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    Steven McCurry is an American photographer born in 1950 known for his photograph "Afghan Girl" taken in 1985. He pursued film in college but became a freelance photographer after joining a newspaper in 1978. His first assignments took him to India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, where he risked smuggling undeveloped film by sewing it into his clothes. He won awards for his reporting from abroad and is renowned for photos from India, Burma, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Paraguay, and New York City spanning from 1983 to 2001.

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    Steven McCurry is an American photographer born in 1950 known for his photograph "Afghan Girl" taken in 1985. He pursued film in college but became a freelance photographer after joining a newspaper in 1978. His first assignments took him to India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, where he risked smuggling undeveloped film by sewing it into his clothes. He won awards for his reporting from abroad and is renowned for photos from India, Burma, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Paraguay, and New York City spanning from 1983 to 2001.

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    Steven McCurry

    By:
    Corinne
    Heiberger

    “Afghan Girl” 1985


    “Unexpected, the moment of serendipity”
    -Steven McCurry
    • Born in Philadelphia in 1950
    • He pursued film at Pennsylvania
    State University and had
    ambitions to become a
    documentary film maker.
    • In 1978 he joined a newspaper
    and went abroad as a freelance
    photographer. He first went to
    India, where he crossed over to
    the Afghanistan and Pakistan and
    then back across the border.
    • He sowed his film into his clothing
    to bring in back across.
    • He won the Robert Capa Gold
    Metal for Best Photography
    Report from Abroad for this work.
    India 1983
    Burma 1994
    Cambodia 1998
    Sri Lanka 1985
    Cambodia 1999
    Pakistan 1985
    Paraguay 1986
    New York City, 2001
    Work Cited
    • http://www.art-dept.com/artists/mccurry/
    • www.musarium.com/portraits/
    • http://www.stevemccurry.com/main.php
    • www.pdngallery.com/legends/mccurry/

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