Steve McCurry (b. 1950) is best known for his evocative colour photography of Southeast Asia. He has captured stores of human experience which, in the...
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Steve McCurry (b. 1950) is best known for his evocative colour photography of Southeast Asia. He has captured stores of human experience which, in the finest documentary tradition, cross boundaries of language and culture. McCurry's career was launched in 1979 when he crossed the border from Pakistan into rebel-controlled Afghanistan just before the Russian invasion. This body of work won him the prestigious Robert Capa Gold Medal. A contributor to National Geographic for many years and a member of Magnum Photos since 1986, McCurry's images have become modern icons.
Anthony Bannon is director of George Eastman House, the International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, New York. He is author of The Taking of Niagara: A History of the Falls in Photography (1982).