ISLANDS by Steve McCurry
ISLANDS
An exhibition by Steve McCurry, Lucie Awards Honoree 2004, exploring life across islands around the world. Through intimate and powerful imagery, the collection portrays the people, traditions, landscapes, and cultures of island communities, capturing both their uniqueness and their shared human spirit.
Originally curated for House of Lucie Koh Samui, the exhibition is now being presented for the first time at House of Lucie Ostuni during the OFF program of the festival.
Ostuni Foto Festival
18–21 June
House of Lucie
Ostuni, Italy
The exhibition “ISLANDS” by Steve McCurry will continue until 18 July.
For more information about the festival, visit our website:
www.ostunifotofestival.com
About the artist
Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry, born in Philadelphia in 1950, is one of the most recognised photographers of our time. His career began in 1979 when, disguised in local dress, he crossed into Afghanistan shortly before the Soviet invasion; the pictures he brought back won him the Robert Capa Gold Medal. Working for decades for National Geographic, he has photographed across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and beyond, documenting conflict, vanishing cultures and everyday life with a vivid use of colour. His 1984 portrait of an Afghan girl in a refugee camp in…