Steve McCurry

In our contemporary society, one so over-inundated with imagery, it is easy to overlook the power of a single frame to change…

— Steve McCurry

The photograph is an undeniably powerful medium. Free from the constraints of language, and harnessing the unique qualities of a single moment…

— Steve McCurry

I think life is too short not to be doing something which you really believe in.

— Steve McCurry

Some of the great pictures happen along the journey and not necessarily at your destination.

— Steve McCurry

Unconsciously, I think I watch for a look, an expression, features or nostalgia that can summarize or more accurately reveal life.

— Steve McCurry

A picture can express a universal humanism, or simply reveal a delicate and poignant truth by exposing a slice of life that…

— Steve McCurry

To become a photographer leave your house first.

— Steve McCurry

If you wait, people will forget your camera, and the soul will drift up into view.

— Steve McCurry

If you want to be a photographer, you have to photograph

— Steve McCurry

A still photograph is something which you can always go back to. You can put it on your wall and look at…

— Steve McCurry

In India in particular, where millions have no home but the streets, virtually every life event is carried out in public: prayer,…

— Steve McCurry

If you want to be a photographer, first leave home

— Steve McCurry

The definition of a great picture is one that stays with you, one that you can't forget. It doesn't have to be…

— Steve McCurry

I think life is too short not to be doing something which you really believe in. Whether you're photographing for yourself, for…

— Steve McCurry

It’s important for you to spend your time photographing things that matter to you. You need to understand the things that have…

— Steve McCurry

My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.

— Steve McCurry

What matters most is that each picture stands on its own, with its own place and feeling.

— Steve McCurry

What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be…

— Steve McCurry

We photographers say that we take a picture, and in a certain sense, that is true. We take something from people's lives,…

— Steve McCurry

For those who were desperate, my camera became an object of hope (...)Throughout my year-long coverage of the monsoon world, my strongest…

— Steve McCurry

Most of my photos are grounded in people, I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on…

— Steve McCurry

I strive for individual pictures that will burn in people's memories.

— Steve McCurry