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McCurry
Untold
The Stories
Behind the
Photographs
Foreword
India By Rail
Monsoon
The Afghan Girl
After the Storm
Gateway to India
In the Vale of Sorrow, Kashmir
Sanctuary: The Temples of Angkor
Yemen: A Country Apart
September 11th
The Tibetans
Beyond the Footsteps of Buddha
Hazara: Strangers in the Homeland
Access to Life: Fighting HIV/AIDS
Chronology
Bibliography
Index
Previous page: Steve McCurry in monsoon floods, Porbander, India, 1983 / Above: Portrait photographer, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1992
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Foreword
Monsoon
Synopsis
Both a blessing and a curse,
destructive and sustaining, the
monsoon affects half the worlds
people. Infamous for torrential
rain-bearing winds that pore
across Asia from tropical oceans,
the monsoon remains one of
lifes most reliable occurrences
and critical uncertainties. The
result of meticulous planning and
deep, personal inspiration, Steve
McCurry journeyed through three
continents to fully document
and endure the dramatic and
elemental gift of the gods as life
seemed to hang in precarious
balance.
Locals riding a rickshaw through heavy monsoon rain, Varanasi, India, 1983
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shooting again.
Back on his feet, McCurry took a series of
photographs that illustrate how the monsoon could
bring a degree of risk even to the most mundane
daily tasks. He was still in Goa, shooting a waterfall
that was usually a trickle but which the rains had
turned into a torrent. One of the images shows
two men crossing the river, presumably a regular
journey but now perilous (see below). As they step
unsteadily across some large stones, one of the
men pulls the other, who is in danger of being blown
away as he desperately holds on to his umbrella.
Behind them the swollen waterfall crashes down
into the river. The scene is a demonstration of the
vulnerability of humanity in the face of the power
unleashed by nature, and it reveals also McCurrys
tenacity in the face of potential danger, particularly
Two men crossing a swollen river after the bridge was washed away,
Goa, India, 1983
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Letter and envelope from the Director General of Meteorology, India, to McCurry c/o Mr Avinash Pashricha, 29 July 1983
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River, swollen by the Monsoon rains, snaking through Arnhem Land, Northern Territory,
Australia, 1984
Evening light catching rain-soaked paddy fields, near the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1983
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