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Book - The Unguarded Moment 

Steve McCurry 

As a photographer , I am sustained by the rhythms of everyday life: the routines of herding and fishing; the chanting of prayers and the hawking of wares. Where do humans sleep? How do we feed ourselves? How do we keep warm? For me, documenting the infinitely varied ways we meet these fundamental human needs has proven to be a profound journey.

The sequence of images that follows is not tied to specific events or cultures, but instead suggestive of the vast tapestry of human experience and my chance encounters with silhouette and shadow, water and light, spire and sky. In The Unguarded Moment,as... 

Steve McCurry 1999

INDIA. 1999. Playing cards at the Taj Mahal. 

Steve McCurry 1983

INDIA. 1983.

(INDIA-10381) 

Steve McCurry 1983

BANGLADESH. 1983.Family walking along a railway trackRailway... 

Steve McCurry 1986

AFRICA. 1986. Sahel Desert.

Steve McCurry 1986

CHAD. Rig-Rig. 1986. A Boy leads his goats over a sand dune out... 

Steve McCurry 2006

AFGHANISTAN. Bamiyan. June 2006. Brick Worker. 

Steve McCurry 1985

MALI. 1985. Two Children, The Sahel, Bamako. 

Steve McCurry 1983

INDIA. Rajasthan. 1983. Cluster of women during dust storm. 

Steve McCurry 1999

Tibet. Kham. 1999. 

Steve McCurry 1999

CAMBODIA. Angkor. A boy on a bicycle at Banteay Srei. 1999. 

Steve McCurry 2000

CAMBODIA. 2000.

Steve McCurry 2001

INDIA. Kumbha Mela Festival. 2001. 

Steve McCurry 1999

CAMBODIA. Angkor. Angkor Wat. 1999. Monks on causeway at Angkor... 

Steve McCurry 2001

Tibet. 2001. Pilgrim praying at the Buddhist academy of Larung... 

Steve McCurry 2008

BURMA. Mandalay. 2008. Buddha statue. 

Steve McCurry 1985

PAKISTAN. Karachi. 1985. Ship Breaking Yard.
(PAKISTAN-10001)... 

Steve McCurry 1999

CAMBODIA. Angkor. Monks at Ta Prohm. 1999. 

Steve McCurry 2004

TIBET. 2004.

Steve McCurry 2001

INDIA. Karnataka. Bylakuppe. 2001. Young monks play with computer... 

Steve McCurry 1989

FRANCE. Marseille. 1989. Gypsy boy.

FRANCE-10028 

Steve McCurry 1998

CAMBODIA. Angkor. 1998. Old man smokes a cigar at Preah Khan.... 

Steve McCurry 2000

CAMBODIA. Angkor. 2000. 

Steve McCurry 2008

Boy and devalued currency in market, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1992... 

Steve McCurry 1997

YEMEN. 1997. 

Steve McCurry 1989

CROATIA. Zagreb. 1989. A woman pauses while walking down a street... 

Steve McCurry 2002

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. 2002. A widow asks for alms at the Grand... 

Steve McCurry 2007

AFGHANISTAN. Bamiyan. 2007. Hazara Schoolchildren.

(AFGHN-12772)... 

Steve McCurry 1995

MYANMAR (Burma). Yangon (Rangoon) Daw Aung San SUU KYI, writing... 

Steve McCurry 1990

AFGHANISTAN. Freyzabad. 1990. A young refugee girl and her father.

(AFGHN-10089NF10)... 

Steve McCurry 2002

AFGHANISTAN. Band i Amir. 2002. 

Steve McCurry 2003

AFGHANISTAN. 2003.

Steve McCurry 2003

AFGHANISTAN. Maymana, Faryab. 2003.

Steve McCurry 1994

BURMA. 1994.

Steve McCurry 1999

TIBET. Kham. 1999. Nomad Woman in yak-hair tent. 

Steve McCurry 2006

AFGHANISTAN. 2006. 

Steve McCurry 1991

KUWAIT. 1991. A desalination plant outside of Kuwait City that... 

Steve McCurry 2006

AFGHANISTAN. Bamiyan. 2006.

Steve McCurry 2007

JAPAN. Kyoto. 2007. Geisha in the subway. 

Steve McCurry 1994

MYANMAR (Burma). Rangoon. 1994. Fisher-man thows net into stream.... 

Steve McCurry 1996

INDIA. Gujarat. 1996. Weaving khadi fabric at Gujarat Vidyapith,... 

Steve McCurry 1997

SRI LANKA. 1997. 

Steve McCurry 1999

INDIA. Jammu and Kashmir. Srinagar. 1999. Dal Lake. Fishermen... 

Steve McCurry 1986

MALI. 1986.

Steve McCurry 1995

SRI LANKA. Batticaloa. 1995. Villagers displaced by war live... 

Steve McCurry 1989

TIBET. 1989.

Steve McCurry 2006

AFGHANISTAN. 2006.

Steve McCurry 1998

INDIA. 1998. Taj Mahal. 

Steve McCurry 1996

INDIA. Calcutta. 1996.

Steve McCurry 1999

YEMEN. Hajjah. 1999. Goat herder.

Steve McCurry 1986

MALI. Djenne. 1986.

Steve McCurry 2001

INDIA. Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. 2001. Crowds of people stand... 

Steve McCurry 1983

INDIA. Bombay. 1983. Men walking to mosque. 

Steve McCurry 1983

INDIA. Gujarat, Porbandar. 1983. A man and a woman wade through... 

Steve McCurry 1984

INDIA. 1984.

Steve McCurry 1996

INDIA. 1996.

Steve McCurry 1996

INDIA. 1996.

Steve McCurry 1992

AFGHANISTAN. 1992. Shoe store.

Steve McCurry 1995

SRI LANKA. 1995. A family at home relaxing, eating and playing.... 

Steve McCurry 1995

SRI LANKA. Kegalla. 1995. Muslim school, girls are segregated... 

Steve McCurry 1996

SOUTH AFRICA. Cape Town, South Africa, 1996. 
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