The Greatest Good
Niger
Music
The greatest good that mortals know
and all of heaven we have below.
- Joseph Addison
Yemen
Rocca Paolina, Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Chitral, Pakistan
Karabash-i Veli, Bursa, Turkey
Street Musician, Dublin, Ireland
Honduras
La Habana Vieja, Cuba
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
- Leo Tolstoy
A family plays music on the street hoping for a few rupees, India
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
- Berthold Auerbach
Angkor Wat temple complex, Cambodia
Two musicians practice for the Jazz Festival, Perugia, Italy
Music’s the medicine of the mind.
- John A. Logan
France
Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.
- Leonard Bernstein
Kashmir
Herbie Hancock, Italy
Winner of 14 Grammy Awards, Hancock is a musical icon.
Kalash Girl, Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
When words leave off, music begins.
- Heinrich Heine
Khan Murjan restaurant in a 14th century building which
served as an inn for travellers and traders. Baghdad, Iraq
Whiskey a Go Go, a fixture on the Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, California, United States
Pianist waits to perform in a supper club, Shanghai, China
Alto Churumazu, Peru
Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.
- Alphonse de Lamartine
Marrakesh, Morocco
Traditional performers, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.
- Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you,
music itself is not going to let you down.
- Virgil Thomson, Composer, Winner of the Pulitzer Price, 1949
Karabash-i Veli, Bursa, Turkey
Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!
- J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Seal greets Steve McCurry at concert, PhotoKina,Cologne, Germany
Courtesy of Matthias Krug, September 17, 2012
CURRENT AND FUTURE EXHIBITIONS
Oeksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark – Ongoing
Gallery N, Seoul Arts Centre, Seoul, South Korea – Opening on September 12th, 2012
Leica Photokina, Hall 1, Cologne, Germany – September 18, 2012
Centro Municipal de Arte Helio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – October 6th, 2012
Plazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy – October 17, 2012
Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles – November 15, 2012
Chris Beetles Gallery, London, U.K. – January 15, 2013
Kunstmuseum-Wolfsburg, Germany – January 19, 2013
Cavalier Gallery, Greenwich, CT – April 12 – May 6, 2013
Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland – June 1, 2013
April 8, 2013 at 18:10
Incredible photos all around. There is something touching about the Indian family playing in the street, and I love the portrait of the Kashmiri man. The guy singing in the laundry is classic.
December 14, 2012 at 23:32
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December 9, 2012 at 20:28
Great Pictures as usual.
Just because I enjoy your work let me correct a tiny mistake:
“Mountains have a way of dealing with overconfidence.” — This is a quote from the great Alpinist Hermann Buhl and NOT Nemann Buhl.
Cheers!
An unknown Alpinist and keen photographer
October 31, 2012 at 23:13
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October 18, 2012 at 21:09
I enjoy !
christina
October 12, 2012 at 00:11
Excellent post!
October 3, 2012 at 13:55
Reblogged this on Musikk som Kommunikasjon og Relasjon – Oslo.
October 1, 2012 at 02:26
Amazing pictures
September 30, 2012 at 02:14
Very nice post! I enjoy your blog keep up the great articles
September 29, 2012 at 17:40
The perfect combination for me… music and photography…
September 28, 2012 at 16:04
wonderful post! keep posting.
September 28, 2012 at 14:38
I am so glad the DailyGood newsletter highlighted your “Joy” post and led me to your blog — what inspiration, beautiful images and words. Music is often indescribable, but your photos and choice of quotes helps to reveal the depth and significance of music in our lives. Thank you for sharing them. ~ Kat
September 27, 2012 at 10:06
magazin muzica…
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September 27, 2012 at 03:03
Each image is just so wonderful in its own way. Almost impossible to single out one, but I do find the dervish in yellow absolutely haunting.
September 26, 2012 at 16:22
All your blogs are great. congratulations.
September 26, 2012 at 08:19
Music is life itself thinking aloud.
Great photographs as ever!
September 25, 2012 at 20:39
Truly beautiful!
September 24, 2012 at 21:58
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September 24, 2012 at 10:11
Neat blog! Is your theme custom made or did you download it from somewhere?
A design like yours with a few simple adjustements would really make my
blog shine. Please let me know where you got your theme.
