Where We Live
Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.
- Charles Dickens
Yemen
Home is where the heart is.
Pliny The Elder, A.D. 23-79
Mali
Kashmir
Philippines
The home should be the treasure chest of living.
- Le Corbusier
Morocco
Mauritania
Afghanistan
It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I’ve gone and come back, I’ll find it at home.
- Rumi, (Jalal Al-Din Rumi, 1207 – 1273)
Tibet
Tibet
Tibet
One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.
- Margaret Mead
Sri Lanka
Philippines
What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts
are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the
head and heart?
- Orison Swett Marden
Peru
La Fortuna, Honduras
Bring love into your home for this is where our
love for each other must start.
- Mother Teresa
Nepal
Paraguay
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Afghanistan
My home…It is my retreat and resting place from wars,
I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest
outside, as I do another corner in my soul.
- Michel Eyquem De Montaigne, 1533 – 1592
Philippines
Home is any four walls that enclose the right people.
- Helen Rowland
Kashmir
Pakistan
Every one of us needs a home. The world needs a home.
There are so many young people who are homeless.
They may have a building to live in, but they are homeless in their hearts.
That is why the most important practice
of our time is to give each person a home.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Ireland
Italy
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home…
- John Howard Payne
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June 21, 2012 at 18:47
Home sweet Home. !!!!!!
February 8, 2012 at 00:47
Great post and definitly worthy of my thank you comment.:)
November 11, 2011 at 18:03
Steve is my idol. His timing , composition and placement of himself are amazing. A very simple shot becomes wonderful. I am grateful to him as I have learn t a lot of photography from his technique . Thank you Steve……
October 25, 2011 at 15:06
Truly Amazing and poignant I will spend many happy hours just going through your photos, I fell in love with Kashmir the boats and the river amazing but your vision is just brilliant.
Kudos to you.
September 22, 2011 at 13:02
I saw this series several times…
One of the best ever !
September 16, 2011 at 06:24
Amazing photos.
September 6, 2011 at 15:47
amazing collection of images
September 3, 2011 at 06:38
This shows how privileged I am … I feel ashamed with the unfair distribution of wealth in our world where, with a little bit of effort, everybody could properly eat and live a decent life.
September 3, 2011 at 06:16
Love the Pakistan photo with the light beam through the door. What settings did you use to capture that combination of light and dark?
September 1, 2011 at 19:03
Eye opening and very moving. I wonder what they think of our American homes
August 31, 2011 at 18:31
Always inspiring. I have made myself at home here.
August 31, 2011 at 11:26
Great selection of images. Love the one taken in Pakistan.The way the entering visitor cuts through the beam of light with a wave of his hand and the waiting man+ sleeping child in foreground are just brilliant. What a moment to capture!
August 30, 2011 at 20:36
Caro Sr Steve
ter uma casa, um lar é ter para onde voltar, quantas pessoas no mundo nao tem para onde voltar?
Lindas fotos e um tema excepcional, hoje no brazil temos muita gente morando na rua ou vivendo em situaçoes deploraveis
abraço
Milton
August 30, 2011 at 07:14
steve mccurry is one of my all time idol, all of your work are truly inspiring..
August 29, 2011 at 18:45
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August 29, 2011 at 18:13
inspiring work!!
so simple, yet so important…. an idea is everything in telling a story…
August 29, 2011 at 07:37
When are you going to exhibit in Vancouver, BC, Canada??
August 28, 2011 at 02:07
Wow, all these pictures are beautiful. It takes serious guts to photograph strangers, and real generosity on their part to share their homes with you. Way powerful.
Where in Paraguay was your photo taken? It looks like deep in the campo.
August 27, 2011 at 12:09
Thanks for sharing such wonderful work!
August 26, 2011 at 21:10
Your photos are powerful statements about the state of poverty in the world today. Let’s hope governments and civil society institutions will continue to exert efforts to help the neediest. Thank you for the thought-provoking images.
August 26, 2011 at 19:31
your home presents your presents,Steve, you show this in your facinating photos.
August 26, 2011 at 18:50
your home presents your presence,you show this by your greatfull photos,Steve. i love what you do!
August 26, 2011 at 13:25
Amazing ,makes me aware of the sameness of all humans
on earth and how important belonging, peace and stability
is .Your images always evoke some emotion in me. Thank You
August 26, 2011 at 11:51
I love the descriptions you provide, words are so powerful.
More importantly the images of home cover a very diverse range. Thank you for sharing they are inspirational images of home
August 26, 2011 at 10:51
congratulations for this nice job !
August 26, 2011 at 08:58
Stunning shots, great photography!
August 26, 2011 at 08:53
amazing pic heart tuching
August 26, 2011 at 08:40
this pic are amazing it tuch the heart
August 26, 2011 at 07:29
Touching Photos…..Thanks
August 26, 2011 at 07:07
The pictures and the words – inspiring, profound, amazing. Thanks for sharing, Steve!
August 26, 2011 at 05:10
Unusual and simple subject presented so beautifully by you as usual !
August 26, 2011 at 05:09
Unusual and simple subject presented so beautifully by you as usual !
August 26, 2011 at 04:54
Thanks for that nice pictures full of life
August 26, 2011 at 04:02
Home is where I do not have to explain myself.
August 26, 2011 at 04:01
Another great collection from you. I have always admired your work. All the pictures are great but the picture from Pakistan is the best one !
August 26, 2011 at 02:56
I think Steve is a follower of the late Cartier Bressson. He is very good at finding “The Decisive Moment…”
D
August 26, 2011 at 02:36
This series is quite remarkable. A hearty golf clap from me, sir!
August 26, 2011 at 02:13
As Mom and a photographer, these images reflect home in a warm welcoming way. Your quotes enhance, even more, your striking collection. Thank you Steve.
August 26, 2011 at 01:49
Loved it..
Each capture was perfect !!!
August 26, 2011 at 01:46
Thank you for your inspirational photos, Mr. Mc Curry.
August 26, 2011 at 01:05
A simple concept portrayed beautifully. Love your work Steve!
August 26, 2011 at 00:23
I love how you choose subjects. Great! as allways.
August 25, 2011 at 22:24
Thank you.
August 25, 2011 at 21:30
Amazing!!!
August 25, 2011 at 21:26
So heart touching mix of words and pictures. So wise, so true…the world is so diverse, but people’s hearts needs are the same everywhere.
August 25, 2011 at 20:59
Stunning images. I have always admired your work. The images touch me..Love the photo of the home in Yemen. So beautiful!!
August 25, 2011 at 20:51
Amazing series. Never seen Afghanistan like that before!
August 25, 2011 at 20:49
I love this “Home is any four walls that enclose the right people.” – Helen Rowland. It puts a different perspective to the photos.
August 25, 2011 at 20:32
Steve,
It is wonderful how you have given life and a home to these photographs so they can continue to touch and be felt, as they do so well here. Bravo, Peter
August 25, 2011 at 20:29
hey yo,
I follow you as all teachers do and you are the best one ..
Ian
August 25, 2011 at 20:19
Yemen and Mali houses looks beautiful than the most modern houses. Picture of Paraguay house and family is very nice.
August 25, 2011 at 20:19
speechless….
August 26, 2011 at 09:57
home is where you can live in peace with persons you love and look the future all together….