Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
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.
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Artist: Steve McCurry
Flower Vendor on Dal Lake by Steve McCurry, 1999, Digital C-Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Flower Vendor on Dal Lake by Steve McCurry depicts a man transporting vibrant, multi-colored flowers in a canoe. He paddled down the calm river, passing by a house surrounded by lush...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
A coffee farmer prays alone in an empty church by Steve McCurry, 2012
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
A coffee farmer prays alone in an empty church by Steve McCurry depicts a man sitting by himself on a bench, kneeling over with his hands in prayer. Light pours in from the open door...
Category
2010s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Mother and daughter on their balcony in Beirut by Steve McCurry, 1982
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Mother and daughter on their balcony in Beruit by Steve McCurry depicts a woman and child sitting outside. The woman looks down, concentrating on peeling her potatoes, while the girl...
Category
1980s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Dust Storm (Vertical) by Steve McCurry, 1983, Digital C-Print, Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Dust Storm (Vertical) by Steve McCurry is a 30 x 24 inch Digital C-Print on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss Paper, available in an edition of 75. This photograph features a group...
Category
1980s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Holi Man by Steve McCurry, 1996, Digital C-Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Holi Man by Steve McCurry depicts a group of men during the Hindu festival, Holi. A man covered in green powder lies on his back while a sea of red men lift and carry him. Joyous exp...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Man Mediates at Auschwitz by Steve McCurry, 2005, Digital C-Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Man Meditates at Auschwitz by Steve McCurry depicts a man sitting in the middle of train tracks at the Memorial and Museum Auschwits-Birkenau in Poland. The tracks lead back to the g...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Real Gabinete Português de Leitura by Steve McCurry, 2014, Digital C-Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Real Gabinete Português de Leitura, which translates to the Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, by Steve McCurry depicts a woman standing on a ladder in an extravagant library. She ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
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Digital
Mahout Reads with his Elephant by Steve McCurry, 2010, Digital C-Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Mahout Reads with his Elephant by Steve McCurry depicts a man and elephant sitting in a grassy field. The man sits on a rock while he reads his book, and the elephant sits behind him...
Category
2010s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Monks Praying at Golden Rock by Steve McCurry, 1994, Digital C-Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Monks Praying at Golden Rock by Steve McCurry presents a group of men praying next to a giant rock. The four men are dressed in red, with their hands in prayer raised to their forehe...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Camels in Dust Storm by Steve McCurry, 2010, Digital C-Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Camels in Dust Storm by Steve McCurry presents two figures leading their camels through the sandy terrain of the desert. They struggle further into the storm, consumed by the orange ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Blue Mosque, Mazar e Sharif by Steve McCurry, 1992, Digital C-Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Blue Mosque, Mazar e Sharif by Steve McCurry depicts a couple seated on the ground, feeding a flock of white doves. More birds swoop down from the sky, intrigued by the hand out of f...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Man and Taj Reflection by Steve McCurry, 1999, Digital C-Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Man and Taj Reflection by Steve McCurry depicts a man dressed in white, kneeling down to gather water below him. The Taj Mahal is mirrored almost perfectly in the still water.
This ...
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1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
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Digital
Fishermen at Weligama by Steve McCurry, 1995, Digital C- Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Fishermen at Wligama by Steve McCurry features four men fishing in the ocean, on the shores of Sri Lanka. Three of the men are sitting on top of tall sticks, perched above the water ...
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1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
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Digital
Steve McCurry Procession of Nuns, Rangoon, Burma, Signed
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Procession of Nuns, Rangoon, Burma, 1994 Signed
by Steve McCurry
19 × 23 inches / 50 × 60 cm - paper size
Edition of 90
With hand signed, dated ...
Category
1990s Modern Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ganesh Chaturthi Festival by Steve McCurry, 1994, Digital C-Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Ganesh Chaturthi Festival by Steve McCurry features a mass of people walking into the shallow waters of the sea, as part of their celebration. People gather around a large statue of ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Widow Exits Restaurant by Steve McCurry, 1992, Digital C-Print, Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Widow Exits Restaurant by Steve McCurry is listed as a 20 x 24 inch digital c-print, available in an edition of 30. This photograph is printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Dust Storm (Vertical) by Steve McCurry, 1983, Digital C-Print, Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Dust Storm (Vertical) by Steve McCurry is a 30 x 24 inch Digital C-Print on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss Paper, available in an edition of 75. This photograph features a group...
