Talent is tough.
And her skin, many have tried to get it.
First there were controversies over his use of editing software on some of his images - disowned by the profession, the American was forced to declare himself a “
visual storyteller
” rather than a “
photojournalist
”.
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Others wanted to see in his famous portrait of the young Afghan girl a colonial and mercantile approach.
Whatever: Steve McCurry is still there.
And his photos speak for themselves.
One only has to open one of his books at random to be immediately struck by the talent of this peerless colourist and by the liveliness of this eye which seems to have the model of
National Geographic
covers
imprinted on the retina.
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Icon of what is known as the golden age of photojournalism, where magazines could afford to send photographers on orders for several months with carte blanche and almost unlimited funds, McCurry is one of those symbols of 'a period
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