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Afghan Girl Hiding Face
1984
Steve McCurry
Photography
102 x 152 cm
The insatiable globe-trotter invites us to discover the human condition from all corners of the world: Afghanistan, Yemen, Burma, India, Japan, United States, etc. Through his lenses, he raises fundamental questions about the rights of women, children, war, social justice, etc. Uncompromised splashes of colour give a human dimension to the subjects, whose portraits have transfixed him.
Steve McCurry
USA
Born in 1950
Born in 1950, Philadelphia, United-States.
Lives and works in New York.
Steve McCurry, an internationally acclaimed photographer, has received several awards, including “Magazine Photographer of the Year” in 1984 by the US National Press Photographers’ Association. This was the same year, he won an unprecedented four first prizes in the World Press Photo contests. A member of the Magnum Photo agency since 1986, he transformed a young Afghan girl of Pashtun ethnicity into the “Afghan girl with piercing green eyes”.
Lives and works in New York.
Steve McCurry, an internationally acclaimed photographer, has received several awards, including “Magazine Photographer of the Year” in 1984 by the US National Press Photographers’ Association. This was the same year, he won an unprecedented four first prizes in the World Press Photo contests. A member of the Magnum Photo agency since 1986, he transformed a young Afghan girl of Pashtun ethnicity into the “Afghan girl with piercing green eyes”.
Artwork of
Steve McCurry
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