Steve McCurry’s World

Steve McCurry is a master photographer. He is also a master of story telling and connecting deeply with his subjects and each individual’s world. The magic is the split second connection between McCurry’s eyes and the subjects eyes that is driven by an unseen moment in time where it was just right for both the artist and the person he is photographing. There is an other worldly power between McCurry and his subjects that is illuminated with the images we chose.

Boy, near Timbuktu, Mali, 1987McCurry 

 

Steve McCurry started a a newspaper photographer and is now is an iconic for Reuters. His work has graced many magazines. Featured on the cover of National Geographic, his most famous photo is of Sharbat Gula an Afghan refugee which is included here. Much of his work has been in areas of the world in strife and some of his most haunting portraits are from refugee camps.

 

His instagram page is stupendous and filled with animals, children, war scenes, and people from the far reaches of the world. His site is equally spectacular. McCurry’s work is constantly in high demand around the world and he is constantly having exhibits. Currently you can see his work in Aosta- Italy, Lyon- France, Barbizon -France, Iran and a little closer for some of us, Nantucket, starting July 18th. Steve Mccurry said,” What matters most is that each picture stands on its own, with its own place and feeling.” His photography is way beyond his humble summary of what makes a good image, his images are miraculous moments of deep communication.