"Most of my images are grounded in people. I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face." - Steve McCurry - American freelance photographer Source: Amateur Photographer of 13 March 2010, p. 44
Scroll through and view his PORTRAIT photos, CLICK HERE, think about how they relate to his quote above, then answer...
What is it that is so GOOD and AMAZING about his PORTRAIT photos? Explain your answer.
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26 comments:
i think that the quality of the camera makes it very amazing, also all of the pictures are very colorful and all the people in them has something different and unique, like the eyes, the smile, or even one of them has a big lizard with him, so that makes you be interested in it.
Rocio Z
I think the portraits of people that he takes are really good. I think in most of them it really captures their true being and hints at clues to their walks of life. I think the way he chose to capture these photos of people really do them justice in the way that it tells their story to those who don't know.
Brady B
What I feel good about the portrait photos are the variants of countries he went to and took pictures of. Like all the pictures he's took are the people who are themselves and the it's a straight on picture where you can see everything.
Bao N.
I think that his portraits are so good because they are natural: they aren't staged. The fact that they are striped of props and superfluous things gives the subject a more raw and exposing feeling which leads the viewer to create a stronger bond with that subject through the emotions they experienced. Savannah R-B
These portrait photos show a lot of culture in a single photo. Each one shows a different life and different stories, and can show a small portion of their day to day life.
Jaedon K
The diversity and vibrancy in his portrait photos is what's good and amazing. His pictures aren't bland, they almost have a story to tell about the person in the portrait
Jaynie R
McCurry's portraits portray an element of innocent humanness that we often don't see or want to see. Some are dramatized, but the majority of the photos show the natural state of someone. They show real life, some sad and some good, but overall demonstrate events, emotions and feelings we often don't talk about or see as glamorous. Sadie S
I think the thing that makes his pictures so good is the fact that they're all very colorful and unique, and that the pictures are all in very good quality. Cody K.
Steve McCurry photos say so much about a person or place with one photo. His photo show what life is like in other parts of the world. Lots of his photos show how bad some peoples life are in other countries. Kekoa.L
What is so good and amazing about Steve McCurry's portrait photos is they tell the truth. They aren't all smiling people posing for a self portrait; they are taken of people in a moment of truth. These portraits show what everyone is actually going through.
Chloe L.
The Things that is good and amazing about his portraits is that they are all different and not the same. Some on the pictures has bright colors and really catch your eye.
Alyson D.
What makes his portraits so amazing are that they each tell a story of someones life. However, they all tell one huge story together. -Liv R
His photos capture the expressions on people's faces very well. I love how raw and real the photos are and seeing that mixed in with all the colors. They really pull you in and draw your eyes right to the people in the portraits. Jaelyn A
I feel like people think his photos are amazing because they capture some one where they are or who they are. I mean that his photos show who the peoples real side of them or who they are.
His images are so good because like he said there of people, people in their natural state. Yes, like most photographers he might have added a few things in the photo or moved things so the image was what he wanted, but the photos don't look overdone, fake. "I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out..." how he described his work is true, all of his photos show a "unguarded moment, like of a family.
-Kaitlyn S
I think his photos are absolutely amazing because behind each picture has its own story and they are all special in a different way.
His portraits are amazing, in my opinion because when you look at the photographs you know you're looking at a person, but when that person is looking back at you, you get a different feeling. You see the photographs and you realize the people haven't been altered, this is how they look on a daily basis, the didn't get ready for this picture.
Claudia A.
the quality of these photographs are really good. what i think is amazing is taking all these pictures of different cultures and countries.
lizeth v.r
I absolutely love his work! Each photo has its own story, weather that be culturally, physically or emotionally each is unique in its own way. There is a very broad range in age, gender and ethnicity. Also the color the wide range of color used in each photo is beautiful.
Sabrah S,
i think that theses photos show many different cultures and many places . he takes photos and uses many different colors and express the ways of life that the people in these photos feel. jordyn.l
The photos are real raw content of people around the world. He shows the different Ethnicities of people, and different ways of life.
-Sadie H.
The portraits relate to the quote because just about all of the people photographed are looking directly into the camera and it is said that they eyes are the window to the soul. I think his photograph are interesting because you can feel a sense of intimacy when looking into someones eyes directly.
-Jennifer J.
His photographs are so real and human like. They capture so much diversity in our world. They are amazing because they are so different from anything else and he does not "sugar coat" his pictures.
Alexa D
I think his photos are so good because the photos are real and untouched people, and they are all so diverse. Also the camera quality and color in them makes them eye catching. Mia M
I think that the meaning and emotions behind the pictures tells an amzing story. The camera quality is beautiful. -Skylar H
What i really like about his style is how he captures each culture very well while making it feel very real and organic at the same time. -Edson J
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