Steve mccurry full biography of katy
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In The Studio with Photographer Steve McCurry
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Silversea is exhibiting images taken by the renowned photographer Steve McCurry, who has spent decades documenting cultures around the world for National Geographic and other organizations – including as a longtime resident photographer with the luxury cruise line. 30 images that McCurry took during Silversea voyages are on view aboard the latest fleet of Nova Class ships. On 21-26 September, coinciding with the Contemporary Curated auction in New York, Sotheby’s highlighted 10 of the 30 photographs spanning Antarctica to Easter Island, Italy to Japan, Tahiti to Papua New Guinea. The exhibition will soon travel to London and be on view 9-14 November in our New Bond Street Galleries.
Steve McCurry is an award-winning photographer whose work has taken place in all seven continents and numerous countries. His body of work spans conflicts, vanishing cultures, ancient traditions, and contemporary
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"I've never been interested in accumulating stamps in my passport," says Steve McCurry, who nonetheless has gone through many little blue books during his decades as a photojournalist traveling up, down, and around six continents. Work has carried him from the temples of Angkor to refugee settlements at the Afghan-Pakistan border to India, where he tracked a monsoon—the "gift of the gods." Everyone knows his most famous photo—the haunting green eyes of Afghan Girl, which made National Geographic's cover in 1985 and gave a face to the Soviet occupation in Afghanistan—yet it's only one image in a career that has spanned the globe.
"I have never thought of my pictures in terms of covers," says McCurry, who's a recipient of the Robert Capa Gold Medal. "I look for pictures that tel
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by Yvette Depaepe
Published the 22nd of April 2024
Katy Gomez Catalina loves to travel and discover people's cultures and traditions. She quotes : Photography has accompanied me on my journey through life for more than four decades. I use my camera as a tool that connects me more and better with the world. Photography is the only means of expression that alltid fixes a precise and fleeting moment. Pressing the shutter fryst vatten not a merely mechanical act, you are also touching your inner self, your perception of the subjects and your conception of what surrounds you, and that is why your photos are as personal as your DNA.
Let's enjoy our journey with her through this interview.
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Dear Katy, please introduce yourself shortly and tell us more about you, your hobbies or other projects you are involved in!
I was born in Úbeda, Spain. I am PhD in Veterinary Medicine and a passionate photographer. I currently work as a P