A still photograph is something which you can always go back to. You can put it on your wall and look at it again and again. Because it is that frozen moment. I think it tends to burn into your psyche. It becomes ingrained in your mind. A powerful picture becomes iconic of a place or a time or a situation.
The definition of a great picture is one that stays with you, one that you can't forget. It doesn't have to be technically good at all. - Steve Mccurry
The definition of a great picture is one that stays with you, one that you can't forget. It doesn't have to be technically good at all.
- Steve Mccurry
If you want to be a photographer, first leave home - Steve Mccurry
If you want to be a photographer, first leave home
For those who were desperate, my camera became an object of hope (...)Throughout my year-long coverage of the monsoon world, my strongest conviction … - Steve Mccurry
For those who were desperate, my camera became an object of hope (...)Throughout my year-long coverage of the monsoon world, my strongest conviction …
If you wait, people will forget your camera, and the soul will drift up into view. - Steve Mccurry
If you wait, people will forget your camera, and the soul will drift up into view.
What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be put together coherently. Bu… - Steve Mccurry
What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be put together coherently. Bu…
I strive for individual pictures that will burn in people's memories. - Steve Mccurry
I strive for individual pictures that will burn in people's memories.
My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport. - Steve Mccurry
My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.
Most of my photos are grounded in people, I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a persons face. - Steve Mccurry
Most of my photos are grounded in people, I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a persons face.
In India in particular, where millions have no home but the streets, virtually every life event is carried out in public: prayer, eating, sleeping, n… - Steve Mccurry
In India in particular, where millions have no home but the streets, virtually every life event is carried out in public: prayer, eating, sleeping, n…
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