FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE presents the first retrospective exhibition of the work of Stephen Shore, an acclaimed contemporary photographer who has inspired several generations of artists and remains a constant and undisputable reference for upcoming young photographers. His solid body of work as well as the theoretical aspects of the medium conveyed through his teaching have made a pivotal contribution to the evolution of the photographic language.

Throughout his extensive career, which began with a show at the Metropolitan Art Museum of New York when he was just 23 years old, Shore has received prestigious awards, published numerous monographs—some of them now cult objects—and held more than 50 individual exhibits at major venues around the world.

This show comprises of near 300 works and explores the core concepts of his photographic work: reflections on the language of photography, the analysis of landscape, and the meaningful use of both colour and black and white. The selection includes famous projects like Uncommon Places and American Surfaces, as well as some of his most important subsequent work, which has either not been published extensively or has not been published at all.