What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be put together coherently. But what matters most is that each picture stands on its own, with its own… — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
We photographers say that we take a picture, and in a certain sense, that is true. We take something from people's lives, but in doing so we tell their story. — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
In our contemporary society, one so over-inundated with imagery, it is easy to overlook the power of a single frame to change the way… — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
The photograph is an undeniably powerful medium. Free from the constraints of language, and harnessing the unique qualities of a single moment frozen in… — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
I think life is too short not to be doing something which you really believe in. — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
Some of the great pictures happen along the journey and not necessarily at your destination. — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
Unconsciously, I think I watch for a look, an expression, features or nostalgia that can summarize or more accurately reveal life. — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
A picture can express a universal humanism, or simply reveal a delicate and poignant truth by exposing a slice of life that might otherwise… — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
If you wait, people will forget your camera, and the soul will drift up into view. — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
A still photograph is something which you can always go back to. You can put it on your wall and look at it again… — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
In India in particular, where millions have no home but the streets, virtually every life event is carried out in public: prayer, eating, sleeping,… — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
