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Portraits mccurry5/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The statement tracks with much of what we read in two Italian interviews with Mr. I have taken steps to change procedures at my studio which will prevent something like this from happening again. It goes without saying that what happened with this image was a mistake for which I have to take responsibility. I try to be as involved as much as I can in reviewing and supervising the printing of my work, but many times the prints are printed and shipped when I am away. I have been fortunate to be able to share my work with people around the world. My photography is my art, and it’s gratifying when people enjoy and appreciate it. For example, my Cuba work was taken during four personal trips. Much of my recent work has been shot for my own enjoyment in places I wanted to visit to satisfy my curiosity about the people and the culture. Today I would define my work as visual storytelling, because the pictures have been shot in many places, for many reasons, and in many situations. Later on, I covered other wars and civil conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere, and produced photo essays for magazines, but like other artists, my career has gone through many stages. ![]() I went into Afghanistan with a group of Mujahideen in 1979, and thus became a photojournalist when news magazines and newspapers picked up my pictures, published them around the world, and gave me assignments to provide more images of the war. My career started almost forty years ago when I left home to travel and photograph throughout South Asia. ![]()
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