alter how we perceive the world around us. Both practical and philosophical, The Mental Image offers a luminous and disciplined approach to seeing, for photographers, artists, and anyone drawn to a deeper understanding of perception.

For more information visit:
www.rizzolibookstore.com

Reserve your spot for this event HERE

Preorder your copy of The Mental Image at:
www.mackbooks.us

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Please join us at Aperture’s new home for a special conversation between photographer Stephen Shore and Lucy Gallun, Curator in the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. To mark the opening of our inaugural presentation Aperture Loves New York,which features an image from his landmark photobook Uncommon Places(Aperture, 1982 and 2004), the two will discuss Shore’s enduring legacy.

Saturday, October 3, 1:00 p.m. EDT

380 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10024

For more information visit:
www.aperture.org

Available to pre-order – this title is due to ship in September

The Mental Image is the latest book by Stephen Shore, one of the most influential photographers, writers, and teachers working today. Here, Shore turns to the inner life of images: how photographs are imagined, sensed, and carried in the body. The sequel to his global bestseller The Nature of Photographs (2013), this richly illustrated volume brings together numerous anecdotes, influences, references, and teachings to show how visualisation, attention, and embodiment can fundamentally alter how we perceive the world around us. Both practical and philosophical, The Mental Image offers a luminous and disciplined approach to seeing, for photographers, artists, and anyone drawn to a deeper understanding of perception.

PRE-ORDER NOW
A limited number of signed copies are available

For more information or to pre-order:
www.mackbooks.us

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UPCOMING EVENT

Sunday, August 16, 3-5 PM
25 Dederick Street, Kingston, NY

Talk from 3pm – 4:30pm
Reception to follow


RSVP HERE by August 14
Seating is limited, so reserve your spot today!


For more information visit WWW.CPW.ORG


“CPW is delighted to host pioneering photographer Stephen Shore and newly named MoMA Curator Makeda Best for our next Conversations panel on Sunday, August 16, 3–5 PM. They will discuss Shore’s work, Best’s views on the state of contemporary photography, and CPW’s Upstate Photography Biennial (where Shore currently has work). A reception and book signing will follow.”

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25 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Judd Foundation, 101 Spring Street,
New York, NY 10012, United States

This September, join us at 101 Spring Street, the home of Judd Foundation in New York, for a weekend of talks and signings to celebrate our new season of books across art, photography, literature and design. 

Over the weekend, MACK will welcome 25 artists, writers, curators and editors to speak about their relationship to book-making and to reflect on the contemporary landscape of publishing, photography and arts writing. From discussions with Jerry Hsu, Irina Rozovsky and Nick Haymes about their ambitious new photobooks to an hour of readings dedicated to Lebanese poet and artist Etel Adnan, the programme is a chance to engage with recent MACK titles through live conversation and communion. 

N.B. All events are free and open to the public, though advance registration is encouraged. Please note priority will be given to those who have registered in advance, though advance registration does not guarantee admission once the event reaches capacity. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

For more information visit MACK
Check out the full program HERE

ISSUE 214

Hotshoe collaborated with Stephen Shore to bring you this stunning monograph, including a discussion with Shore initiated by renowned photographer Todd Hido, and a text in Crude Metaphors written by Shore himself. Plus, introductions to each portfolio by art historian Dr. Tom Cornelius.


Get your copy HERE

Stephen Shore in conversation with
Stephen K. Schuster and Hollis Monk Thayer

Stephen Shore talks to us about having integrity in your work and evolving as an artist, mastering a style and avoiding repeating yourself just for money and status, his journey through large format photography, new ways of visualizing and problem solving in your work, the balance needed for great composition, his next big film photography project and more!

Listen HERE

PROJECT ROOM
STEPHEN SHORE

EXHIBITION & BOOK SIGNING

Early Work

November 5 – December 20, 2025

Join Stephen Shore & 303 Gallery for the exhibition opening of 
Stephen Shore: Early Work on Wednesday 5 November, from 5pm.

303 Gallery is pleased to present Stephen Shore: Early Work, a selection of works from the artist’s teenage years between 1960 – 1965, coinciding with his newly released book, Early Work, published by MACK. The largely unpublished works predate his series The Velvet Years, taken at Warhol’s Factory, and offer a distinct account of early 1960’s New York.

Free to attend.

Wednesday 5 November 
17:00-19:00

303 Gallery
555 W 21st St
New York, NY 10011
United States

About Early Work 

At the age of six, Stephen Shore received a Kodak Darkroom kit, a gift that unearthed a passion and inquisitiveness that would go on to define his entire life. Shore began to develop a unique relationship to the chemical alchemy of the darkroom and to the camera itself: a tool through which he would uncover the characters and complexities of the world around him. 

The sophisticated and ambitious images in Early Work demonstrate Shore’s already-complex understanding of the photographic form, and the particular attention with which he approached his surroundings. It offers a unique record of the vibrant energy of New York in the early 1960s, and reveals the themes that provided a constant source of interest for the young photographer. 

Can’t make it?
Order your copy here. 

