![]() ![]() Since then, McCurry has gone on to create images over six continents and countless countries. ![]() Embedded with the Mujahedeen, McCurry brought the world the first images of the conflict in Afghanistan, including his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl, Sharbat Gula, that has become one of the world’s most iconic photographs. ![]() After several years of freelance work, McCurry left for India and Pakistan, eventually meeting a group of Afghan refugees who smuggled him across the border into Afghanistan, just as the Russian invasion was closing the country to all western journalists. Steve McCurry has been one of the most important voices in contemporary photography for over three decades, with scores of magazine and book covers, over a dozen books, and countless exhibitions around the world to his name.īorn in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, McCurry studied film at Pennsylvania State University, before going on to work for a local newspaper. ![]()
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