– Exhibition from February 28 to April 19 at Atelier Soardi, Rue Neil
Atelier Soardi is honored to present for the first time in the south of France the work of photographer Steve McCurry.
This photojournalist has particularly focused his work in war-torn countries and has brought back images from countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Lebanon, and Cambodia.
Steve McCurry is inspired by the colors of these countries that fight and struggle daily without losing their flavors and scents. He brings out the anonymity of these women and men from elsewhere, carrying their wounds and the intensity of their sometimes painful gazes that never turn away from him.
He collaborates with renowned magazines like National Geographic, where the globally known portrait of the young Afghan refugee was published.
On the occasion of Steve McCurry’s exhibition, Atelier Soardi will present a selection of 21 large-format photographs and 14 small-format ones.
Steve McCurry was born in Philadelphia in 1950. After studying cinema at university, he worked for two years in a newspaper, then became a freelancer and left for India.
1979 was a pivotal year when he crossed from Pakistan into rebel-controlled Afghanistan, just before the Soviet invasion. Thanks to the photos he took there, he won the Robert Capa Gold Medal.
Other wars, other reports in Yugoslavia, Lebanon, Cambodia, the Philippines, Kuwait, and again in Afghanistan.
Many of his famous reports in Tibet, Burma, India, Iraq, and Yemen have been published in National Geographic.
Among his various books, we can cite Monsoon (1988) and Sanctuary: The Temples of Angkor Wat (2002), as well as his latest: In the Shadow of Mountains (2007).
For over 30 years, Steve McCurry has captured gazes and seizes moments.
As a photojournalist, he joined the Magnum agency in 1985, an agency that has forever changed the status of photographers.
He was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal in the category of Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad, a recognition honoring photographers who have shown exceptional courage and initiative. The National Press Photographers Association awarded him the title of Magazine Photographer of the Year, and he simultaneously won four first prizes in the World Press Photo contest.
