Steve McCurry’s Career On Display in the UK
September 20, 2010 at 8:33 pm Ryan Jones 1 comment
The work of acclaimed photojournalist Steve McCurry ’74 is currently the subject of a four-month retrospective at the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery in England. In a CNN.com interview timed with the exhibition, McCurry retells the story of his famed “Afghan Girl” photograph and offers his philosophy on the art form; the CNN piece also features a slide show of some of McCurry’s most compelling work.
You can check out more of Steve’s work and a schedule of upcoming exhibitions on his website. The Birmingham exhibition runs through Oct. 17.
Ryan Jones, senior editor
Entry filed under: Penn State alumni, Photography. Tags: Afghan Girl, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, CNN.com, Steve McCurry.
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1. Robert Jones | November 19, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Dorothea Lange ain’t got NOTHING on Steve McCurry when it comes to exploiting the poor for their misery! How many millions of $ did Nat Geo make off this picture, all the while ignoring this woman? Then 9/11 hits and they decide to find her and what do they do? McCurry takes her photo AGAIN and they build her a new house — pretty good return on their money, eh?
HOW magnanimous of them! (/sarcasm)