Mr. Steve McCurry, Professional Photographer (Steve McCurry Photography) Visit This Photographer's Web Site: http://www.stevemccurry.com Steve McCurry, recognized universally as one of today’s finest image-makers, has won many of photography’s top awards. Best known for his evocative color photography, McCurry, in the finest documentary tradition, captures the essence of human struggle and joy. Member of Magnum Photos since 1986, McCurry has searched and found the unforgettable; many of his images have become modern icons. Born in Philadelphia, McCurry graduated cum laude from the College of Arts and Architecture at the Pennsylvania State University. After working at a newspaper for two years, he left for India to freelance. It was in India that McCurry learned to watch and wait on life. “If you wait,” he realized, “people will forget your camera and the soul will drift up into view.”
His career was launched when, disguised in native garb, he crossed the Pakistan border into rebel-controlled Afghanistan just before the Russian invasion. When he emerged, he had rolls of film sewn into his clothes and images that would be published around the world as among the first to show the conflict there. His coverage won the Robert Capa Gold Medal for Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad, an award dedicated to photographers exhibiting exceptional courage and enterprise. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including Magazine Photographer of the Year, awarded by the National Press Photographers’ Association. This was the same year in which he won an unprecedented four first prizes in the World Press Photo Contest. He has won the Olivier Rebbot Memorial Award twice.
Steve McCurry has covered many areas of international and civil conflict, including the Iran-Iraq war, the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia, Beirut, Cambodia, the Philippines, the Gulf War, and continuing coverage of Afghanistan. He focuses on the human consequences of war, not only showing what war impresses on the landscape, but rather, on the human face.
McCurry’s work has been featured in every major magazine in the world and frequently appears in National Geographic magazine with recent articles on Tibet, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, and the temples of Angkor Wat, Cambodia. McCurry is driven by an innate curiosity and sense of wonder about the world and everyone in it. He has an uncanny ability to cross boundaries of language and culture to capture stories of human experience. “Most of my images are grounded in people. I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face. I try to convey what it is like to be that person, a person caught in a broader landscape, that you could call the human condition.”
A high point in his career was the rediscovery of the previously unidentified Afghan refugee girl that many have described as the most recognizable photograph in the world today. When McCurry finally located Sharbat Gula after almost two decades, he said, “Her skin is weathered; there are wrinkles now, but she is a striking as she was all those years ago.” McCurry returned from an extended assignment in China on September 10, 2001. His coverage at Ground Zero on September 11 is a testament to the heroism and nobility of the people of New York City. “You felt the horror and immediately, instinctively understood that our lives would never be the same again.”
McCurry has published many books including The Imperial Way (1985), Monsoon (1988), Portraits (1999), South Southeast (2000), Sanctuary (2002), The Path to Buddha: A Tibetan Pilgrimage (2003), and his latest book Steve McCurry (2005).
Selected Awards
2005 Honorary Fellowship, The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, London
2005 Photographic Society of America
Photojournalism Division-International Understanding Through Photography Award
2003 International Photography Awards, CA, the Lucie Award for Photojournalism
2003 Distinguished Alumni Award, Pennsylvania State University, PA
2003 Co-recipient of the NY Film Festival Gold for documentary, “Afghan Girl: Found”
2002 Distinguished Visiting Fellow, College of Creative Studies, University of California
2002 Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ
2002 Photographer of the Year, PMDA Professional Photographer Award
2002 Photographer of the Year, American Photo Magazine
2002 United Nations International Photographic Council: Special Recognition Award
In recognition of his ceaseless devotion and outstanding achievement in photography.
2002 French Art Directors Association, Award of Excellence for “Women of Afghanistan”
2001 Photography Annual, Communication Arts
Award of Excellence, Book Series, South SouthEast
2000 Picture of the Year Competition
Book of the Year, South SouthEast
Magazine Feature Picture Award of Excellence: ‘Women in Field, Yemen’
1999 Pennsylvania State University, PA, Lifetime Fellow Award
1998 Life Magazine: 'The Eisenstaedt Awards' - Our World Photo Winner, 'Red Boy'
Life Magazine: 'The Eisenstaedt Awards' - Our World Essay Finalist, 'India'
1998 Picture of the Year Competition, Award of Excellence, Portraits: ‘Red Boy’
1998 SAJA, Southern Asian Journalistic Award, Outstanding Special Project
National Geographic Story, India: 50 Years of Independence
SAJA, Southern Asian Journalistic Award, Outstanding Photograph: 'Red Boy'
1997 Picture of the Year Competition
Magazine Feature Picture Award of Excellence: 'Fishermen'
1996 Picture of the Year Competition
Magazine Feature Picture Story Award: 'Beggar'
Magazine Feature Picture Story Award: 'Burma: The Richest of the Poor Countries'
1994 Pennsylvania State University, Arts and Architecture Distinguished Alumni Award
1993 National Press Photographers Association, Award of Excellence for 'Rubble of War'
1992 Oliver Rebbot Memorial Award, Overseas Press Club
Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad on Gulf War Coverage
1992 Picture of the Year Competition
Magazine Feature Picture Award of Excellence: 'Fiery Aliens'
First Place, Magazine Science Award: 'Camels under a Blackened Sky'
First Place, Gulf War News Story: 'Kuwait: After the Storm'
1992 World Press Photo Competition
First Place, Nature and Environment: 'Oil-Stricken Bird', Kuwait
First Place, General News Stories: 'Kuwait After the Storm'
Children's Award: 'Camels under a Blackened Sky'
1990 Award of Excellence, White House News Photographers Association, ‘Spanish Gypsy'
1987 Medal of Honor, Philippines, for coverage of the 1986 Philippine Revolution
1986 Oliver Rebbot Memorial Award, Overseas Press Club
Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad for work done in the Philippines
1985 World Press Competition, Four First Prize First place, Nature and Nature Series; First place, Daily Life and Daily Life Series
