Two by Two
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead.
Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.
- Albert Cam
India
If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence,
the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms.
The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time.
- Octavio Paz
Italy
Introducing our Portrait app:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/portraits-by-steve-mccurry/id589821521?mt=8
Italy
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and
two minus one equals nothing.
- Mignon McLaughlin
New York, United States
Ethiopia
India
Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor.
- Ecclesiastes 4:9 KJV
India
Only a life lived for others is worth living.
- Albert Einstein
Italy
Friendship is born at that moment when
one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I
thought I was the only one.”
- C. S. Lewis
Morocco
No road is long with good company.
- Turkish Proverb
Luoyang, China
Peru
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five
people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.
- Tenneva Jordan
India
Honduras
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the
need for a father’s protection.
- Sigmund Freud
Kashmir
Afghanistan
Cambodia
Burma/Myanmar
Thou art thy mother’s glass, and she in thee
Calls back the lovely April of her prime.
- William Shakespeare
Afghanistan
Italy
Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.
- Vietnamese Proverb
Tibet
Italy
Afghanistan
Tibet
Goa, India
Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
- Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Kampala, Uganda
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can
sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Macedonia
Fiji
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
- Emily Dickinson
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Steve McCurry: In the Flow of Time
Photographs from Asia 1980 – 2010
Kunstmuseum-Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg, Germany
Opens January 19, 2013
Steve McCurry’s India
Chris Beetles Fine Photographs
3-5 Swallow Street, London, W1B 4DE
Opens on January 10, 2013
Announcing our new Portraits app:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/portraits-by-steve-mccurry/id589821521?mt=8
May 14, 2013 at 15:26
Reblogged this on Mysterious Karma.
May 14, 2013 at 15:25
You and your camera are an amazing pair. Thank you for sharing these fantastic images.
May 14, 2013 at 14:09
HERMOSOS TODOS TUS TRABAJOS….!!! FELICITACIONES
April 14, 2013 at 07:12
Ho visto la tua mostra a Genova e sono rimasta sorpresa perché mi ha trattenuto più di tre ore e sono uscita soddisfatta, incantata, più dentro agli orrori della guerra. Grazie per il tuo lavoro e la tua arte
March 25, 2013 at 09:31
Amazing, wonderful, beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for sharing your work. I wish more beautiful and interesting photo projects and ideas.
March 5, 2013 at 01:05
you are ROCK wid colors, Mr.Steve!
February 11, 2013 at 09:02
Absolutly amazing, everything is beutiful, is inspiring. Thank you !
February 8, 2013 at 12:50
Obrigado por compartihar.Belíssimas !!!
February 5, 2013 at 23:36
i like ….. sir
February 5, 2013 at 05:01
Nice pics….Thanks for sharing.
- Hoparoundindia.com
February 3, 2013 at 23:18
Brilliantly insightful post.
February 2, 2013 at 20:50
Absolutely wonderful!
February 1, 2013 at 17:53
Reblogged this on Blackbird singing and commented:
Incredible blog of an incredible photographer, plus some small thought to make us think. Check him out!
January 31, 2013 at 03:35
Sir , All Pictures So Beautiful & Creative, Great Work …..
January 27, 2013 at 20:29
I love the idea of two by two. It is so simple, but so powerful. Great photos
January 22, 2013 at 03:23
You have been my inspiration for many years. If only I felt within my comfort zone photographing people. I feel intrusive, but you, you capture their very essence leaving them with their dignity! Kudos!
January 19, 2013 at 22:41
Meravigliose. Presto visiterò la mostra qui a Genova.So già che sarà magica come queste immagini.Splendide anche le parole che le accompagnano.
January 19, 2013 at 04:29
Awesome set of Pictures. Every theme is full of varieties. Great Work! Truely Inspiration.
January 17, 2013 at 18:03
NOW YOU ARE IN INDIA?Always something new to see and to learn from you. I WANT TO MEET YOU ? HOW CAN IT POSSIBLE? I LIVE IN KOLKATA INDIA
January 13, 2013 at 17:34
Reblogged this on Geek Detected and commented:
There’s blogging, and then there’s Steve McCurry !
January 13, 2013 at 17:29
Absolutely brilliant ! yet i’m speechless *two thumbs up*
Reblogged this on Geek Detected .
January 10, 2013 at 13:38
excellent clicks
January 10, 2013 at 13:28
Reblogged this on Oxford School of Photography.
January 10, 2013 at 08:28
Thank you for sharing!
The “2-getherness” i call a small series on my website.
http://www.floriannidecker.com/sht/id051004zw/ga-zw.html
January 9, 2013 at 10:09
Reblogged this on panalyah's Blog.
January 9, 2013 at 05:38
The pictures and the quotations go hand in hand and compete in excellence. They soothe our minds and dispel the cobweb of melancholy from our hearts
January 8, 2013 at 09:01
Good luck and Happy New Year!
January 8, 2013 at 09:00
AMAZING !THANK YOU !
January 8, 2013 at 05:26
thank you. beautiful images as always….
best Connie
January 7, 2013 at 18:43
Simply stunning….!!
January 7, 2013 at 15:13
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January 7, 2013 at 12:40
Awesome!!
http://www.rajniranjandas.blogspot.in
January 7, 2013 at 09:37
Humble salutations. Amidst all the darkness LIGHT. Thank You.
January 7, 2013 at 08:41
Wow!!! Fantastic Work!!!
January 6, 2013 at 22:23
Beautiful photos WOW !!
January 6, 2013 at 19:33
TIBETE : Fabulous !!!
January 6, 2013 at 18:25
Humanity in all its perfections
January 6, 2013 at 16:43
This so lovely album! I like it~
January 6, 2013 at 07:24
lovely, precious and delicious!
