National Geographic

According to an article published in La Nacion, photographer Steve McCurry (author of the unforgettable portrait of the Afghan girl with green eyes, published by National Geographic) already found that perhaps his next great photo: a couple of tango in the fleeting moment in which the movement of both becomes the music itself. McCurry says that the intention of his photographs is telling stories of anonymous people who is not even aware of the uniqueness of the moment that the photographer captures. According to McCurry, no need to share a time with people determined to capture a moment. It can be a strong connection immediately, even without knowing the history of the protagonists. Sometimes you can be a woman in Tibet who walks into his life.

And I am an American with a camera that detects something interesting. The expressions of people change from one moment to another. Beauty lies in finding the right moment. Work, intuition and talent make up the artistic process that defines the work of the American photographer. People It is found that certain scenarios, their expressions, their attitudes, their behaviors are the raw material that fascinates him. McCurry quantity do not the difference. One million photos throughout my life can be like a million words that mean nothing. What makes sense is if an image is capable of capturing the imagination of the people.

Steve McCurry is one of those photographers looking for the moments lost in this world so unknown to so many. Many people when he sees any of these photographs realizes what little comes to us from most sections of the Earth corners: customs, feelings, nature or even death and desolation. By photographers like Steve McCurry many people know a little more about our world, even more destructive facets of ourselves.


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