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Staley-Wise Gallery

New York

Steve McCurry

(American, born 1950)

tourists lounge poolside, sri lanka by steve mccurry

Steve McCurry

Tourists Lounge Poolside, Sri Lanka, 1995

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dogs sleeps near st. basil’s cathedral, moscow, russia by steve mccurry

Steve McCurry

Dogs sleeps near St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow, Russia, 1993

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monks play football, burma by steve mccurry

Steve McCurry

Monks Play Football, Burma, 2010

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Biography

Timeline

1980
Robert Capa Gold Medal Award for coverage of the war in Afghanistan for Time
1984
National Press Photographers Association: Magazine Photographer of the Year
1985
World Press Competition, Four First Prize First place, Nature and Nature Series; First place, Daily Life and Daily Life Series
Oliver Rebbot Award Citation ("Monsoons" and "The New Faces of Baghdad")
1986
Oliver Rebbot Memorial Award, Overseas Press Club, Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad for work done in the Philippines
1987
Medal of Honor, Philippines, for coverage of the 1986 Philippine Revolution
1990
Award of Excellence, White House News Photographers Association ("Spanish Gypsy")
1992
Oliver Rebbot Memorial Award, Overseas Press Club, Oliver Rebbot Memorial Award, Overseas Press Club
Picture of the Year Competition, Magazine Feature Picture Award of Excellence ("Fiery Aliens") First Place, Magazine Science Award ("Camels under a Blackened Sky") First Place, Gulf War News Story ("Kuwait: After the Storm")
World Press Photo Competition; First Place, Nature and Environment ("Oil-Stricken Bird, Kuwait"); First Place, General News Stories ("Kuwait After the Storm"); Children's Award ("Camels under a Blackened Sky")

Exhibitions

2010
Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009
Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, USA
Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore
Palazzo della Ragione, Milan, Italy
International Festival of Photojournalism, Perpignan, France
The History Center, Orlando, USA
Face of Asia – Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, USA
Bagh- Babur, Queen’s Palace, Afghanistan
Stories from the Field – Cavalier Gallery, Greenwich, USA
Stadtmuseum, Schleswig, Germany
Latitudes Photography Festival, Huelva, Spain
2008
Human Reflection, The Photo Symphony, Milwaukee, USA
The Magnum Print Room, London, England
Face of Asia – Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2007
Camera Obscura, Denver, USA
Path to Buddha, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, USA
India at 60, New York, USA
Pilgrimage, Morris Museum, Morristown, USA
South Southeast, Rennes, France
Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
South Southeast, Art Center Waco, USA
Tibet, International Center of Tibet, Washington D.C.
2006
South Southeast, Valencia, Spain
Afghanistan’s Children: The Next Generation, United Nations Lobby, New York, USA
First Photography Biennial, Alejandro Otero Museum, Caracas, Venezuela
Face of Asia, George Eastman House, Rochester, USA
Soho Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Cavalier Gallery, Greenwich, USA
Gallery Old Town, San Diego, USA
Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
Pilgrimage, Madrid, Spain
Face of Asia, Sir William Gray House, Hartlepool, England
Lucca Photofest, Lucca, Italy
Sojourn: Narratives of Asia, Galleria ModernArte, Modena, Italy
Hartlepool Art Gallery, Hartlepool, England
2005
Face of Asia - Asia House, London, England
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
2004
Phil Woods Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Pilgrimage - National Geographic Society, Washington D.C.
Buddhism - New Delhi, India
Written with Light - Artopia Gallery, Miami, USA
Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, USA
2003
Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Face of Asia - George Eastman House, Rochester, USA
Tibet House, New York, USA
The Augen Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Pilgrimage - National Geographic Society, Washington D.C.
Levering Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
2002
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, USA
Stenerson Museum, Oslo, Norway
Palacio dos Aciprestes, Pro Historica Associacao, Lisbon, Portugal
The Victor Barsokevitsch Photographic Centre, Finland
The School of Photography, Madrid, Spain
The Augen Gallery, Portland, USA
Exhibition Leeuwarden, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2001
Radiant Light Gallery, Portland, USA
Palacio dos Aciprestes, Pro Historica Associacao, Lisbon, Portugal
Vision Workshops, Annapolis, USA

Public Collections

George Eastman House, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Torino, Italy
Ackland Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Houston Museum of Modern Art, Houston, TX
Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Palmer Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
International Center of Photography, New York, NY

Literature

2009
The Unguarded Moment, Phaidon Press, USA
2007
In the Shadow of Mountains, Phaidon Press, USA
2006
Looking East, Phaidon Press, USA
2005
Steve McCurry, Phaidon Press, USA
2003
The Path to Buddha: A Tibetan Pilgrimage, Phaidon Press USA
2002
Sanctuary: The Temples of Angkor Wat, Phaidon Press, USA
2000
South Southeast, Phaidon Press, USA
1999
South Southeast, Phaidon Press, USA
1988
South Southeast, Phaidon Press, USA
1985
The Imperial Way, Houghton Mifflin, USA
English (US)

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