1985 Oliver Rebbot Award Citation: 'Monsoons' and 'The New Faces of Baghdad'
1984 National Press Photographers Association: Magazine Photographer of the Year
1980 Robert Capa Gold Medal Award, for coverage of the war in Afghanistan for Time Magazine
Selected Lectures
2005 PhotoPlus Expo, Seminar (Oct 21)
2005 George Eastman House, Rochester NY (Oct. 20)
2005 University of Virginia Miller Center Lecture (Oct. 18)
2005 Asia House, London, Face of Asia (Oct 5)
2005 National Geographic in Turkey, Photojournalism in Troubled Areas (Sept. 30)
2005 National Geographic in Turkey, Pilgrimage Lecture (Sept. 29)
2005 National Geographic in the Netherlands (Sept. 28)
2005 Outdoor Photographer, Chicago
2005 Outdoor Photographer, White Plains NY (Aug. 27)
2005 Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
Selected Individual Exhibitions
2005 Face of Asia, Asia House, London.
2005 Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
2004 Written with Light” Artopia Gallery, Miami Florida
2004 "Pilgrimage" Fundación Sophia, Palma de Mallorca,Spain
2004 Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
2004 Phil Woods Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2004 “Buddhism”, New Delhi, India
2003 “Pilgrimage”, National Geographic Society, Washington D.C.
2003 The Augen Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, PA
2003 Tibet House, New York, NY
2003 “Face of Asia”, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
2003 Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, PA
2003 Levering Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2002 Exhibition Leeuwarden, Amsterdam, Holland
2002 The Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 The School of Photography (EFTI), Madrid, Spain
2002 The Victor Barsokevitsch Photographic Centre, Finland
2002 Palacio dos Aciprestes, Pro Historica Associacao, Lisbon, Portugal
2002 Stenerson Museum, Oslo, Norway
2002 Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
2001 Vision Workshops, Annapolis, MD
2001 Palacio dos Aciprestes, Pro Historica Associacao, Lisbon, Portugal
2001 Radiant Light Gallery, Portland, ME
Selected Group Exhibitions
2005 Beyond the Vision- National Geographic Photography Tour in China-9 Cities
2005 Moving Walls, Washington D.C.
2004 Forbidden City International Photography Exhibition – Beijing, China
2002 Musée de l’Elysée Lausanne, France, “New York Apres New York”
2002 New York Historical Society, “September 11th”
2002 American Museum of Natural History, “Hindu devotion in New York”
2002 Biennale Gallery Lyon, France, “Portraits”
2000 Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio and Cappella dei Mercanti Gallery, Torino, Italy
2000 Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom, “Magnum: Our Turning World”
2000 New York Historical Society, New York, NY, “Magnum: Our Turning World”
1999 Photo Festival Naarden, Amsterdam, Holland “India: A Celebration of Independence, 1947-97”
1999 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
1998 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
1997 National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
1997 National Gallery of Modern Art, Bombay, India
1997 Royal Festival Hall, London, England
1997 International Photo Journalism Festival, Perpignan, France
1997 Chicago Museum of Art, “India: A Celebration of Independence, 1947-97”
1997 Philadelphia Museum of Art, “India: A Celebration of Independence, 1947-97”
1995 The Gallery St. Etienne, New York, NY
“On the Brink 1900-2000: The Turning of Two Centuries”
1994 Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University
1989 International Center of Photography, New York, NY
“In Our Time: The World Seen by Magnum Photographers”
1988 The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
1982 Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY, “Afghanistan Today: The Will to Survive”
1972 Zoller Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, PA, “Envisions”
Permanent Collections
George Eastman House, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Torino, Italy
Ackland Museum, University of North Carolina
Houston Museum of Modern Art, TX
Tokyo Museum of Modern Art
Palmer Museum of Art, State College, PA
International Center of Photography, NY
Individual Publications
Steve McCurry, Phaidon Press Limited, 2005
The Path to Buddha: A Tibetan Pilgrimage, Phaidon Press Limited, 2003
Sanctuary: The Temples of Angkor, Phaidon Press Limited, 2002
South Southeast, Phaidon Press Limited, 2000
Portraits, Phaidon Press Limited, 1999
Monsoon, Thames and Hudson, 1988
The Imperial Way, Houghton-Mifflin Company, 1985
Photographs by Steve McCurry and Text by Paul Theroux
Selected Collaborative Publications
Water Culture, Trolly, UK , 2003
9-11-01, Magnum, 2001
11/09/01, Palazzo delle Esposizioni Roma, 2001
Our Turning World, Magnum, 2000
(un)Fashion, by Tibor and Maira Kalman, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, NY, 2000
Inhumanity and Humanity, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, 2000
Heritage, Editions Arziates, 2000
The Milestones, The National Geographic Society, 1999
American Photography: A Century of Images, Chronicle Books, 1999
20th Century Photography: A Complete Guide to the Greatest Artists of the Photographic Age, Reuel Golden, 1999
The American Magazine, Abrams, 1999
The Life Millennium, Time/Life Books, 1998
Cinquant'Anni Dopo, Mondadori, 1998
The Best of Photojournalism, National Press Photographers Association, 1997
PhotoBook, Phaidon, 1997
India: A Celebration of Independence, Aperture, 1997
The Human Condition, Graphis, 1997
Magnum Landscape, Phaidon, 1996
Back to Mandalay, Abbeville Press, 1996
The Photographs, The National Geographic Society, 1995
In Our Time, Magnum, 1989
Odyssey, National Geographic, 1988
India, Time/Life Books, 1987
War Torn, Pantheon, 1984
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