TIRANA, May 31 /ATA/ One of the icons of documentary photography, the US photographer Steve McCurry, will soon stage an exhibition at the Center for Openness and Dialogue in the govt. seat.
Since 1978, when he started his career with a trip to India, then with the Soviet-Afghan war becoming the first photographer to bring images from this conflict to the present day, he has traveled around the globe for his photographic projects, covering areas of international and civil conflict and documenting ancient traditions, extinct cultures as well as scenes from contemporary society.
The masterful use of color in his work and his constant commitment to preserve the human element in the photo have made his images timeless.
His picture “Afghan Girl” published on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985 is one of the iconic photographs, an international symbol of war-torn Afghanistan that became one of the most famous photographic portraits ever made.
McCurry shoots in both film and digital, but says he prefers shooting with transparency film. Eastman Kodak gifted him the last roll of Kodachrome film to ever be produced by Kodak. McCurry shot the roll, which was processed in July 2010 by Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas. Most of these photos were published on the Internet by Vanity Fair. McCurry states, “I shot it for 30 years and I have several hundred thousand pictures on Kodachrome in my archive. I’m trying to shoot 36 pictures that act as some kind of wrap up – to mark the passing of Kodachrome.
McCurry is the recipient of numerous awards, including Magazine Photographer of the Year, awarded by the National Press Photographers Association; the Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary Medal;[2] and two first-place prizes in the World Press Photo contest (1985 and 1992)/
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