Steve McCurry: Looking East: Portraits by Steve McCurry - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714846376 ISBN 13: 9780714846378

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2006

Synopsis

This portfolio contains a selection of the best and most poignant portraits by Steve McCurry, known and loved the world over for his beautiful and enduring images of the landscapes and cultures of South and Southeast Asia. The collection includes some iconic as well as previously unknown portraits of children, monks, pilgrims and travellers that McCurry has encountered on his journeys throughout Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan and Tibet.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve McCurry (b.1950) launched his career as a photojournalist when, disguised in native garb, he crossed the Pakistan border into Afghanistan over twenty years ago. His remarkable coverage won him the Robert Capa Gold Medal, which is awarded to photographers who exhibit exceptional courage and enterprise. Famous also for his work in Southeast Asia, McCurry's photographs are beautiful, uplifting and affecting. McCurry is a regular contributor to many international journals including National Geographic magazine and is a member of the prestigious agency Magnum Photos.

Review:

'Steve McCurry's lushly poignant shots of the people and places of Asia have yielded some of the best known photographic icons of our time...his images often dance on a knife-edge between sensuality and tragedy, sentiment and anguish.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0714846376
• ISBN 13: 9780714846378
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128