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Steve McCurry: Afghanistan

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內容簡介 「這些臉龐，不分男女，在麥柯里精彩的照片中，大膽地凝視著前方」─威廉‧達勒普爾，英國歷史學家紀實攝影大師史帝夫‧麥柯里以一張國家地理雜誌的封面照「阿富汗少女」聞名全世界，照片中的少女有著一雙碧綠雙眼，直盯著鏡頭，眼神強烈、充滿情緒，全世界的讀者都因這雙綠眼睛留下深刻的印象。麥柯里為了攝影，不在乎走進最危險的地區中，而阿富汗就是其中一個。阿富汗長期處於紛爭衝突中，當地居民將這片土地稱為「叛亂之地」，在這樣不安定的社會中，阿富汗的人民呈現的是，是一種與亂象相悖卻也互相呼應的優雅和高尚。在這冊攝影集中，麥柯里集結了在阿富汗拍攝的一百四十張照片，這些精采的照片在坎達哈的沙漠中、喀布爾的街上、紐里斯坦偏遠的河畔說著這個土地和這群人的故事。喜歡「阿富汗少女」的讀者千萬不能錯過。War and GraceMagnum photographer Steve McCurry’s Afghanistan retrospectiveAfghanistan has long been a country overwhelmed by tribal rivalries, colonial wars, and geo-political conflict. The Afghans have called their mountains “the land of rebellion,” a land that has not been successfully occupied since the times of Alexander the Great. These invaders ― Persians, Arabs, Moguls, Sikhs, British, Russians ― may have been thwarted, but wandering through the bazaars of Kabul will attest to their legacy. In the people of Afghanistan, the genes of countless races meet and intermingle.Deep are the fissures in Afghan society; the schism between Sunni and Shia, the endemic violence across clans and tribes, and the blood feuds and rivalries within lineages. Yet born of such chaos and entrenched conflict are these most breathtaking of images.In this definitive retrospective of his work in Afghanistan,Steve McCurry has curated over 140 gripping images to present a torn, proud people, from the desert of Kandahar to the streets of Kabul and remote rivers of Nuristan. For almost four decades, McCurry traveled to the country regularly, documenting its people with a rare and disarming humanity. His most striking portrait Afghan Girl (1984) has graced the covers of magazines around the world, in equal parts haunting and evoking remarkable grace and dignity. In common with so much of McCurry’s work, it has a timeless, painterly quality―entirely at odds with the troubled region in which it was taken.McCurry has always been subjected to dangers that are an inevitable part of life “on the road” for photographers. He often ventured behind the lines, usually at great risk. His first trip to Afghanistan in 1979 involved him dressing in Afghan garb in order to be smuggled across the border from Pakistan. That journey into the treacherous, unpredictable landscape ― territory controlled at various times by the Mujahideen, the Russians, and the Taliban ― was one that McCurry would make numerous times. Many other photographers would follow in his footsteps, but none would return with such a flawless body of work.“They are a proud people, eyes leveled straight, in contempt as much as in curiosity: these are the faces, both male and female, that peer so defiantly from Steve’s magnificent photographs.”— William Dalrymple"

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作者介紹 Steve McCurry was born in Philadelphia, PA, and has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more than forty years, with scores of magazine and book covers, over a dozen books, and countless exhibitions around the world to his name. After numerous travels throughout India, the Middle East and Afghanistan, he founded ImagineAsia in 2004, with the mission to help provide educational resources and opportunities to children and young adults in Afghanistan.

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