Steve McCurry Art
American, b. 1950
Steve McCurry is an American photographer who gained international acclaim for his arresting portrait of a young refugee known simply as Afghan Girl.
Originally published on the cover of National Geographic in 1985, the photograph shows a young Pashtun orphan, later identified as Sharbat Gula, who was living in a refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan, during the Soviet Union’s occupation of Afghanistan. The image is emblematic of McCurry’s work, which has brought him to war zones across the globe. Rather than focusing on the violence of the battlefield, McCurry seeks to capture the human face of conflict, distilling what is universal and recognizable in each portrait.
McCurry was born in Philadelphia and attended Penn State University, graduating cum laude with a degree in theater arts in 1974. After several years working at a newspaper in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, he left to work as a freelancer in India, where he honed his skill for capturing unguarded moments in daily life. Just prior to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in 1979, he crossed the border from Pakistan into Afghan rebel–controlled territory, wearing native garb to disguise himself, with rolls of film sewn into his clothing. The photographs he took there were among the first in the world to document the conflict, and his work was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal for “photographic reporting from abroad.”
Over the course of his career, McCurry has documented daily life alongside conflicts in Cambodia, the Philippines, the former Yugoslavia, Beirut, Iraq, Afghanistan and Tibet. Though his photos depict serious and sometimes frightening situations, his ability to connect with subjects and capture something of their personalities allows his images to transcend the documentarian distance of wartime journalism. The results are real portraits that happen to be set in tough situations. Welder in a Ship Breaking Yard, Mumbai, India (1994), for instance, reveals only the subject’s eyes, but they’re so intently fixed on McCurry’s lens that they seem to express volumes. Monk Running on Wall (2004) shows a young monk defying gravity as he skitters along an exterior wall of the Shaolin Monastery in Henan, China, over the heads of his friends. Like a Baroque painting, McCurry’s picture captures a moment of dynamic action that reveals something instantly recognizable in a subject from another part of the world.
Find original Steve McCurry photography on 1stDibs.
to
177
90
211
57
6
192
2
44
24
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
76
8
229
99
94
56
53
43
42
41
40
32
31
28
25
23
23
17
14
14
14
13
128
127
41
80
272
6,874
3,208
2,516
1,217
113
86
84
47
21
Artist: Steve McCurry
Woman At A Horse Festival, Tagong, Tibet
By Steve McCurry
Located in New York, NY
Woman At A Horse Festival, Tagong, Tibet, 1999
c print
24 x 20 inches
edition of 30
signed and numbered on label on verso
Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in co...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Rabari Shepard, Rajstan, India
By Steve McCurry
Located in New York, NY
RABARI SHEPHERD, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 2009
Digital Colour C-Type
20 × 24 in; 50.8 × 61 cm
Edition of 30
Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Holi Festival, Rajasthan, India
By Steve McCurry
Located in New York, NY
Holi Festival, Rajasthan, India
C-print
20 x 24 inch paper
edition of 30
Signed and affixed with photographer's edition label and numbered on reverse
Steve McCurry has been one of t...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Afghan Girl (Peshawar, Pakistan)
By Steve McCurry
Located in New York, NY
Steve McCurry
Afghan Girl
1984 (printed later
C-print on Fuji Crystal archival paper
24 x 20 inches
Signed and dated
Steve McCurry has been one of the mos...
Category
1980s Realist Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Child Drinks Water from Well, Nepal
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Child drinking from a well in Nepal
Edition of 15
Category
1980s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tourists at a Resort, Bentota, Sri Lanka
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph of tourists lounging by a pool in Sri Lanka as an elephant walks by.
Edition of 10
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Geisha in Subway, Tokyo, Japan
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
A geisha in a subway station in Tokyo, Japan. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Category
Early 2000s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Boat Covered in Snow in Sankei-en Garden, Yokohama, Japan
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Red boat amid a snowy landscape
Edition of 10
Category
2010s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Woman in Chand Baori Stepwell
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph of a woman in a red sari, sitting in a stepwell in Abhaneri, India
Category
2010s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Man in Monsoon
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph of people in a street during monsoon season in India
Edition of 6
Category
1980s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dust Storm (Horizontal)
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph of women huddled behind a tree during a dust storm in India
Edition of 15
Category
1980s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Camel Caravan
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph of a caravan of camels in Afghanistan. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Edition of 7
Category
1980s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dancers at Preah Kahn
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Dancers at Preah Kahn, Cambodia. Signed by the artist on verso, numbered, and dated.
