The Unguarded Moment: Steve McCurry

[Merelyok]

Needless to say, i was flabbergasted and supremely excited to learn that Steve McCurry would be exhibiting at one of the Museums we have here in tiny Singapore. On display would be iconic photographs such as the Afghan Girl at his first solo exhibition here, amongst others.




I was dumbstruck, (starstruck rather), when i saw Mr McCurry strolling into the foyer (followed by his assistant and accompanying photographer that seemed to be photographing him and his work together).

I was lucky enough to have my Zeiss Ikon with me and managed to snap a few shots of the man himself!





These were all that i managed. The lighting was rather dim and my film speed too slow. (provia 100). Well, at least i saw him in the flesh! He seemed friendly enough, waving and smiling to people at the show. At times he seemed almost shy even.

Oh, and the photographs were stunning.

[Avotius]

Thats pretty cool, Steve McCurry is my biggest photographic inspirations.

[buzzardkid]

I would like to have a sitdown with McCurry and just talk photography and life, and the art of seeing.

And if that cannot be, I'd like to visit his exhibition and just run into him

Lucky you!

[MCTuomey]

steve mccurry was interviewed on NPR yesterday on the occasion of kodak's announcement of the demise of kodachrome. he sounds very unassuming, shy even, on the radio. he referred to kodachrome as a now deceased dear friend whom he'll never be able to see again. it was the film he used to make the afghan girl image, he said.

[Merelyok]

Originally Posted by MCTuomey

steve mccurry was interviewed on NPR yesterday on the occasion of kodak's announcement of the demise of kodachrome. he sounds very unassuming, shy even, on the radio. he referred to kodachrome as a now deceased dear friend whom he'll never be able to see again. it was the film he used to make the afghan girl image, he said.

IIRC, he shot with Kodachrome and Ektachrome, almost exclusively. And yes, he shot the Afghan girl image with Kodachrome 64 with a Nikkor 105mm (supposedly).

It's nice to see such a fantastic photographer being so unassuming and humble. The photographer that was videoing Mr. McCurry (he was using a 5DMKII) directed him around (albeit nicely) and Steve McCurry just nodded, smiled and did exactly what he was told to do.

[Ducky]

I sit by my computor lamenting that I never go to exotic places, have exotic cameras, use exotic film but in my heart I know if I was there standing next to McCurry I would not see what he sees.
Brilliant work.

[nksyoon]

There's a Kodak promotional video where he talks about Kodachrome - he mentions that he has 800'000-1'000'000 Kodachrome slides in his studio archive!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2sIVXU8q1o