[Leica] Picture of the Year Controversy

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Tina,
Most of his images of India may look exotic to others' eyes, but are
recognizable as reasonable regular occurrences and people to my eyes, that
is, to a person who lives in this culture. Being National Geographic just
got him more access, I guess.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:08 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> At 05:40 PM 4/20/2009, you wrote:
>
>  The brief was to take pictures in Afghanistan of refugees, that makes his
>> work a success. I don't recall heim ever claiming that the images he took
>> were representative of international children.
>>
>
> http://www.stevemccurry.com/main.php
>
> "Most of my pictures are grounded in people.  I look for the unguarded
> moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person's
> face.  I try to convey wat it is like to be that person, a person caught in
> a a broader landscape that I guess you'd call the human condition."
>
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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