Category
Early 2000s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jodhpur Cityscape
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph of Jodhpur, India. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph of birds flying around the Blue Mosque at Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan
Additional sizes available.
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portrait Photographer, Kabul, Afghanistan
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph of a portrait photographer in Afghanistan
Additional sizes available.
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Man Walks Through Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
A man walking through a shrine in Kyoto, Japan. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Additional sizes available
Category
Early 2000s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kashmir Houseboat
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph of houseboats in Kashmir. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Additional sizes available
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Train Station, Agra
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph of a train station in Agra, India. Signed by the artist on verso, numbered, and dated.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Category
1980s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Holi Festival, Rajasthan, India
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Men covered in powder during the Holi Festival in Rajasthan, India. Signed by the artist on verso, numbered, and dated.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Buddha and Bicycle, Mandalay, Burma
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photo of a large buddha sculpture on the ground with a bicyclist in the background. Signed by the artist on verso, numbered, and dated.
Please ...
Category
Early 2000s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Afghan Girl with Hands on Face
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photo of the iconic "Afghan Girl." FujiFlex Crystal Archive Print . Signed by the artist on verso, numbered, and dated.
Edition of 30
Category
1980s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tourists Lounge Poolside, Sri Lanka
By Steve McCurry
Located in New York, NY
This print is in an edition of 15 and is signed by the photographer. Additional sizes may be available upon request.
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph by renowned photographer Steve McCurry of the aqueduct of Padre Templeque in Mexico. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Category
2010s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gozanoishi Shrine
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph by renowned photographer Steve McCurry of the Gozanoishi Shrine in Japan. Signed by the artist on verso, numbered, and dated.
Edition of 30
Please contact us for additio...
Category
2010s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Man Walks on Crawick Multiverse
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph by renowned photographer, Steve McCurry, of a man walking on Crawick Multiverse in Scotland, UK. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Please contact us for additional si...
Category
2010s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Flower Vendor on Dal Lake
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
A flower vendor's boat on Dal Lake in Kashmir.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Camel Caravan, Southern Afghanistan, 1980 - Steve McCurry (Colour Landscape)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Camel Caravan, Southern Afghanistan, 1980 - Steve McCurry (Colour Landscape)
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital C-typ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Father and Daughter at Home in Nuristan, 1992 - Steve McCurry
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Father and Daughter at Home in Nuristan, 1992 - Steve McCurry
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print...
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Family Rides Donkey, Afghanistan, 2003 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Family Rides Donkey, Afghanistan, 2003 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print
20 x 24 inches
Edit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Man with Many Bells, Guwahati, Assam, India, 2001 - Steve McCurry
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Man with Many Bells, Guwahati, Assam, India, 2001 - Steve McCurry
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print
20 x 24 inches
Edition of 30 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Three Men on Steps, Jodhpur, India, 1996 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Three Men on Steps, Jodhpur, India, 1996 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print
20 x 24 inches
Ed...
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Afghan Women at Shoe Store, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1992 - Steve McCurry
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Afghan Women at Shoe Store, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1992 - Steve McCurry
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print
2...
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Monk at Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet, 2000 - Steve McCurry(Portrait Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Monk at Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet, 2000 - Steve McCurry(Portrait Photography)
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print
2014 20 x 24 in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Mujahideen Stand Atop a Mountain in the Hindu Kush, 1984 - Steve McCurry
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Mujahideen Stand Atop a Mountain in the Hindu Kush, 1984 - Steve McCurry
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type pri...
Category
1980s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Pigeon Feeding Near Blue Mosque, 1991 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Pigeon Feeding Near Blue Mosque, 1991 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print
20 x 24 inches
Editi...
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Clover Gatherers in Wadi Hadramawt, Yemen, 1999 - Colour Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print
Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper
Edition of 30
Also available in a larger size, please contact t...
