West Avenue, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, July 12th, 1974

Name/Title

West Avenue, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, July 12th, 1974

Entry/Object ID

2006.00A.0008

Acquisition

Notes

Date: 2006

Made/Created

Artist

Stephen Shore

Date made

1974

Place

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Shore is known for his color photographs of the “banality” of life. When these photographs were created, they were very much disliked, but now seen in the light of nostalgia, these images are iconic examples of how color photography was pushed into the spotlight of the fine art world. The example held in The Drexel Collection does not look the same as it did when it was first printed by Shore. Color photographs can easily fade if not kept in the right conditions. It can be assumed it was perhaps at one point not stored correctly or it was on display for too long. Understanding of how photographs should be taken care of is a semi-new concept and is currently being utilized to prevent damage or change to the current photographic collection.