Steve McCurry

I visited Steve McCurry's exhibition 'Retrospective' yesterday and found a new love for his images. His collection of portraiture photos stand out to me the most. It is in these photos I find that the relationship formed between him and his subjects becomes evident in his work and his photographic technique captures the attention of the viewer to the image, engaging them with the story behind the characters.  


"Most of my pictures are grounded in people. I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a persons face. I try to convey what it is like to be that person, a person caught in a broader landscape that I guess you'd call the human condition." Steve McCurry.

 Peshawar, Pakistan, 2002

 

Lhasa, Tibet, 2000

 

Bombay, India, 1996

 

Srinagar, Kashmir, 1999 

Peshawar, Pakistan, 1984

Peru, 2004

Kabul, Afghanistan, 1993

Weligama, Sri Lanka, 1995

This landscape image caught my eye as soon as I saw it in the exhibition. I love the detail and colours captured in the sea and the composition of the subjects works well to capture the viewer's eye and lead it around the photo. This is one of my all time favourite Steve McCurry images.