More Fun and Games

 

Wodaabe Tribe, Niger

 

Laughter is by definition healthy.
- Doris Lessing,  Nobel Laureate in Literature

 

 

La Fortuna, Honduras

 

 

Shanghai Circus, Shanghai, China

 

 

Moscow, Russia

 
 

Perugia, Italy

 

If music be the food of love, play on.
- William Shakespeare

 

 

Havana, Cuba

 

 

India

 

 

Rajasthan, India

 

 

Lucknow, India

 

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called games.
- W. H. Auden

 

 

Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

 

 

 Mersin, Turkey

 

Could we look into the head of a Chess player,
we should see there a whole world of feelings,
images, ideas, emotion and passion.
- Alfred Binet


 

Jodhpur, India

 
 

 Peru

 

 

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

 

 

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

 

Some people believe football is a matter of
 life and death.
I’m very disappointed with that attitude.
I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.
- Bill Shankly, English soccer manager.

 

 

Maningrida, Australia

 

 

Tibet

 

 

 Young Shepherd during Holi, Rajasthan, India

 

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
- Immanual Kant

 

Istanbul, Turkey

 

Until one has loved an animal,
a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
- Anatole France

 

 Mumbai/Bombay, India

 

 

 

Buzkashi, Kabul, Afghanistan

 

 

Yangon, Myanmar/Burma

 

They say golf is like life, but don’t believe them.
Golf is more complicated than that.
- Gardner Dickinson

 

Bangladesh 

 

 
 Yemen

 

You must invent your own games and
teach us old ones how to play.
- Nikki Giovanni

 

 

Burma/Myanmar

 

 

Burma/Myanmar

 

 

Street Performers, Mumbai, India

 

 

Varanasi, India

31 Responses to “More Fun and Games”

  1. A Life of Adventure…

    [...]More Fun and Games « Steve McCurry's Blog[...]…

  2. Your Wallpaper…

    [...]More Fun and Games « Steve McCurry's Blog[...]…

  3. Adoro o que vejo e com certeza o que não vejo,adoro o seu olhar,em cores,em alma ,na vida…

  4. This series of images shows an aspect of the common link that spans all humanity — and it does it so beautifully!

  5. Hi Steve, I’m now in Bolivia trying to deal with a personal photo story, your photos and your words are an inspiration. I hope we can meet soon, regards, David.

  6. You are an inspiration. I have started my photo-blog inspired by you Steve. Kindly visit the latest feature I have curated on my photoblog – “School Chalein hum.. Let us go to school” and leave your kind feedback and inputs. Thanks. http://sreeniviews.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/school-chalein-hum-children-going-to-school/

  7. Wow. Amazing! You capture stunning shots. I especially love the shot of the superman boy. :) so great!

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  9. Divine images,, so full of life and light.. Carla

  10. Was the Perugia photo taken during the Perugia jazz festival?
    I was there in 1976. It’d be fun to go again.
    Do you know who the two American jazz musicians are?
    I always look forward to seeing images I haven’t seen before. Thank you very much for posting them.

  11. Like always gr8t ¡¡.

  12. Paul Park Says:

    These are a excellent collection of photos. Diverse, colorful, vibrant, and capturing. As a football fan, I particularly like the pictures around Billy’s quote.

  13. another great series exciting

  14. Kaushal Kumar Singh Says:

    Amazing !

  15. I love your photos. Thank you for posting them here. Cheers.

  16. Saikrishnan Says:

    Asusual, you are the eye for millions ! Thanks Steve!

  17. amazing photos. ive been in a photographic slump for a bit but these pictures inspired me to go out and shoot more

  18. wonderful images as always…love the superman one best!!!

  19. My heart melts in the photos of people with animals. Many thanks. Bless you for sharing such beauty.

  20. Such a great series, mostly because lately we see so much suffer on photography sites. Excelent the one in Perugia, Italy, with the 2 sax players. So much happines on the indian girl in the craddle. I like also the expresses of the people from Peru, also playing the instruments, the joy of children in Cambodia, the geomtry of the photo from Burma (with the golf club), the dinamic life in Myanmar photo.

  21. Each photo has too many things to learn in it… thanks for posting :)

  22. Just three words .. “Thanks for Posting!”

    Regards, Vivek

  23. Every image captures a moment of such profound beauty; no words are needed to inspire me to continue believing in something far greater than mere words can express. Thank you so very much. YM

  24. Each of your posts is a meeting with these people so “far”. Thank you for opening up new horizons

  25. Gracias por existir, Steve.

  26. Caro Sr Steve
    suas imagens mostram claramente que a felicidade e a alegria sao e provem de pequenos momentos e de coisas simples.
    Passamos a vida inteira procurando a felicidade e muitas vezes ela esta ao nosso lado e nao a percebemos.
    belissimas fotos de um tema muito interessante
    abraço do Brazil
    Milton

  27. Each and every image… just BRILLIANT!

  28. As usual, excellent!!! Amazed at the perception and how you end up capturing them.

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