title:Steve McCurry: Looking East (PHOTOGRAPHY)Steven McCurry photo album:Look East/Look East
Author:Steve McCurry
Name of publishing house:Phaidon Press
Published:2018
Language: English
ISBN:9780714876382
Product size:27.94 x 1.27 x 38.1 cm
Packing: paperback
Number of pages:128(subject to material object)
Selected McCurrys powerful portraits from South Asia and
This collection of works selects the most poignant photos taken by Steve McCurry, a world-famous photographer for photographing the scenery and people of South Asia and. McCurry collected many iconic and little-known portraits of children, monks, pilgrims and travelers during his travels in Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Tibet.
Now in paperback, a selection of the very best of McCurrys powerful portraits from South and Southeast Asia
This portfolio contains a selection of the best and most poignant portraits by Steve McCurry, a photographer known and loved the world over for his beautiful and enduring images of the landscapes and people of South and Southeast Asia. The collection includes iconic as well as lesser-known portraits of children, monks, pilgrims, and travellers that McCurry has encountered on his journeys throughout Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, and Tibet.
Steve McCurry (b.1950) launched his career as a photojournalist when, disguised in native garb, he crossed the Pakistan border into Afghanistan before the Russian invasion. His coverage won him the Robert Capa Gold Medal, which is awarded to photographers exhibiting exceptional courage and enterprise. Famous also for his work in Southeast Asia, his photographs are beautiful, uplifting and powerful. McCurry has worked for National Geographic magazine for many years and is a member of the prestigious Magnum agency. Exhibitions of his work have been held all over the world and his previous books include The Imperial Way (1985), Monsoon (1988) and Portraits (Phaidon, 1999).
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