UPCOMING TALKS & BOOKS SIGNINGS

Strand Book Store

Wednesday 10 September

Join us for a very special conversation and signing with world renowned photographer Stephen Shore to celebrate the release of his new book Early Work. Shore will be in conversation with publisher Michael Mack and editor of the book Liv Constable-Maxwell.

Buy tickets here.

Wednesday, September 10
7:00 PM EST

Strand Book Store
Rare Book Room
828 Broadway 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10003
United States

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Oblong Books

Thursday 11 September

Join Stephen Shore for a talk and book signing to mark the launch of his new book Early Work. Collecting for the first time entirely unseen photographs made during Shore’s teenage years between 1960 and 1965, Early Work demonstrates Shore’s already-complex understanding of the photographic form, and the attention to which the young photographer approached his surroundings.

Register here

Thursday, September 11
6:00 PM EST

Oblong Books 
Oblong Rhinebeck
6422 Montgomery Street
Rhinebeck, NY 12572

About Early Work
 
At the age of six, Stephen Shore received a Kodak Darkroom kit, a gift that unearthed a passion and inquisitiveness that would go on to define his entire life. Shore began to develop a unique relationship to the chemical alchemy of the darkroom and to the camera itself: a tool through which he would uncover the characters and complexities of the world around him. 

Early Work collects for the first time the entirely unseen photographs created during Shore’s early teenage years between 1960 and 1965, a period of rich experimentation that precedes his time working with Andy Warhol at The Factory. These sophisticated and ambitious images demonstrate Shore’s already-complex understanding of the photographic form, and the particular attention with which he approached his surroundings. It offers a unique record of the vibrant energy of New York in the early 1960s, and reveals the themes that provided a constant source of interest for the young photographer. 

Above all, Early Work offers an authoritative account of the innate sensibility with which Shore approached not only his craft but the world around him, from this early age.

Can’t make these events?
Purchase a signed copy of Early Work here.

COMING THIS FALL

At the age of six, Stephen Shore received a Kodak Darkroom kit, a gift that unearthed a passion and inquisitiveness that would go on to define his entire life. Shore began to develop a unique relationship to the chemical alchemy of the darkroom and to the camera itself: a tool through which he would uncover the characters and complexities of the world around him. 

Early Work collects for the first time the entirely unseen photographs created during Shore’s early teenage years between 1960 and 1965, a period of rich experimentation that precedes his time working with Andy Warhol at The Factory. These sophisticated and ambitious images demonstrate Shore’s already-complex understanding of the photographic form, and the particular attention with which he approached his surroundings. It offers a unique record of the vibrant energy of New York in the early 1960s, and reveals the themes that provided a constant source of interest for the young photographer. 

Above all, Early Work offers an authoritative account of the innate sensibility with which Shore approached not only his craft but the world around him, from this early age. 

Includes a new essay by Stephen Shore 

PRE-ORDER NOW
A limited number of signed copies are available


This title is due to ship in August.

For more information or to pre-order:
www.mackbooks.us

AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING

These lectures can be watched live on Zoom
and will be available for a two week period after that.

The lectures will take place at 18:30 CET

To purchase a Zoom link for the four lectures CLICK HERE

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING TICKETS

• Select the blue “Réserver” link toward the bottom of the page.
• Choose the number of tickets (Zoom links)
•Enter your surname (“Nom”) and given name (Prénom) and email address. • Select “adjuster au panier”. (The tickets are €80)
• Select “Aller au panier”
• Select “Valider mon panier”
• Select “Accepter les conditions”
• You may be asked to create an account: email + password (at least 8 characters)
• You will be asked our nationality. There’s a drop down list. The United States is “États-Unis”

I hope you can watch and enjoy!

STEPHEN SHORE

Stephen Shore has been announced as the inaugural recipient of the Chanel Chair in Photography at Jeu de Paume, the Parisian museum of photography, film, and electronic media. To mark the occasion, Shore will present a series of 4 masterclasses.

Stephen Shore Masterclass

From May 12 to 16, 2025
Jeu De Paume – Paris

The lectures will be in English with no French translation.

What is a photograph and how do we perceive it? This series of four lectures will explore the formal attributes of a photograph – how the world is translated, transformed into a photograph. They will explore the formal tools of that transformation and how those tools implement and require the imposition of structure. Finally, the lectures will describe the cognitive understanding of the image. This series begins with what a photograph is physical and formally and ends with how we ultimately receive the image.

Lecture 1 • 12.05.2025 • 18:30 – 20:00
The Nature of Photographs.
“A photograph is not what was photographed. It’s something else.” (Winogrand).

Lecture 2 • 13.05.2025 • 18:30 – 20:00
Form and pressure
Photography as an analytic medium: The relationship of form to content.

Lecture 3 • 15.05.2025 • 18:30 – 20:00
Attention
Experiencing the world: Paying attention to the mundane.

Lecture 4 • 16.05.2025 • 18:30 – 20:00
The Mental Level.
The level on which we ultimately experience a photograph.

For more information:
www.jeudepaume.org

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