Bless you
September 24, 2012 at 04:33
This is not just photography, these are visions. Coming here always freezes me in my mental tracks, makes me think: how could I see what I haven’t seen.
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September 23, 2012 at 20:52
I love this.
September 23, 2012 at 17:04
Nice to notice, that you will be having an exhibition in Helsinki Finland. Cant wait to see the prints! Great work.
September 23, 2012 at 04:02
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September 21, 2012 at 14:58
Marvelous!! Bravo!!
September 21, 2012 at 08:42
I love your pictures. Thank you for another part of the story
September 21, 2012 at 07:35
Lovely, as usual. One problem, the photos of Ireland and Colombia don’t open. I hate to miss any of them! Thank you for making these available, food for the soul.
September 21, 2012 at 07:12
Awesome clicks!!
September 20, 2012 at 20:41
My heart is so connected with every musician I meet on those photos, it makes me cry and laugh and jump with excitement. Merci de tout coeur!
September 20, 2012 at 16:16
Reblogged this on Oxford School of Photography and commented:
images of musicians from around the world
September 20, 2012 at 14:28
I love your LA pictures… Thanks for posting it again.
September 20, 2012 at 14:04
Top class as per usual.
September 20, 2012 at 12:11
Good morning Mr McCurry,
I liked this subject very much..Music is something everybody likes..It does not matter culture, sex, age, religion….It is something particular and generic at the same time…I think here lies your intelligence when choosing every subject: at the end, you give us a vision of the mankind as a whole…
I like very much the pic with the pianist in Shangai..I think it has the taste of the classics…Light, DOF…And some sadness in her eyes…I bet in this case is true that her music is “literature of her heart…”
Thanks
September 20, 2012 at 10:23
Awesome captures!!
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September 20, 2012 at 09:39
… musichevoli movimenti di aria, fluttuata fino al nostro udito; catturata da mano ispirata!
September 20, 2012 at 06:13
Fantastic and inspiring images as always. The difficulty is choosing the one I like best. Thank you for sharing.
September 20, 2012 at 00:08
La música y la fotografía te transporta a un mundo de vibraciones !!!! ¡ Felicitaciones!!!!
September 19, 2012 at 23:56
Inspiring pictures! . . . I missed one from an irish session though.
September 19, 2012 at 21:24
Amazing pictures!
Best wishes
September 19, 2012 at 21:18
As always, superb photos in a clever collection. Thanks once again for sharing your fab work.
September 19, 2012 at 21:09
Music…. the life….
September 19, 2012 at 21:03
You are inspired and you are inspiring; you have a very special gift and you are a gift.
September 19, 2012 at 21:02
Oh, that was such fun! Thank You!
September 19, 2012 at 20:45
music and your photos………what a sound
September 19, 2012 at 20:17
I don’t have words to express much I enjoy yor work. Your sensibility, your creativity, your art. Thank you and congratulations for your next exibitions. You inspire me and Many others
September 19, 2012 at 20:16
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September 19, 2012 at 20:07
good job.
September 19, 2012 at 19:44
Music is the language of us all!
September 19, 2012 at 19:29
“Music is the universal language of mankind.”
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
September 19, 2012 at 18:42
Fantastic !
September 19, 2012 at 18:27
I love all of your work and deeply admire you. Read that you are going to Brazil soon, please, come to Argentina too!
September 19, 2012 at 18:24
Wonderful photos,as usual!!!I’t amazing the way you arouse emotions with every single picture you take,always. each image has its own story behind. I’m 17 and I’m a young photographer from Rome,and I dream about becoming the new “Steve McCurry”,one day ! photography is a big part of my life…it’s amazing that people can give their own view of the world from a different perspective! I hope my dreams come true!!! greetings from Rome,Vanessa.
September 19, 2012 at 18:23
Truly inspiring to see my two big interests combined – music and photography!
September 19, 2012 at 18:12
Amazing as ever…
September 19, 2012 at 18:08
Great collection
September 19, 2012 at 17:59
Beautiful photography as always! “Musician in the Mirror”, “Kashmir” and “Pianist” are my favorites.
September 19, 2012 at 17:54
superb as always…
September 19, 2012 at 17:46
Wonderful images as always..
September 19, 2012 at 17:40
Beautiful images! Loved the one of the woman in the mirror.
Cheers!
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