1. The genius

2. Historical Background  Born February 24th, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  Studies film and history at the Pennsylvania State University (Bachelor of Arts)  Works at local newspaper for two years  Goes to India to work as a photographer  Travelled to al lot of dangerous places like battlefields

3. Influences *Henry Cartier-Bresson: „His pictures provide wonderful insight into the personality of his subjects.” (MCCURRY about his influences) What he has seen on all his journeys, especially Afghanistan BUT! Steve McCurry is a influence to a lot of professional and not professional photographers, too!

4. Style and major genre  Genre: Documentary  Style: Mccurry is always trying to find people with faces that tell a story. E.g. the girl with the green eyes (Sharbat Gula). You can see the fear and the sadness because of the war in Afghanistan in her eyes

5. #1 Little girl searching for security, embracing a machine gun

6. #2 India

7. #3 Balinese bride

8. #4 Miner

9. #5 Afghan girl

10. Design Elements  #2: Diagonals  #3: depht of field  #1, #4, #5: colour play Light *Natural light on every picture * Bright colours

11. Why did I choose those pictures?  I think that all of those pictures show that Mccurry sets the focus on the eyes of the object. The eyes always tell a story, emotions or the personality.

12. Did you know?  That Mc Curry tried to search for the Afghan girl  That he travelled a few times to Afghanistan to find her  That he found her  That her name is Sharbat Gula All in all he is my favourite photographer!!!