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150 Portraits Of People Around The World In A 30-Year Career Retrospective By Steve McCurry
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150 Portraits Of People Around The World In A 30-Year Career Retrospective By Steve McCurry

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Legendary photojournalist Steve McCurry, who counts the famous Afghan Girl portrait as only one of his many amazing photos, is opening a retrospective exhibit in Italy called “Steve McCurry: Oltre Lo Sguardo” that will feature 150 photos taken throughout the 30 years of his illustrious career. The photos, taken among people of various cultures around the world, emphasize his unparalleled ability to capture the human soul through a lens.

For me a portrait is about connection, somehow you connect with a person, visually or emotionally,” McCurry told designboom. “I’ve often believed that a person’s life stories are kind of written on their face. It’s magical, it’s mystical the way you can connect to a person, it’s hard to describe. You know it when you see it.

The exhibit will be held in the beautiful Villa Reale di Monza in Italy, but it will run through April 6th, 2105, so if you’re dying to see his photos (as you should be), you can still make plans.

More info: stevemccurry.com | mostrastevemccurry.it (h/t: designboom, mymodernmet)

An elderly man of the Rabari tribe, Rajasthan, India, 2010

Portrait of a boy from the Suri tribe, Omo valley, Ethiopia, 2013

Shadow play, Preah Khan, Angkor, Cambodia, 1999

Children from the Kara tribe look through windows, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2013

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Workers on a steam locomotive, India, 1983

Mumbai, India

India

Sanaa, Yemen

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Rajasthan, India

Paraguay

Yangon, Myanmar/Burma

A boy sits on a chair, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2013

A girl in a doorway, Afghanistan, 2003

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Robert De Niro in his screening room in Tribeca, New York, USA, 2010

Steve McCurry speaking with men of the Suma tribe, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2012

Camel and oil fields, Kuwait, 1991

Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Portrait from Tagong, Tibet, 1999 (exhibition view at Villa Reale di Monza)

Portrait of a refugee taken in Balochistan, Pakistan, 1981 (exhibition view at Villa Reale di Monza)

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LisaDavies
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What an incredible body of work! Scope and composition are awesome and inspirational⭐️

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LucieHanzlová
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very interesting and beautiful! Make people thinking about your photos.

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Boris Vargovic
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Adorable work. A man with a soul was standing behind the lens, it is obviously.

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BorisVargovic
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Adorable work, It's obvious that man with soul was behind the lens.

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Moira Galliver
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you for giving us an amazing insight of our fellow humans. Awesome work!

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John Mallett
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad there is such variety in humanity still. Awesome beautiful people

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The "AFGHAN GIRL" is his most memorable work gracing all the world's top publications.

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great work.The image of the "AFGHAN GIRL" is a eternal haunting photo that decorates all the top photographic sites of the World.

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

April 6th, 2105 ? Wow. That's a long time for an exhibition ....

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

amazing, add on: the colorful pictures of India are a part of a festival called Holi. This happens every year in India :) .

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Loved , so beautiful this is real photography moment of time for moment of art

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

absolutely amazing! have no words which can do justice to what i feel...

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are no words, thank you for your inspiring and beautiful work

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the last one. It is amazing all the life and character that is able to be portrayed in one photograph!

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The last one is my favorite. It's amazing the life and character that can be portrayed in one photograph.

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Camel and oil fields is my favorite. I wish I could visit the exhibition.

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Pam Lame
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely breathtaking! I hope your show comes to my area! I will take everyone I know! Thank you!

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mis ojos, han disfrutado el placer de observar tan hermosas fotografías.

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mis ojos, han disfrutado el placer de observar tan hermosas fotografías.

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What an incredible body of work! Scope and composition are awesome and inspirational⭐️

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very interesting and beautiful! Make people thinking about your photos.

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Boris Vargovic
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Adorable work. A man with a soul was standing behind the lens, it is obviously.

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Adorable work, It's obvious that man with soul was behind the lens.

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Moira Galliver
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you for giving us an amazing insight of our fellow humans. Awesome work!

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John Mallett
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad there is such variety in humanity still. Awesome beautiful people

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Rudolph Furtado
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The "AFGHAN GIRL" is his most memorable work gracing all the world's top publications.

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great work.The image of the "AFGHAN GIRL" is a eternal haunting photo that decorates all the top photographic sites of the World.

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IdanRobbins
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

April 6th, 2105 ? Wow. That's a long time for an exhibition ....

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NandiniSood
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

amazing, add on: the colorful pictures of India are a part of a festival called Holi. This happens every year in India :) .

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Vancho Vanoti
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Loved , so beautiful this is real photography moment of time for moment of art

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

absolutely amazing! have no words which can do justice to what i feel...

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are no words, thank you for your inspiring and beautiful work

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the last one. It is amazing all the life and character that is able to be portrayed in one photograph!

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The last one is my favorite. It's amazing the life and character that can be portrayed in one photograph.

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StevenFowler
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Camel and oil fields is my favorite. I wish I could visit the exhibition.

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely breathtaking! I hope your show comes to my area! I will take everyone I know! Thank you!

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mis ojos, han disfrutado el placer de observar tan hermosas fotografías.

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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mis ojos, han disfrutado el placer de observar tan hermosas fotografías.

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