Photographer Stephen Shore Walks Out Mid-Lecture Over Audience Smartphone Use

American contemporary photographer Stephen Shore walked out of a lecture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing last week after he noticed that multiple people in the audience were more engrossed with their mobile phones than they were with the event. According to a video posted to Shanghai Daily’s digital news site SHINE, Shore kiboshed the lecture just as someone was about to ask a question. “Just before you ask that question – I&r