Steve McCurry Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs takes an unprecedented look at the work of Steve McCurry, one of today’s finest and most daring imagemakers. This is the first book to fully explore how the world-renowned photographer finds, takes and develops his uniquely iconic photographs. Presenting a personal archive of material, Steve McCurry Untold features the very best of McCurry’s most beautiful and powerful photo stories, taken from around the world over the last thirty years. Each story is illustrated with never-before-seen notes, images and ephemera – saved by McCurry from his extensive travels – and over 100 lavish, full-colour photo plates of McCurry’s most significant work. Brought to life by newly commissioned essays, the stories offer a critical narrative and give new insight and ideas into the background, experience and ideas behind McCurry’s unparalleled photography. Together, these fascinating documents reveal a new and exciting view of the story behind the story.

Tracing the narrative behind 14 of McCurry’s most important assignments, each story provides a behind-the-scenes look at McCurry’s adventures, from first publication to their afterlife in the world, creating a documentary record of his remarkable career. The featured work covers his entire oeuvre and focuses on a broad range of themes, such as rail travel in India (1983), the plight of the Tibetan people (2000–6), the effects of the Monsoon (1984) and the events of September 11th (2001), alongside his lesser-known bodies of work on the Hazara Tribe in Afghanistan (2007), Yemen (1999), and the environmental fallout from the Gulf War in Kuwait (1991). Richly illustrated and explained, this book provides an inside perspective on Steve McCurry, creating a living biography and archive of one of photography’s greatest legends.

史蒂文·麦柯里的30年摄影生涯第一手巨作

首度揭开史蒂文·麦柯里的摄影新观点及引人入胜的故事旅程

那些未曾面世且隐藏在背后的震撼及秘密

从摄影对象、贴身手札、旅途记录、媒体报导到珍贵文件档案，完整公开！

「透过我的照片，让他人探索全世界。」──史蒂文‧麦柯里

1979年，史蒂文·麦柯里首次踏入战地，开启了史蒂文·麦柯里战地记者的生涯。之后，他冒着生命危险，在炮火连天的战场上，拍下战争的残酷、满目疮痍的场景、圣战士的革命情感……，并凭借着「游击战士上战场前祈祷」的摄影作品而举世闻名。

史蒂文·麦柯里的摄影作品纵观社会文化、人生百态、大自然、战争、人道关怀……，亲临第一线，看尽社会各角落的真实景象，透过详实的记载，为我们开启一扇观看世界的窗。

透过史蒂文·麦柯里的眼，穿透事物核心，在画面中融入强烈的对比，彰显景象的张力，更从拍摄对象本身汲取强大的能量，跨越人们之间的藩篱，客观地详实纪载每一情境。史蒂文·麦柯里的作品不仅仅是一张摄影照片，更是见证世代变迁与转换的记录。

此书完整记录史蒂文·麦柯里的摄影生涯。从西藏、柬埔寨、印度、孟买、越南、科威特、阿富汗、巴基斯坦……，那些难以亲临的地域与景色，借着史蒂文·麦柯里的镜头，看战火的无情、吴哥窟憎侣对宗教的虔诚、印度人搭火车日常风景、阿富汗的朴实生活、饱受威胁的西藏文化等。照片中的人事物，皆是史蒂文·麦柯里实时捕捉或久候多时的画面，但并非他会不断检视所拍摄的每一张照片，重返911现场所拍摄的作品，便因剧烈的画面及个人真实的情感，使他难以再次面对……。

史蒂文·麦柯里首度公开30年摄影旅程的文件档案，从手札、日记、地图、护照、钞票、报纸、照片及相关资料，彷佛亲身与史蒂文·麦柯里走过一趟又一趟的旅程。全书共分14个主题，丰富的文件及影像记录、故事与画面，结合史蒂文·麦柯里独特的艺术观点，提出全新的视野与想法，触动最深层的心，刻划摄影史上这位传奇摄影师活跃的轨迹，跟随史蒂文·麦柯里的视角，让我们又离这世界更近了一些。