Stephen Shore has had an enviable career as a photographer. At 17 he was shooting pictures at Andy Warhol’s Factory, and at 24 he had a solo exhibit at the Met.
Manhattan’s Gallery 303 is having a retrospective of Shore’s early work, The Velvet Years, 1965-67. This exhibit shows 15 black-and-white prints from his three years at the Factory.
Pictures are of notable Warhol entourage members Edie Sedgwick, Ingrid Superstar, Loy Reed, and Andy Warhol himself.
Warhol Nostalgia Exhibitions
Stephen Shore's Factory Flashbacks at Gallery 303
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