Category
1980s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Afghan Girl with Hands on Face by Steve McCurry, 1984, Digital C-Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Afghan Girl with Hands on Face by Steve McCurry presents a powerful portrait. A young girl with piercing green eyes stares off in the distance. She wears a red scarf around her head ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment
Tram, Calcutta by Steve McCurry, 1997, Digital C- Print, Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Tram, Calcutta by Steve McCurry depicts a bustling intersection. The streets are lined with markets selling fruit, clothes and other varying products. People fill the streets, some w...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Moonrise in Mumbai by Steve McCurry, 1994, Digital C-Print, Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Moonrise in Mumbai by Steve McCurry is listed as a 20 x 24-inch digital c-print, available in an edition of 30. This photograph is printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss Pape...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Kashmir Flower Seller by Steve McCurry, 1996, Digital C-Print, Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Kashmir Flower Seller by Steve McCurry is listed as a 24 x 20 inch digital c-print, available in an edition of 90. This photograph is printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss P...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Shaolin Monks Training by Steve McCurry, 2004 Digital C-Print, Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Shaolin Monks Training by Steve McCurry is listed as a 20 x 24-inch digital c-print, available in an edition of 30. This photograph is printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Boy in Mid-Flight by Steve McCurry, 2007, Digital C-Print, Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Boy in Mid-Flight by Steve McCurry is listed as a 20 x 24-inch digital c-print, available in an edition of 90. This photograph is printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss Paper...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Procession of Nuns by Steve McCurry, 1994, Digital C-Print, Color Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Procession of Nuns by Steve McCurry is a 20 x 24 inch digital c-print on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss Paper, available in an edition of 90. T...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Taj and Train (Horizontal) by Steve McCurry, 1983, Digital C-Print, Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Taj and Train by Steve McCurry is a 20 x 24 inch digital c-print on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss paper, available in an edition of 90. This photograph features two men holding...
Category
1980s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Harvest Market by Steve McCurry, 1992, Digital C-Print, Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Harvest Market by Steve McCurry is a 20 x 24 inch digital C-print, printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss Paper. This photograph features a man standing in a market, surround...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Afghan Women at Shoe Store, Kabul by Steve McCurry, 1992, Digital C-Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Afghan Women at Shoe Store, Kabul by Steve McCurry is a 20 x 24 inch digital C-Print, printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Supergloss Paper. This photograph features 5 Afghan women at...
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Mother and Child at Car Window, Bombay by Steve McCurry, 1993, Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Mother and Child at Car Window, Bombay by Steve McCurry is a 20 x 24 inch digital C-print, available in an edition of 90. This photograph features a woman in red holding a child, loo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Digital
Shaolin Monks Training. Zhengzhou. China
By Steve McCurry
Located in New York, NY
Shaolin Monks Training. Zhengzhou. China, 2004
c print
20 x 24 inches
edition of 30
Shaolin monks training Kung Fu from Shaolin Monastery takes martial arts to a brand new level. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Steve McCurry 'Boys Play with Hoops'
By Steve McCurry
Located in New York, NY
Boys Play with Hoops
2019
C-Prints printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Super Gloss Paper
60 x 40 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 10
with certificate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Steve McCurry 'Woman enters Medieval Rock-Hewn Church'
By Steve McCurry
Located in New York, NY
C-Prints printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Super Gloss Paper
30 x 40 inches
Signed and numbered edition of 10
with certificate of authenticity
Steve McCurry (American, b.1950) is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Procession of Nuns, Rangoon, Burma, 1994 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Procession of Nuns, Rangoon, Burma, 1994 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
Signed, and affixed with photographer's edition label and numbered on ...
