In our contemporary society, one so over-inundated with imagery, it is easy to overlook the power of a single frame to change the way we look at the world, or rally disparate hearts to a single cause. Yet, ours is a society shaped by this very phenomenon.

— Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry Quotes

If you want to be a photographer, first leave home.

— Steve McCurry

I strive for individual pictures that will burn in people’s memories.

— Steve McCurry

If you wait, people will forget your camera, and the soul will drift up into view.

— Steve McCurry

Most of my photos are grounded in people, I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a persons face.

— Steve McCurry

My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.

— Steve McCurry

What matters most is that each picture stands on its own, with its own place and feeling.

— Steve McCurry

A picture can express a universal humanism, or simply reveal a delicate and poignant truth by exposing a slice of life that might otherwise pass unnoticed.

— Steve McCurry

The definition of a great picture is one that stays with you, one that you can’t forget. It doesn’t have to be technically good at all.

— Steve McCurry

Some of the great pictures happen along the journey and not necessarily at your destination.

— Steve McCurry
Destination

The photograph is an undeniably powerful medium. Free from the constraints of language, and harnessing the unique qualities of a single moment frozen in time.

— Steve McCurry

It’s important for you to spend your time photographing things that matter to you. You need to understand the things that have meaning to you, and not what others think is important for you.

— Steve McCurry

In our contemporary society, one so over-inundated with imagery, it is easy to overlook the power of a single frame to change the way we look at the world, or rally disparate hearts to a single cause. Yet, ours is a society shaped by this very phenomenon.

— Steve McCurry

I think life is too short not to be doing something which you really believe in.

— Steve McCurry

We photographers say that we take a picture, and in a certain sense, that is true. We take something from people’s lives, but in doing so we tell their story.

— Steve McCurry

Unconsciously, I think I watch for a look, an expression, features or nostalgia that can summarize or more accurately reveal life.

— Steve McCurry

What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be put together coherently. But what matters most is that each picture stands on its own, with its own place and feeling.

— Steve McCurry
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