1. Steve McCurry is the recipient of numerous awards, including Magazine Photographer of the Year, awarded by the National Press Photographers Association; the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal; and two first-place prizes in the World Press Photo contest.
Steve McCurry was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Penn State University.
Steve McCurry originally planned to study cinematography and filmmaking, but instead gained a degree in theater arts and graduated in 1974.
Steve McCurry became interested in photography when he started taking pictures for the Penn State newspaper The Daily Collegian.
Steve McCurry left with rolls of film sewn into his turban and stuffed in his socks and underwear.
Steve McCurry was almost drowned in India, and he survived an airplane crash in Yugoslavia.
Steve McCurry has had his work featured in magazines worldwide and he is a frequent contributor to National Geographic.
Steve McCurry went up to the roof of his building and started taking photographs, unaware that a plane had hit the towers.
Steve McCurry photographed the two towers and their eventual collapse.
Steve McCurry had no press credentials and evaded security to access the site.
Steve McCurry was eventually caught and escorted off Ground Zero; he did not go back again.
Steve McCurry switched from shooting color slide film to digital capture in 2005 for the convenience of editing in the field and transmitting images to photo editors.
Steve McCurry said that he had no nostalgia about working in film in an interview with The Guardian.
Steve McCurry shot the roll, which was processed in July 2010 by Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas.
Steve McCurry found the girl when he heard "unexpected laughter" coming from children inside a one-room school tent for girls.
In 2019, vlogger and professional photographer Tony Northrup released a research documentary accusing Steve McCurry of obtaining the photograph under false pretenses, and endangering Gula's wellbeing in doing so.
In 2016 Steve McCurry was accused of extensively manipulating his images with Photoshop and by other means, removing individuals and other elements.
When discussing the issue with a writer for Times Lightbox website, Steve McCurry provided similar comments about being a "visual storyteller", though without suggesting that the manipulation was done by others without his knowledge.
In 2016 French comic writer Jean-David Morvan and South Korean artist Kim Jung Gi published a biographical graphic novel about Steve McCurry, titled McCurry, NYC, 911.