The Life of Things from Steve McCurry

Our most favourite photographer Steve McCurry has a blog where his posts are selections of themed images from his many trips, these are from his Life of Things post, see the whole post here

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15 of the Worlds Most Famous Photographers

I think we could all put together a list that might contain some of these but as a stab at one person’s list I think it is OK. From Tripwire magazine

What makes a world’s famous photographer noticed or well-known? Is it the number of years he or she has been in this profession, the experience they have gathered, or a particular field of photography that he or she has chosen? None of these; the most important reason behind any of the world’s most famous photographer is the pictures he or she has taken.

World’s most famous photographers do keep a low profile a lot of times. A by-line in their photo is enough to acknowledge their work. Some famous photographers would rather not reveal their own faces for personal reasons. These reasons can be to stay mysterious to their growing audience in particular or they are just too shy, plain and simple. World’s most famous photographers are celebrated because they have made a particular shot of a bizarre or amazing moment that can only happen in a millisecond. People admire how in so little time, they have captured such an astonishing event or happening. .………….MORE

well Steve McCurry would be on most people’s list

 

Steve McCurry – India a photography exhibition London

At The Chris Beetles galley until February there is an exhibition of Steve McCurry’s images from India. I would say a bit of a must for anyone interested in portrait, travel, street or humanitarian photography.

Chris Beetles Fine Photographs

3-5 Swallow Street, London, W1B 4DE

Full details here

Steve McCurry app

If you have an iphone or ipad then get this app. It is a collection of Steve’s most memorable portraits and a video of the great man talking about his work. Not only will it help you to kill those bored moments it will also improve your photography just by getting you to look at great photographs every so often

Here is the link you need

Whilst you are at the app store you might also want to check out the excellent Fotopedia Women here is a link to that

you should also have a look at the Fotopedia Heritage, a whole library of pictures from heritage sites around the world. Going somewhere interesting check out what you will see there, even better upload your own pictures here is the link for that

Step by Step

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One step at a time is good walking.
- Chinese proverb

Solvitur ambulando
(To solve a problem, walk around.)
- St. Jerome

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

  If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking.
Angels whisper to those who walk.
- Raymond Inmon

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

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Cultures on the Edge

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Vanishing Peoples, Vanishing Livelihoods

Since the beginning of time, nomads have roamed the world and have been an essential part of economic and cultural activity around the globe.

South Asia has the world's largest nomadic population. In India, there are more than 500 nomadic groups, roughly 80 million people, but every day their traditional ways of life are disappearing.

The diversity of the livelihoods of each of these nomadic communities is staggering. 

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Food for the Soul

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Conversation is food for the soul.
- Mexican Proverb

 The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much;
always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends;
never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can;
to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose.

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More from the great man

A World of Prayer

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On Prayer
... All I know is that prayer constructs a velvet bridge
And walking it we are aloft, as on a springboard,
Above landscapes the color of ripe gold
Transformed by a magic stopping of the sun.
- Czeslaw Milosz, Polish Author

 

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when,
whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.

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Steve McCurry is one of the greatest living photographers he has many books here are a few Nietzsche said about religion... There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

Know Who You Are

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Know, first, who you are .... and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus

Omo Valley, Ethiopia

India

The more people explore the world, the more they realize
in every country there's a different aesthetic.
Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.
- Helena Christensen

Native American Woman, Palm Springs, California

If you were to gather all the clothes you have ever owned in your life,

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Masterful portraits by a master of photography

Steve McCurry’s Blog

Steve McCurry’s Blog.