One of the greatest photographers, Steve McCurry was born in Philadelphia, 1950. He graduated the College of Arts and Architecture at the Pennsylvania State University. He became famous with his photography, which captures human struggle and joy. McCurry takes his risky journeys around the world to take good pictures in countries like Pakistan. He also has won several awards. One of his photography,the Afghan girl is chosen as the most magnificent photos in the world. He also was a writer, he wrote nine books. In many of his photos, he captured civil conflicts during Iran- Iraq War. The main themes of his photo are sadness and suffering
“A good picture makes us curious and makes us want to know more” – Steve McCurry
Among those amazing photos in Steve McCurry's blog, this photo which was taken at Kuwait, 1991 during a war by Steve McCurry had captured my attention. There is a dead body in foreground and a tank in the background. I also can see a small fire way back in the foreground. When I first saw this picture, the face of the dead body really caught my eyes. He really focused on the face; it’s hard to recognize, except its terrible facial expression which really tells me how cruelly this person has been killed. The dead body seems like a soldier’s, burned during the explosion. He used color to tell the mood of the picture. Every thing except the fire is black, representing the death, sadness and suffering. Even the color red of fire is emphasizing the explosion, maybe the color of hell. I think McCurry is trying to emphasize that wars only leads to death in this photo. Just like he said, if man kinds don’t stop the wars, mankind will die because of the wars.
“Most of my photos are grounded in people, I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face.”
Steve McCurry’s photos are great, because he uses colors, positions, balance, size and others to warn us that if you take away human rights from some people, they will suffer and die. His photos also makes us realize what is happening outside. I think his photos will last forever, because he captures all the sadness and suffering during human's histories. And histories will last forever in our heart, especially histories that made us suffer. I thought that I was reading a history book when I went throw his photos, though it was much interesting than a history book, it captured a lots of historical events, moods. Steve McCurry is just amazing! I hope he keeps taking more of these amazing photos, so people can realize the reality, the people who are suffering without some rights and that we got to help them.
You captured the themes of sadness, suffering, joy, human struggles and human rights very well in this piece, Se Jin. Take a look at my notes on your rubric to tighten up the grammar and mechanics. On the whole you identified the Big Idea and expressed your analysis well. I particularly liked the links to the fact that war does only lead to death - nobody wins. Your conclusion was very pleasing - his work is like a snapshot of history and through them we can see the recurring themes that humans can be cruel to each other. I agree with you that McCurry is asking his viewers to do something to change this cycle.
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