No, he’s not a cook or a foodie.
McCurry, who captured the face of the Afghan Girl, visited Sri Lanka in 1995. The photo became the most recognized photographs in the history of the National Geographic magazine, and is a perfect example of the human element that McCurry never fails to capture.
Class, race, culture, poverty, war, peace, love are just some of the narratives he brings together in these emotion triggering images. It stirred something inside of me and it will do strange things to you.
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- Weligama
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- Nuwara Eliya
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- Galle Face Green
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- “Gem City”: Panning for sapphire and ruby stones
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Bentota.
McCurry has carried his work over six continents and countless countries to create timeless images of conflict, vanishing cultures, ancient traditions and contemporary cultures
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- Fighting for a separate state, Tamil Tigers on march
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- Viktoriya falls: Tea pluckers fill their baskets with buds and leaves
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- Kathaluwa: Post-tsunami in 2004
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- Jewellery stores along Colombo Sea Street
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- Kegalla: Muslim school, girls are segregated from boys
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- Nuwara-Eliya
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- Colombo
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- Mickey Mouse dolls at factory in trade free zone in Colombo
Taken in 1995, his photos now really do justice to his name – a combination of the modern McDonaldization and the traditional curry.
Source (and for more photos): www.stevemccurry.com, www.magnumphotos.com
