Portrait+Photographer+1-Steve+McCurry

-Yanesha, Peru

-Mumbai, India

The above photographs are taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry. He is the photographer who took the iconic //Afghan Girl// portrait in the 1980s. That picture, along with many others, can be seen at McCurry's website (http://stevemccurry.com/galleries).

As evidenced in the above pictures, McCurry experiments with the design principle of colour space quite a bit, which energizes his photographs. McCurry also focuses on capturing his subjects' eyes and expressions, thereby giving his pictures a very intriguing and almost haunting aura. This can be attributed to his skill as a photographer, or to the subjects he chooses to photograph. Ultimately, portrait photography forms a bond between the photographer and the photographed, an aspect showcased in McCurry's pictures.