Steve McCurry, who was born in Philadelphia February 24, 1950, is an American photographer and photojournalist, best known for the photograph "Afghan Girl" photo depicting Sharbat Gula, fled to a refugee camp in Peshawar (Pakistan) .
The picture was published as the cover of National Geographic Magazine of June 1985, became the most famous issue comes out.
McCurry, however, was not born photographer now, initially worked as a cook, and only after Quackenbush began studying photography at Pennsylvania State University.
After working for two years in a newspaper, then worked as a freelancer in India.
Since then he has taken photographs of conflicts in many parts of the world, including Yugoslavia, Beirut, Cambodia, the Philippines, the Gulf War and Afghanistan, and National Geographic Magazine has been published its report on Burma, Yemen, Tibet and the temples of Angkor Wat. In 2009 the photographer worked to Tierra, sustainable development project carried out from Lavazza, the project aims to enable communities of small coffee producers to improve their living conditions, quality of product and to acquire new instruments to trade on more favorable terms.
The report was commissioned to Stebo McCurry and three other young reporters.
According to the photographer, the reporter must first become familiar with the subjects of his photos, maybe you live and breathe the culture of the place he wants to portray.
"Most of my images are of people. Seeking the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person's face. I try to convey what that person can be an educated person on a broader landscape, we might call the human condition. "
Steve McCurry
Sources : Wikipedia, Steve McCurry 'Blog
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