Photographs by Steve McCurry (61 photos)

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He is called “a legend of world reportage photography,” “one of the best contemporary photographers.”
Year of birth: 1950.
Place of birth: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA).
Place of residence: New York (USA).
Education: Pennsylvania State University, majoring in history and cinematography.
Area of photographic interests: photojournalism.

“I studied film at Penn State, which led me to the film industry. At the same time, I took many photographs for the university newspaper and participated in the preparation of mise-en-scenes for various films.
The work of Henri Cartier-Bresson played a big role in my development as a photographer. In addition, I carefully studied the books of such masters as Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans. From then on, I left filmmaking and never returned to it.”
His career, in fact, began when he, disguised as a local resident, crossed the Pakistani border into a rebel-controlled area of Afghanistan, just before the entry of Soviet troops there.
When he returned from there with several rolls of film sewn into the lining of his clothes, the pictures he brought with him spread around the world. Steve was the first person to show what this so-called conflict looks like. These photographs earned him the Robert Capa Gold Medal for Foreign Photographic Reporting, an award given for the courage shown by photographers while searching for material, as well as many other awards.
The list of his awards also includes: two prizes in the prestigious Oliver Rebbot Award competition, first place in four World Press Photo categories. Awarded the title of “Best Photojournalist of the Year” according to the National Press Photography Association.

He photographed the “souls” of India, Mali, Tibet, Burma, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Japan, France, Korea, Thailand, Nigeria, USA, China, Philippines, Yemen, Kashmir, Poland, Italy, Ireland, South Africa and other countries. Known primarily for his reporting from hot spots. The Soviet-Afghan conflict, Operation Desert Storm, the civil war in Kampuchea, American counter-terrorism operations in the Philippines, the bombing of Yugoslavia by NATO troops, made a series of reports on the tragic events of September 11, 2001 in New York.

His most famous photograph was first published in National Geographic (included in the top hundred best photographs published in this magazine). It shows a 13-year-old Pashtun girl named Sharbat Gula. 1984.
Her father and mother died during the Soviet invasion. Sharbat married shortly after Steve photographed her in Pakistan and had four children, one of whom died in infancy. The photographer returned to Afghanistan 10 times to find the girl. 17 years later she was found near the Pakistani border. The magazine staff resorted to the technology developed by the FBI for scanning the pupil (which is unique for each person) to avoid errors.
Photography by Steve McCurry

Unfortunately, not all of his works are presented in the archives, but if you liked it, you can visit his website: http://stevemccurry.com/main.php