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 The largely unpublished works predate his series The Velvet Years, taken at Warhol’s Factory, and offer a distinct account of early 1960’s New York.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.
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