{"product_id":"steve-mccurry-a-life-in-pictures-40-years-of-iconic-mccurry-photography-including-100-unseen-photos-9781786272355","title":"Steve McCurry: A Life in Pictures (40 years of iconic McCurry photography including 100 unseen photos)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe biggest and most comprehensive volume on Steve McCurry published to date and the final word on forty years of McCurrys incredible work. Written and compiled by Bonnie McCurry  Steves sister and President of the McCurry Foundation  Steve McCurry: A Life in Pictures is the ultimate book of McCurrys images and his approach to photography.  The book brings together all of McCurrys key adventures and influences  from his very first journalistic images taken in the aftermath of the 1977 Johnstown floods  to his breakthrough journey into Afghanistan hidden among the mujahideen  his many travels across India and Pakistan  his coverage of the destruction of the 1991 Gulf War and the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York  up to his mostrecent work. Totalling over 350 images  the selection of photographs includes his bestknown shots as well as over 100 previously unpublished images. Also included are personal notes  telegrams and visual ephemera from his travels and assignments  all accompanied by Bonnie McCurrys authoritative text  drawn from her unique relationship with Steve  as well as reflections from many of Steves friends and colleagues.  \"I compare photography to food  air  and sleep this creative energy  this impulse  is what gives us purpose  pleasure  joy  happiness and love.\" Steve McCurry  In an incredibly successful career spanning over 40 years Steve McCurry has created some of the most evocative and bestknown images in photography. He has been awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal  the National Press Photographers Award  and four first prize recognitions at the World Press Photo Contest.  Steve McCurry: A Life in Pictures is the complete  definitive volume on McCurry.  Reviews for Steve McCurry: A Life in Pictures  \"Complex realities and universal truths flow throughout McCurrys photographs.\" Huck Magazine  \"It is frank as well as fond  and its 350 or so images include about 100 that have never previously been published.\" Daily Telegraph  \"Bonnie McCurry commentary is loving  measured  honest and a refreshingly unpretentious accompaniment to McCurrys arresting  sometimes astonishing  occasionally gutwrenching work.\" The Times  \"Includes many arresting pictures  from harrowing scenes in the burning oil fields of Kuwait to an extraordinary composition showing a redrobed woman making her way down a huge wall of stairs in Abhaneri  India. The book is a complete biographical package  with numerous photos of McCurry at work and play\" New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647891857461,"sku":"ByrdShop_1786272350","price":115.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781786272355.jpg?v=1781699206","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/steve-mccurry-a-life-in-pictures-40-years-of-iconic-mccurry-photography-including-100-unseen-photos-9781786272355","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}