Talk:Steve McCurry

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Time for an Update
I will be working to fill this page in more and make necessary corrections. This ranges from filling out McCurry's life and work with current information, updating his awards and exhibitions, and making sure the information and citations are correct. Below I have attached the potential sources I've collected so far. If anyone comes across more useful sources, let me know.

Bibliography

Laurent, Oliver. “Steve McCurry: I'm Not a Photojournalist.” Time, Time, 30 May 2016, time.com/4351725/steve-mccurry-not-photojournalist/.

Letzter, Rafi. “The 'Afghan Girl' Photographer Faked Some of His Photos. Does It Matter?” Business Insider, Business Insider, 21 May 2016, www.businessinsider.com/steve-mccurry-photo-editing-scandal-2016-5.

Simons, Jake. “The Story behind the World's Best Photograph.” CNN, Cable News Network, 2 Dec. 2016, www.cnn.com/style/article/steve-mccurry-afghan-girl-photo/index.html.

Khan, Christine Hauser and Ismail. “'Afghan Girl' in 1985 National Geographic Photo Is Arrested in Pakistan.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 26 Oct. 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/world/asia/afghan-woman-in-famed-national-geographic-photo-is-arrested-in-pakistan.html.

Hajek, Daniel. “How One Photographer Captured A Piercing Gaze That Shook The World.” NPR, NPR, 26 July 2015, www.npr.org/2015/07/26/425659961/how-one-photographer-captured-a-piercing-gaze-that-shook-the-world.

McCurry, Photograph by Steve. “A Life Revealed.” The Afghan Girl, National Geographic, 1 Apr. 2002, www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2002/04/afghan-girl-revealed/.

Matthews, Katherine. “It's All Mixed: An Interview with Steve McCurry.” GUP, GUP Magazine, 13 Nov. 2013, www.gupmagazine.com/articles/its-all-mixed-an-interview-with-steve-mccurry.

Iqbal, Nosheen. “US Photographer Steve McCurry: Go with the Flow.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 28 June 2010, www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jun/28/steve-mccurry-photography.

Untitled
Can someone prove that McCurry used the last roll of Kodachrome? I suspect there are hundreds of rolls sitting in people's basements that haven't been used. Maybe bought?

McCurry didn't use the last existing roll of Kodachrome, he used the last roll produced by Kodak. Suzicurran (talk) 01:10, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Preference for film vs digital
The article currently has a section about how he switched to digital and a quote about how great digital is, then immediately has an unsourced claim that he prefers film:

"He said that he had no nostalgia about working in film in an interview with The Guardian. "Perhaps old habits are hard to break, but my experience is that the majority of my colleagues, regardless of age, have switched over... The quality has never been better. You can work in extremely low light situations, for example."[10]

McCurry shoots in both film and digital, but says he prefers shooting with transparency film."

Is there a source for him saying he prefers shooting with film or should this line be deleted?

81.143.206.219 (talk) 14:25, 21 December 2021 (UTC)