Stephen Shore at PRC
If I were rich, I’d buy more photography books, but I’m not, so I don’t, even knowing that I will regret it later. I regret not buying that copy of The Americans when I had the chance, or Sleeping by the Mississippi, or Sunbird. I bought William Eggleston’s Guide once, but it was for a birthday present. At least I can still go to the bookstore and look through a copy of that if I want.
Yesterday I didn’t buy a copy of American Surfaces at Stephen Shore’s book signing. That’s a decision I knew, even as I made it, I’d regret in the future, but $57.50 is a lot of money for me these days—more than what I have in my pocket, more than what I can spend on a book, autographed or not.