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Shaolin Monks Training. Zhengzhou. China
By Steve McCurry
Located in New York, NY
Shaolin Monks Training. Zhengzhou. China, 2004
c print
20 x 24 inches
edition of 30
Shaolin monks training Kung Fu from Shaolin Monastery takes martial arts to a brand new level. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Man and Taj Reflection
By Steve McCurry
Located in New York, NY
Steve McCurry
Man and Taj Reflection, 1999
20x24 inch
edition of 30
Also available in
30x40 inch edition of 15
40x60 inch edition of 10
Category
1990s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Hazrat Ali Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 10
Please inquire for additional sizes
Steve McCurry Biography
American, b. 1950
Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic figures in contemporary photography for mo...
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1990s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Himba Shepherds Take Their Goats to Graze
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 30
Additional sizes available
Steve McCurry (American, b. 1950) has been one of the most iconic figures in contemporary photography for more than five decades. Born in Ph...
Category
2010s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Clover Gatherers
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 15
Additional sizes available
Steve McCurry (American, b. 1950) has been one of the most iconic figures in contemporary photography for more than five decades. Born in Ph...
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Afghan Women at Shoe Store, Kabul, Afghanistan
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 10
Additional sizes available
Steve McCurry (American, b. 1950) has been one of the most iconic figures in contemporary photography for more than five decades. Born in Ph...
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Boys in the Boot of a Taxi
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 15
Additional sizes available
Steve McCurry (American, b. 1950) has been one of the most iconic figures in contemporary photography for more than five decades. Born in Ph...
Category
1990s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Young Practitioners of the Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 15
Additional sizes available
Steve McCurry (American, b. 1950) has been one of the most iconic figures in contemporary photography for more than five decades. Born in Ph...
Category
2010s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
A Grandmother Takes Her Granddaughter Home
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 15
Additional size available
American, b. 1950
Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic figures in contemporary photography for more than five decades. Born in Phil...
Category
2010s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Portrait of a Boy from the Suri Tribe
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 15
Please inquire for additional sizes
American, b. 1950
Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more than 30 years, with sc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Eagle Hunter
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 12
Please inquire for additional sizes
American, b. 1950
Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more than 30 years, with sc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Boys Play with Hoops
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 30
Additional sizes available.
Boys playing with hoops in Madagascar.
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2010s Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Woman Enters Medieval Rock-Hewn Church, Ethiopia
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 15
Available in additional sizes
Signed, numbered, and dated on verso.
Category
2010s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Children Play on Tank, Lebanon, 1982 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Children Play on Tank, Lebanon, 1982 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
Signed and numbered on photographer's edition label on reverse
Digital c-type print
20 x 24 inches
From an...
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1980s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
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C Print
Two Men in Washington Square Park, New York, NY
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 15. Signed, dated, and numbered on verso.
Universally recognized as one of today's finest image makers, Steve McCurry has won many of photography's top awards. Best known ...
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2010s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
Togo
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
People playing instruments
Edition of 15.
Additional sizes available.
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2010s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Man in Monsoon
By Steve McCurry
Located in Greenwich, CT
Photograph of people in a street during monsoon season in India
Edition of 6
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1980s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
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
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1980s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
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.
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Early 2000s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
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Archival Pigment
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...
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1980s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
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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...
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1980s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Geisha in Subway, Kyoto, Japan, 200 -Steve McCurry (Colour Portrait Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Geisha in Subway, Kyoto, Japan, 200 -Steve McCurry (Colour Portrait Photography)
Signed and affixed with photographer's edition label and numbered on reverse
Digital c-type print
20...
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21st Century and Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
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C Print
Rajasthan Shadows, Rajasthan, India, 2009 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Rajasthan Shadows, Rajasthan, India, 2009 - Steve McCurry (Colour Photography)
Signed and affixed with photographer's edition label and numbered on reverse
Digital c-type print
Print...
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21st Century and Contemporary Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
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C Print
Cluster of Women During a Dust Storm, Rajasthan, India, 1983
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Cluster of Women During a Dust Storm, Rajasthan, India, 1983
Signed and affixed with photographer's edition label and numbered on reverse
Digital c-type print
20 x 24 inches
Edition ...
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1980s Steve McCurry Figurative Photography
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C Print
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