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Steve McCurry

February 2024

  • An elderly white man with a sombre face stands in a studio holding a black-and-white photograph with other prints on the wall behind him

    Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
    Photographer Sebastião Salgado at 80: ‘They say I was an aesthete of misery’

    The legendary photojournalist looks back on a life committed to documenting people and the planet, and explains why nature became his focus

October 2022

  • Afghan Girl … McCurry: The Pursuit of Colour

    McCurry: The Pursuit of Colour review – intimate look at man behind Afghan Girl

    A profile of the man behind one of the most recognisable portraits ever taken, from a troubled childhood through a 40-year career in some of the world’s most dangerous war zones

November 2021

  • Baby in a Sling at Banteay Srei. Angkor, Cambodia, 2000

    Monsoons and makeshift bikes: childhood resilience in pictures

    From young girls braving the Sulu Sea to schoolkids in Afghanistan, in new book Stories and Dreams Steve McCurry records the strength and curiosity of children around the world

September 2021

  • Steve McCurry next to Afghan Girl, 1984, with his portrait of Sharbat Gula, taken nearly two decades later, in the background.

    ‘It’s heartbreaking’: Steve McCurry on Afghan Girl, a portrait of past and present

    The US photographer’s image of Sharbat Gula captured the story of a country, its people and refugees across the world. Thirty six years on, another picture tells a similar tale – but also one of hope

November 2020

  • Med men in Papua New Guinea

    Steve McCurry’s previously unseen images – in pictures

    The storied travel photographer’s new book contains a collection of images never seen before. Here, he selects some of his favourites

November 2019

  • Snow monkey in Jigokudani Yaen-koen park, Japan, 2018.

    Animal magnetism: Steve McCurry's menagerie – in pictures

    The legendary US photographer’s favourite shots of creatures and how they interact with humans feature in Animals, his latest book

October 2018

  • Ahmadi oilfields, Kuwait, 1991

    Photographer Steve McCurry: a life in pictures

    A new book, Steve McCurry: a Life in Pictures, compiled by the photographer’s sister Bonnie McCurry, captures his iconic photojournalism and reveals his approach to photography

August 2017

  • A young village boy from Nuristan

    Steve McCurry's Afghanistan – in pictures

    Afghanistan is a retrospective portfolio of the Magnum photographer Steve McCurry’s most striking images of the country, from 1979 to 2016

December 2016

  • Niamh Shields on the Western Newfoundland lookout trail

    A great little place I know
    'My best travel discovery of 2016'

    Inspired by the surprises thrown up in our weekly A great little place I know series, we asked writers and adventurers to share their best discovery of the year

November 2016

  • Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani speaks to Sharbat Gula, in blue, in Kabul on Wednesday.

    'Afghan girl' welcomed home by president: 'She represents our hope'

  • Photographer Steve McCurry next to his photos of Sharbat Gula at an exhibition in Hamburg, Germany, in 2013

    'Afghan Girl' rejects offer to suspend deportation from Pakistan

  • Photographer Steve McCurry with his ‘Afghan Girl’ images of Sharbut Gula.

    Pakistan to deport National Geographic 'Afghan Girl'

  • Steve McCurry poses next to his photos of Sharbat Gula, the ‘Afghan Girl’, in 2013.

    After her arrest, the ‘Afghan Girl’ is once again a symbol of refugees’ plight

    Steve McCurry

October 2016

  • Photographer Steve McCurry with his photos of Sharbut Gula, the ‘Afghan Girl’ at the opening of his Overwhelmed by Life exhibition in 2013.

    National Geographic 'Afghan Girl' arrested in Pakistan living under false papers

    Sharbat Gula, depicted on the magazine’s cover in 1984, could face 14 years in prison and a $5,000 fine if convicted

September 2016

  • A man displays paintings while he reads in his car. Photographer Steve McCurry says: “I photographed this man reading in Rome as he waited for customers to buy his paintings.”

    World view
    World view: Lost in words, Rome, by Steve McCurry

    Renowned travel photographer Steve McCurry’s latest book features this image taken in Rome in 1984. The book, On Reading, celebrates the absorbing power of the written word

December 2015

  • Steve McCurry poses in front of his photo Afghan Girl.

    On my radar
    On my radar: Steve McCurry’s cultural highlights

    The photographer on classic gangster movies, the best place to get Italian food, and the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson

October 2015

  • Rabari tribal elder, Rajasthan, 2010

    World view
    World view: the spirit of India, captured by Steve McCurry – in pictures

    The Magnum photographer’s new book draws together iconic images he has taken in 40 years of visiting India, showcasing the people and extraordinary settings of one of the most spiritual countries on Earth

February 2015

  • Steve McCurry

    Our favourite things this week
    Our favourite things this week: from Ireland's Call to Steve McCurry's travels

    Featuring Harry Redknapp’s legacy, Bruce Rioch’s time at Arsenal, San Quentin Prison’s tennis players and Keith Gillespie’s advice to young footballers

May 2014

  • The Blue Mosque.

    Steve McCurry's Afghanistan – in pictures

    Magnum photographer Steve McCurry has been photographing the people, culture and landscape of Afghanistan since the late 70s

December 2013

  • National Geographic – 125 years of groundbreaking travel photography

    Before television and the internet, there was National Geographic, which brought the planet into our homes. Travel writer Pico Iyer celebrates 125 years of the iconic magazine

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