Famed
American photographer Steve McCurry, widely known for his portrait of
an Afghan girl taken in 1984 and for his other gripping images, has
opened a retrospective exhibit in Villa Reale di Monza in Italy
featuring highlights from his career of more than 30 years. The
exhibition, titled “Oltre lo Sguardo,” shows 150 of McCurry’s
astonishing photos of people in diverse cultures around the world.
“For me a portrait is about connection, somehow you connect with a person, visually or emotionally,” explains McCurry to designboom. “I’ve
often believed that a person’s life stories are kind of written on
their face. It’s magical, it’s mystical the way you can connect to a
person, it’s hard to describe. You know it when you see it.”
The exhibition is a spectacular event in
itself, as the extraordinary photos in a large format are placed in the
corridors of Villa Reale di Monza, a historic palace building in Monza,
northern Italy.
An elderly man of the Rabari tribe, Rajasthan, India, 2010
Portrait of a boy from the Suri tribe, Omo valley, Ethiopia, 2013
Shadow play, Preah Khan, Angkor, Cambodia, 1999
Workers on a steam locomotive, India, 1983
A boy sits on a chair, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2013
Robert De Niro in his screening room in Tribeca, New York, USA, 2010
A girl in a doorway, Afghanistan, 2003
Steve McCurry speaking with men of the Suma tribe, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2012
Children from the Kara tribe look through windows, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2013
Camel and oil fields, Kuwait, 1991
Baby wrapped in a blanket from Xigaze, Tibet, 1989 (exhibition view at Villa Reale di Monza)
Portrait from Tagong, Tibet, 1999 (exhibition view at Villa Reale di Monza)
Portrait of a refugee taken in Balochistan, Pakistan, 1981 (exhibition view at Villa Reale di Monza)
