The biggest and most comprehensive volume on Steve Mc Curry published to date and the final word on forty years of Mc Curry's incredible work.
Written and compiled by Bonnie Mc Curry, Steve's sister and President of the Mc Curry Foundation, Steve Mc Curry: A Life in Pictures is the ultimate book of Mc Curry's images and his approach to photography.The book brings together all of Mc Curry's key adventures and influences, from his very first journalistic images taken in the aftermath of the 1977 Johnstown floods, to his breakthrough journey into Afghanistan hidden among the mujahideen, his many travels across India and Pakistan, his coverage of the destruction of the 1991 Gulf War and the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York, up to his mostrecent work.
Totalling over 350 images, the selection of photographs includes his bestknown shots as well as over 100 previously unpublished images.
Also included are personal notes, telegrams and visual ephemera from his travels and assignments, all accompanied by Bonnie Mc Curry's authoritative text drawn from her unique relationship with Steve as well as reflections from many of Steve's friends and colleagues."I compare photography to food, air, and sleep this creative energy, this impulse, is what gives us purpose, pleasure, joy, happiness and love." Steve Mc Curry In an incredibly successful career spanning over 40 years Steve Mc Curry has created some of the most evocative and bestknown images in photography.
He has been awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal, the National Press Photographers Award, and four first prize recognitions at the World Press Photo Contest.Steve Mc Curry: A Life in Pictures is the complete, definitive volume on Mc Curry.Reviews for Steve Mc Curry: A Life in Pictures"Complex realities and universal truths flow throughout Mc Curry's photographs." Huck Magazine"It is frank as well as fond, and its 350 or so images include about 100 that have never previously been published." Daily Telegraph"Bonnie Mc Curry commentary is loving, measured, honest and a refreshingly unpretentious accompaniment to Mc Curry's arresting, sometimes astonishing, occasionally gutwrenching work." The Times"Includes many arresting pictures, from harrowing scenes in the burning oil fields of Kuwait to an extraordinary composition showing a redrobed woman making her way down a huge wall of stairs in Abhaneri, India.
The book is a complete biographical package, with numerous photos of Mc Curry at work and play" New York Times Book Review