Steve McCurry

Born in 1950 in Philadelphia (USA)

Member of Magnum Photos since 1986, Steve McCurry was born in 1950 in Philadelphia and lives in New York. He studied at the Pennsylvania State University College of Art and Architecture before working as a photographer for a newspaper. After two years, he made the rst of many trips to India. With little more than a bag of clothes and lm, he crossed the subcontinent and explored the country with his camera. > Read more

His career was launched when he crossed the Pakistani border, disguised as a Pashtun, just before the Soviet invasion. The photos he brings back are published all over the world and earn him the Robert Capa Gold Medal, the rst of a long series of prestigious awards, including four World Press Photo Awards in the same year and the Olivier Rebbot Memorial Award twice.

McCurry has been one of the most iconic gures in contemporary photography for more than four decades. His work covers con icts, disappearing cultures, ancient traditions and contemporary culture, while retaining the human element that makes his photographs powerful images. He is also known for his images of South and South-East Asia. His young green-eyed Afghan refugee girl (Pakistan, 1984), whom he found twenty years later, is one of the world’s most famous icons of photo- graphy.

More recently, the Royal Photographic Society in London awarded McCurry The Centennial Medal for lifetime achievement and in 2019 McCurry was inducted into the International Hall of Fame of Photography.

In 2020, he published his latest book, In Search of Elswhere: Unseen Images, published by Laurence King Publishing. 

Exhibitions at Polka Galerie

Exhibitions at Polka Galerie

Steve McCurry Exhibition Sur la route de l'orient Steve McCurry Exhibition Sur la route de l'orient Steve McCurry Exhibition Sur la route de l'orient Steve McCurry Exhibition Sur la route de l'orient Steve McCurry Exhibition Sur la route de l'orient

Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry Exhibition Sur la route de l'orient
2023 November 10 - 2024 January 20
Steve McCurry IN SEARCH OF ELSEWHERE Steve McCurry IN SEARCH OF ELSEWHERE Steve McCurry IN SEARCH OF ELSEWHERE Steve McCurry IN SEARCH OF ELSEWHERE Steve McCurry IN SEARCH OF ELSEWHERE

Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry IN SEARCH OF ELSEWHERE
March 4 - June 6 2021
William Klein & Cie William Klein & Cie William Klein & Cie William Klein & Cie William Klein & Cie

Steve McCurry

William Klein & Cie
June 4 - August 8, 2009

Selected Publications

Dévotion Dévotion Dévotion Dévotion Dévotion

Steve McCurry

Dévotion
de la martinière, 2023
Les histoires à l'origine des photographies Les histoires à l'origine des photographies Les histoires à l'origine des photographies Les histoires à l'origine des photographies Les histoires à l'origine des photographies

Steve McCurry

Les histoires à l'origine des photographies
Phaidon, 2020
Inde Inde Inde Inde Inde

Steve McCurry

Inde
PHAIDON 2020
A la recherche d'un ailleurs A la recherche d'un ailleurs A la recherche d'un ailleurs A la recherche d'un ailleurs A la recherche d'un ailleurs

Steve McCurry

A la recherche d'un ailleurs
de la martinière, 2020
Animals Animals Animals Animals Animals

Steve McCurry

Animals
Taschen, 2019
AFGHANISTAN AFGHANISTAN AFGHANISTAN AFGHANISTAN AFGHANISTAN

Steve McCurry

AFGHANISTAN
Taschen, 2017
Les icônes photographiques Les icônes photographiques Les icônes photographiques Les icônes photographiques Les icônes photographiques

Steve McCurry

Les icônes photographiques
Phaidon, 2013

Selected Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions

Icons - A Great International Exhibition

2022 - 2023
Buenos Aires, Sydney, Lisbon, Madrid

Le Monde de Steve McCurry

2021- 2022
Maillol Museum, Paris, France

Wabi Sabi: Beauty in Imperfection

Musée Barbier, Mueller, Genève, Suisse, 2021

In search of Elsewhere

Galerie Polka, Paris, France, 2021

The world of Steve McCurry

La Sucrière, Lyon, France, 2019