He was shooting colour at about the same time as William Eggleston and like Eggleston, Shore 'has become known as a pioneer of colour photography' with three of his pictures acquired by the Museum of Modern Art, New York when he was only 14. Mini biog can be found here http://billcharles.com/catalog/stephen_shore/1/.Watching the interview of him on the Tate website was interesting, he tells how he initially used a handheld camera but the then went on the road with a larger-format camera; primarily a 4x5 followed a year later by a 8 x 10. He became fascinated by 'small town America' and the beginning of shopping strips and fast food restaurants.The later images were published together in 1982 as Uncommon Places.