Steve McCurry Exhibit in NY

[nightfly]

Even if you consider "Afghan Girl" the Stairway to Heaven of Nat Geo style photography as I do, some of these images are insanely beautiful:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewtucker/gorgeous-unseen-photos-of-india-by-photojournalist-steve#.ed8ERPj5V

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Agreed, those are pretty terrific. Thanks!

 

[raid]

I missed his exhibit in Pensacola. It ran for 3 months or so! I just did not go ...

 

[jsrockit]

Thanks for the tip.

 

[sjauch]

Thanks for the heads up. Added to the calendar.

 

[jloden]

I went to this with a couple of photography friends a couple weeks ago. I actually own the companion book of Steve McCurry's India photographs so I was already familiar with the photos themselves, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit being able to see the prints in person.

 

[jloden]

Went to this yesterday. Somewhat disappointed. Although there were a handful of great images.

Out of curiosity, where you disappointed by the photographs themselves, or the exhibit/space?

 

[jloden]

Not as many photographs as I thought there would be. The space is really nice. Very quiet. Easy to find. Nice part of Chelsea. The color in the photographs is too...cranked up. I know he used Kodachrome, but at first I thought they were oil paintings or HDR. They looked really unnatural.

Gotcha... I do agree, it was a little smaller than I expected as well. I didn't realize until I got there it was part of a larger multi-floor exploration of Indian culture.

Colors didn't bother me, but then I have a couple of Steve's books including the India one. I was pretty well prepared for his signature vibrant color usage throughout. The print quality didn't blow me away, but then 1) being a photographer, I was standing too close to the prints and 2) The gesture and moment in the photos trumps the technical quality 10 times over so that's probably the least important element.