SIGNED; Steve McCurry - Indien - 2015

INDIA EXPLORES THE LIVES OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE IN EXTRAORDINARY SETTINGS THROUGH THE LENS OF STEVE MCCURRY -
one of the most admired photographers working today.
This new portfolio of emotive and beautiful photographs from India features 150 previously unpublished images taken across the Indian subcontinent, along with iconic photographs that are famous worldwide.

Signed by Steve McCurry.
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EXCELLENT, LIKE NEW AND UNREAD CONDITION.

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Reproduced in a large format with captions, and an introductory essay, this book features a range of color pictures illustrating this most colorful of countries, capturing the lives of everyday people in extraordinary settings: from the Ganesh festival on Chowpatty beach in Mumbai to the Kolkata railway station before dawn to the flower markets of Kashmir and the streets of Old Delhi.
Following Phaidon’s 2013 bestseller 'Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs', McCurry's India is a new selection of the photographer's beautiful and powerful images of India, a country he has photographed many times over the last thirty years.

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Prestel, Munich, London, New York. 2015. First German edition, first printing.

Hardcover (as issued). 285 x 385 mm. 208 pages. With color photos throughout. 96 photos by Steve McCurry. Text: William Dalrymple. Text in German.

Condition:
Book inside new, mint, unread. Book outside super fresh, like new; marginal trace of use, no remarkable flaws or defects. Overall near mint, near perfect condition.

Fantastic photobook in fantastic fresh condition- originally signed by the artist.

"Steve McCurry was born in Philadelphia in 1950. After studying history and cinematography at Pennsylvania State University, he began working as a freelance photographer, gaining international recognition with this photo-reports on rebel-controlled Afghanistan prior to the Russian invasion in 1979. Since then his work has featured in National Geographic and many other magazines internationally, winning him numerous awards including the Eisenstaedt Award in 1998. McCurry is member of Magnum Photos and lives in New York City."
(from the publisher)

"One of the most eminent photographers in the world, McCurry creates timeless and evocative color photographs that leave the viewer mesmerized by whatever subject or scene he frames."
- complex on Steve McCurry -

"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 on Steve McCurry -

"McCurry's colorful work shows an India never before seen."
- Time -

"Fascinating daily scenes and landscapes are sure to inspire."
- Sunday Times Travel Magazine -

"A world of almost make-believe... Arresting."
- Time.com -

"Intoxicating India: breathtaking pictures of the colour and chaos of the world’s most vibrant continent. Incredible... A photographic love letter to the mesmerising nation... Printed in stunning resolution in a giant coffee table format, Steve McCurry is the perfect way to escape to the enchanting nation."
- Mail online -

"Iconic images [...] taken in 40 years of visiting India, showcasing the people and extraordinary settings of one of the most spiritual countries on Earth."
- Guardian online -

"A world of almost make-believe... Arresting."
- The Hindustan Times -

"McCurry gives a genuine panorama of the country... The book’s large format and excellent reproduction means McCurry’s distinctive, vivid colour style is celebrated here in all its glory."
- Outdoor Photography -

"Nobody captures better the dynamism and dysfunction of India today than the celebrated Magnum photographer Steve McCurry... Mesmerizing pictures... McCurry embraces all strata of society in his panoramic sweep [...] but is never overtly judgmental, just an observer of everyday life... He turns the mundane into the extraordinary."
- Tatler -

"An insider’s India... What [McCurry] captures in several photographs are those sights, both quirky and bizarre, that are so familiar to the Indian eye, the chuckle-inducing humour in everyday situations."
- Mint -

"Reveals the extreme contrasts of the world’s second most populous country... Humour and tragedy, vulgarity and spirituality sit side by side."
- The Times -

"India is a lavish large format book, beautifully printed... And handsomely bound."
- New York Journal of Books -

"Words cannot do justice to the India that he has captured."
- The Citizen -

"[L]ushly colored images of people, places and events across the Indian subcontinent."
- CBSnews -

"Everyday life in extraordinary settings."
- TheBodEdit -