Steve McCurry Essay

Introduction: About Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry is known for his photography another thing that he is known for is the picture of the Afghan girl. His pictures are about life and how people are suffering and some of the pictures are about joy, his photographs are very colorful. He has graduated from the college of Arts and Architecture in Pennsylvania State of university. Before he became a photographer he started working at a newspaper in India for two years. His career launched when he was disguised in native garb. ‘’It is more common to see a baseball hat and a Chicago Bulls jersey than traditional clothing in nearly every place I travel’’ I liked this quote because this quote is the quote for the picture I chose the quote means that not every body in Canada and America are rich and baseball players there are still poor people.
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The picture shows a boy about 12-13 years old in very dirty and ripped up clothes. His face has dirt on it, he had a jacket on and his shoes are grey and untied, the thing that really sands out for me is that he’s holding a wooden toolbox that is red with the numbers 228 written on it.
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Overall McCurry’s photos emphasize life, like human struggle and joy. His pictures are known for the colors and detail in them, the picture that he is known for is the Afghan girl. I learned many things from his photos like people that are in war try to survive and loose every thing. I also realized that he took some joyful places like New York. Some pictures are in successful like Canada but has people that are suffering. His pictures can make people ask them selves what they’re doing to the world and why are they doing it. I think that a great photo should have many colors a theme and something eye-catching, McCurry has done all those things in his photos. I think his work reflects to a journey because some of his work is about war which is part of life and similar to a journey.