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McCurry s photographs eloquently illustrate a country of contradictions, where the contemporary battles with the ancient and the spiritual clashes with the secular. Striking portraits of men and women, are presented alongside timeless images of children at play and shepherds tending their flocks and ancient sandstone cities are contrasted with shanty-towns constructed from tattered tarpaulins. The famous mountainous landscapes and ancient temples are shown together with scenes of daily life, such as a bread seller at his kiosk or traders at a market. McCurry s unique ability to cross boundaries of language and culture to capture stories of human experience is fully exhibited in this remarkable new collection of images.

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a /McCurry can make the hellish look heavenly - incredible photographs that change the way we look at our world - haunting and provocative imagesa - The Sunday Times Magazine a /these beautiful and often uplifting images, in finest documentary tradition, cross the boundaries of language and culture to capture the significant and the smaller stories of mankind.a - Daily Telegraph a /All the photographs selected for this edition are perfect compositions and the book is a must for anyone interested in appreciating the natural beauty of Asia and colour travel photography.a a Tribune a /a moving document of daily life amidst a staggering physical landscape and a politically turbulent one.a - Traveller a /extraordinary ... stunning ... it is McCurry's skill as a portrait photographer that makes this book so compelling. ... images as strange and beautiful as any Van Gogh painting. This is a book that is hard to put downa - Sunday Telegraph 'From frenetic street scenes to lyrical portraits, [McCurrya (TM)s] work captures the drama of life in a country he describes as at once pastoral and chaotic ... welcoming yet deeply inhospitable. - Financial Times

'McCurry can make the hellish look heavenly - incredible photographs that change the way we look at our world - haunting and provocative images' The Sunday Times Magazine, June 2005 'these beautiful and often uplifting images, in finest documentary tradition, cross the boundaries of language and culture to capture the significant and the smaller stories of mankind.' Daily Telegraph, July 2005 'All the photographs selected for this edition are perfect compositions and the book is a must for anyone interested in appreciating the natural beauty of Asia and colour travel photography.' Tribune, September 2005

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Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for almost 40 years, with scores of magazine covers to his name, over a dozen books, and hundreds of exhibitions around the world. A member of Magnum Photos, he has created stunning images on six continents and countless countries. McCurry has been recognized by numerous awards, including the Robert Capa Gold Medal and National Press Photographers Award.

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