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Intha Fisherman, Burma, 2011 - Steve McCurry (Colour Landscape Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Intha Fisherman, Burma, 2011 - Steve McCurry (Colour Landscape Photography)
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print
20 x 24 inches
From...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Welder in a Ship Breaking Yard, Mumbai, India-Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Welder in a Ship Breaking Yard, Mumbai, India-Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print, printed 2014
20...
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Portrait Photographer, Afghanistan - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Portrait Photographer, Afghanistan - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print, printed 2014
20 x 24 inc...
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Train Station, Agra, India - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Train Station, Agra, India - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print, printed 2014
20 x 24 inches
From ...
Category
1980s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Ship Breaking Yard, Karachi, Pakistan, 1985 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Ship Breaking Yard, Karachi, Pakistan, 1985 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital C-Type print
20 x 24 inches
...
Category
1980s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
C Print
Young Mujahideen on Swing, 1980 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Young Mujahideen on Swing, 1980 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print
20 x 24 inches
From an edit...
Category
1980s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mujahideen Leader Speaks to Fighters, Afghanistan, 1980 - Steve McCurry
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Mujahideen Leader Speaks to Fighters, Afghanistan, 1980 - Steve McCurry
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print
20 x 24 inches
From an ed...
Category
1980s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Intha Fisherman
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Print of Intha fisherman in Burma. Signed by the artist on verso, numbered, and dated.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Category
2010s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Monks Praying at Golden Rock, Kyaikto
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Monks praying at Golden Rock in Kyaikto, Burma. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Fisherman on Inle Lake, Ed. of 15
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Man fishing on Inle Lake in Burma. Signed by the artist on verso, numbered, and dated.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Category
Early 2000s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Procession of Nuns, Rangoon
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nuns in Rangoon, Burma. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Afghan Girl (Peshawar, Pakistan)
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Print of Afghan girl. Signed by the artist on verso, numbered, and dated.
Category
1980s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Girl on Ship Prow
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Girl on the Ship's Prow, with a turquoise boat in the background in Burma. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Cavalier Galleries...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Russian Car in Old Havana
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Green Russian Car in Old Havana with Green and Pink Walls, Cuba
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Boy From Suri Tribe
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Boy From Suri Tribe, Ethiopia. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Cavalier Galleries
Greenwich, Nantucket...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rajasthan Stepwell
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rajasthan Stepwell, India. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Cavalier Galleries
Greenwich, New York, Nantucket, Palm Beach
Category
20th Century Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bicycles on Side of Train
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photo of Bicycles on the Side of a Train, India. Signed by the artist on verso, numbered, and dated.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Cavalier Galleries...
Category
20th Century Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elephant with Sleeping People
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photo of an Elephant with Sleeping People, India. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Cavalier Galleries
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Woman in Costume for Perugia, Medieval Summer Festival, 2012
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Woman in Costume for Perugia, Medieval Summer Festival. Signed by the artist on verso, numbered, and dated.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
...
Category
2010s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Banaue Rice Terraces
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Banaue Rice Terraces in the Philippines. Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Cavalier Galleries
Greenwich, Ne...
Category
1980s Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Boy Rides Bike Down Dirt Road
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Boy Rides Bike Down Dirt Road in Vietnam
Please contact us for additional sizes.
Cavalier Galleries
Greenwich, New York, Nantucket
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Steve McCurry Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Steve Mccurry art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Steve McCurry art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, red, orange and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Steve McCurry in c print, pigment print, archival pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Steve McCurry art, so small editions measuring 5 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Patty Carroll, Maggie Taylor, and Andrew Moore. Steve McCurry art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $750 and tops out at $125,000, while the average work can sell for $5,500.
Artists Similar to Steve McCurry
Questions About Steve McCurry Art
- What is Steve McCurry's style?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Art photographer Steve McCurry is known for his close-up images of peoples faces, often termed a headshot. McCurry has traveled the globe, capturing conflicts, traditional cultures and scenes from contemporary society. His work often features bright colors in the center of the image, drawing the eye directly to his subject. Shop a selection of Steve McCurry pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.