this man is my photographic inspiration.

His photos don't need any caption, it tells the story itself

This man is a legend

This man is a legend. Just a legend.

photography is about storytelling and thats what steve McCurry has been doing since i have seen his photos. this man is a legend of portraits.

Steve....he is my inspiration, who attracted me towards photography, especially photography as a medium of expression. With a lots of love and regards from India, one of Steve's favorite destinations.

One of my all time favourite photographers simple camera good film and lenses and his eye to spot something unique a true great

Amazing how back in those times he shot slow film and managed to create such incredible images.

my passion for photography 📷 only for this legend "The Great Steve McCurry"

Steve McCurry: Skillful, honest and low profile man

@AGC828

5 жыл бұрын

Most of the "best" at their art are almost always humble. Photography, sports, ...wealth (the wealthiest people don't need to SHOW how much money they have by wearing Armani or being flamboyant). Take Warren Buffet. Billionaire. If you saw him walking alone on the street you'd never know. It's usually the people who wannbe that feel the need to throw around titles and flash their Rolex watch, buy that $80k Benz...yet live in "affordable housing". (condos not in sought after areas...areas where people dream of one day affording). End up spending beyond their means.... You see so many "KZread PRO photographers" making videos...starting every sentence with "...I'm a professional photographer. I think they're in love with that aura. The title. The photography elite are too busy to make KZread videos. :)

Image 4:32 this photo reminds me of a famous humanist French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, the title of the photo is Shipnos, Greece, 1961. Which he was waiting for somebody to pass, and he snapped 2 pictures. Beautiful.

One of ny favourite photographers!

The Afghani girl in the most iconic picture he ever did

Um dos melhores fotografos que ja vi.

Thank you Sir !

His Instagram account is just brilliant!

Pour moi steeve mcCurry reste le plus grand photographe de notre temps en plus c'est un homme très courageux, je me rappelle d'une scène incroyable où il protégeait une femme Africaine dans un pays en guerre, un militaire était entrain de la maltraiter et steeve mccurry a arretté de faire des photos et est allé s'interposer ...une caméra d'un autre journaliste était là et a filmé cette scène incroyable

I’d see his potographs other times again

@wildpiew thanks

his photos creep me out a little bit: I see them every day as I pass to my class in school. but also the baby with suicide, its bone-chilling! 😨

I'm not including "The Afghan Girl," but some of the final pictures for this Pirelli calendar and the picture of the two men on the train in India suggest - to me - that he has used HDR techniques. I have not seen the actual calendar, only these KZread videos.

It's so frustrating. I've been taking photographs for decades and none of my pictures look as good as his.

The photographs at 3:54 and 8:01 are shot by Raghu Rai also a magnum photographer from India

Has he (Mr. McCurry) used HDR photographic effects in most of these photographs? Does he "Photoshop" his photographs extensively? I would guess yes.

please tell me, this man, master teacher , used Nikon or Canon or... other? Have "the eye" is a gift.

@Samir_Sensei

9 жыл бұрын

he used a nikon :)

@stuntacore

7 жыл бұрын

Some of the scenes, He's using a Hasselblad!

@Jay-jb2vr

5 жыл бұрын

Nikon FM2 for the afghan girl

@nice.diverjeff5883

5 жыл бұрын

@@Jay-jb2vr f2??

@SuperShamseer19

5 жыл бұрын

Eye is the gift

Do u have to ask the people permission before you take their photo? I mean... something, right?

@othomsen1

6 жыл бұрын

Amanda Spears In Denmark you don’t have to ask, if your “motif” is out in the public. I think it’s the same rule around the world.

@ashstar6714

6 жыл бұрын

Photographing people in public places is legal everywhere. They might get mad and beat you up or worse break your gear though...

@AGC828

5 жыл бұрын

That would be the right thing to do and yet to get that special shot sometimes you can't. :) Whether your name is known like Steve McCurry's or Joe McNally...etc.

I respect Steve McCurry's photography. However, in regard to the image at 5:01 in the video with the boy running. I was at this exact location in Feb 2018. I was with a person who was with Steve at the time this photograph was taken. The location is Jodhpur, India. Unfortunately, I was told this image was staged. Steve put the hand prints on the wall to make the image more impactful. I was also told that Steve stages many of his photographs, often hiring good looking models to follow him around a country and then photographs them after staging the image. If true, I find this to be unethical. Obviously, I can't prove this is true, but I was told, by a person who was with Steve when this image was taken. Would love to get Steve's comment on this.

@othomsen1

6 жыл бұрын

Eric R There is a very fine line between ethnical and unethical “editing” of an image. But if the photographer is editing/staging important elements of a certain motif, it’s unethical to put it in the “street photography” or “documentary” category.

@choongching

4 жыл бұрын

I was in Jodhpur too. stayed for a few days and decided to look for this exact same spot. I've shown that photo to many locals residents, combed through all blue back alleys. Turned out that placing handprints on walls are not what the locals are doing, they were surprised that such thing were done. We rode motorcycles around. The findings?Jodphur Brahmins people usually place handprints on their front doors as part of their traditional practices, not their back alley! Shortly after returned from my 1-month long North India trip, I sold his latest 'India' signed edition book away, I shared this story on his Instagram and I was blocked. I did not used any harsh words to convey my message to him, yet he (or his team members) blocked me from speaking out. Why Mr Steve? If you want authentic indian photography, look for Raghu Rai ji or Raghubir Singh ji. (For those who wants to attack me here, please do yourself a favor, visit these places, speak to the locals, and find out for yourself.)

God🙏

"I can't imagine a better way to live ones life." That's sad.

Thank you , Your Majesty ! ;)

Ha?

actually he peopleghraphs photos

Re Photoshop, as people don't seem to be aware, lightening, darkening, etc of different features in images didn't start with Photoshop (nor did airbrushing, hence the name). These were standard darkroom techniques to make a photo look better. Look at the work of people like Ansel Adams -- you cannot go to Yosemite and see what he showed in his photos. Obviously, the removal of whole objects from shots is much more common now that Photoshop is around. Frankly, I don't see what the problem is. If a picture looks better without a random Coke can (or whatever) in the foreground, remove it. McCurry doesn't present himself as a journalist.

All of his pictures were taken with manual exposure film cameras onto kodachrome film, so no

@nathanfrazier6197

7 жыл бұрын

You know he now has a Nikon digital camera?

It would have been interesting if Steve had told us which of these shots he staged or set up versus the once that actually happened and unfolded organically. I'm not even going to go into his use of photoshop on his images - probably mostly happening by someone else while he's away from his studio...

Most these images were shot well before digital cameras came about, so I doubt its been photoshoped.

3:54 where my aftermath fans att dystopia

Ha? what?

French influence, also known as colonialism. Baguette and death.

L’anglais c’est rigolo

dam a legend... but did i just hear he took a pic of a bullied boy while he had a gun to his head and crying? That prob didnt end good.

and you never helped her, if you dont believe you can check in news ..

Photo-journalist? What? Since when? Steve McCurry views himself as a visual storyteller. Just read the following article: petapixel.com/2016/06/07/eyes-afghan-girl-critical-take-steve-mccurry-scandal/

He ruined her life at age 13 with that picture of the Afghan girl