Artist research
STEVE MCCURRY
BORN: February 24, 1950 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EDUCATION: Penn State University
OCCUPATION: Photographer
AGENT: Magnum Photos
AWARDS: Magazine Photographer of the Year, National Press Photographers Association, the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal, first place prizes in the World Press Photo contest in 1985 and 1992, Leica Hall of Fame Award, Hasselblad Master, Robert Capa Gold Medal for Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad.
WEBSITE: www.stevemccurry.com
The reason why I chose Steve McCurry was that he is my favourite photographer for many reasons. I like the way he captures his photos by traveling in many different countries with different languages, cultures, religions and ideas. When I saw for the first time his photos I was impressed and interested in the same time because every photo tells a story. You can't move your eyes off his photos.
SOME OF HIS WORK
This is the most famous picture of Steve McCurry. Afghan Girl was taken in 1984 and appeared on June 1985 cover of National Geographic. Sharbat Gula was living as a refugee in Pakistan during the time of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. What is special for this photo is that she is looking straight at the camera with her green eyes making the whole portait unique and diffrent.
REFERENCES
http://stevemccurry.com/galleries
Google images - Steve McCurry
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Good effort on the artist research post. Please try to avoid using Google & Wikipedia as reference, and rather go to the original source, for example by looking at the National Geographic website (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text.html)
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