January 5, 2013 at 20:43
Beautiful! Looking forward to seeing more in 2013!
January 5, 2013 at 13:27
The beauty in the hands of an artist can easily get in to the heart of the spectator….
January 5, 2013 at 11:24
landscape, decisive moment, colors composed alltogether in all pictures. I’m sure it’s very hard to fish such a picture. I totally love them, cheers sir!
January 5, 2013 at 10:05
Two by Two « Steve McCurry’s Blog…
Steve McCurry is a fantastic photographer who recently published the stunning photograph of Rio de Janeiro shown below on his blog.This summer, I will be sailing from the UK to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which is the finishing port for Leg 1 in the Clippe…
January 5, 2013 at 07:50
Inspiring – thanks for sharing
January 5, 2013 at 05:02
Steve sir..You are my GOD !!!
January 5, 2013 at 02:14
tus fotos invitan a hacer un recorrido imaginario por lejanos paises
January 5, 2013 at 00:47
Awesome, just awesome …I just wish that I had the words and photos of wisdom on Steve’s pages early enough to straighten out the curly path in my life
January 5, 2013 at 00:38
Very beautiful images and I love the sayings.
January 4, 2013 at 20:09
immagini spettacolari che lasciano emozioni forti
January 4, 2013 at 19:51
I will always love Brasil. Thank you for touching my heart and making me feel the way I did 24 years ago.
January 4, 2013 at 19:46
…Penso che il pensiero, la parola, l’udito, l’olfatto, il sentimento, il risentimento….siano tutti racchiusi, sviluppatori di queste foto. Grazie ancora una volta (l’ennesima), Steve !
January 4, 2013 at 19:20
Hello,
Your photographs are so beautiful! Really inspiring … so I have nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. Hopefully you’ll welcome this news. If you prefer not to accept the award, I certainly understand, but I hope you will visit the other nominees, and they will visit you, just the same. To see more about the award and accepting this nomination, please visit my post at http://wp.me/p1w5ra-H8. All the best!
January 4, 2013 at 17:49
So beautiful, so moving, so ….
January 4, 2013 at 15:34
Una fotografia splendida da mozzare il fiato! e posti meravigliosi ho ricevuto delle sensazioni bellissime. Grazie
January 4, 2013 at 14:18
stupende immagini che raffigurano questo nostro meraviglioso pianeta nella quotidianità di vita mondiale tra paure povertà amore e ….
January 4, 2013 at 10:42
Hi there, my partner and myself were admiring the images – especially the first, Parque da Cidade, Niteroi, Rio De Janeiro. He is a local of Niteroi and we were wondering how you came to know the lookout as it is not a well known place to visit in such a famous city. Working on my own portfolio in our travels I found this to be a really beautiful place as well and think you captured the visual busyness of the landscape and tranquility of the spot above a bustling city in a remarkable way. Thankyou for sharing!
January 4, 2013 at 09:41
[...] interest in photography or poetry, I heartily recommend checking out a post on his blog called “Two by Two”. He has brought together a group of images spanning his carer which deal with the subject of [...]
January 4, 2013 at 07:38
It is wonderful and beautiful, yet breath taking seen these pictures. Really master pieces that can move sights and sounds in people. Connections in the lives of people in this world……………
January 4, 2013 at 07:27
Reblogged this on Thoughts.Enlightenment.Solace.
January 4, 2013 at 04:27
gratitude.. be thi year of full of gratitude and grace for the love and beauty that we have.
January 4, 2013 at 04:26
It was an honour to met you in Dubai. You left an an ever lasting impression on me like your pictures ! Happy new year ! We will meet again
January 4, 2013 at 03:57
My wife sent me here to see your photos, she feels you are the best photographer she has seen and I certainly agree with her. Thank you so much for all the beauty you share.
January 4, 2013 at 03:21
i have almost cried with some of your pictures…you are really amazing!!! good job
January 4, 2013 at 00:35
This is one of the most beautiful and amazing theme’d series I have seen on WordPress to date. At first I assumed it would be limited to couples, but you captured such a variety of couples and emotions. Thank you for sharing!
January 4, 2013 at 00:35
QUANDO LE IMMAGINI ARRIVANO OVUNQUE, COME FRECCE IMPAZZITE.
VEDERE GLI SCATTI è COME SENTIRE ODORI, PROFUMO, SOLITUDINI, POVERTA’ E PAURE.
INDIMENTICABILE.
January 3, 2013 at 22:30
Hi Steve,
I am delighted with these photos and with the words you chose to go with the images. It’s an encourageous way of beginning the year.
Nevertheless… nothing made in Lisbon…
Lisbon is a so beautiful city, one of the most beautiful of all, it has a splendid light and you should not forget that Portugal is the country of poets.
But, besides that, even if you miss my country
, receive my congratulations for your work.
And have a excellent 2013!
January 3, 2013 at 18:34
Happy New Year Steve! Although many of the photos were seen already but from a different perspective – here I find them in another (2×2). Your theme and quotes are always making me learn photography once again (after 25 years) – each of them is A LESSON IN COLOR, each providing a different dimension of life in this world! I think you are going through your archive and each time a new concept is flashing in your mind – now you are playing an Editor yourself. Thanks once again for the lessons!
January 3, 2013 at 17:47
Beautiful! So inspiring. Thank you!
January 3, 2013 at 16:51
This is the better way to become a new year: with your photos.
Each one of these are a masterpiece!
January 3, 2013 at 15:39
Thank you for sharing these beautiful images.
January 3, 2013 at 15:12
I meandered this, your latest path late last night…& as ever, you have struck my heart with images, poetry & prose. The Albert Camus quote traces my life & has been an endorsement since childhood… Most grateful to you, good sir!
January 3, 2013 at 14:20
Deep and contemplative, so many touching images.
Thanks for sharing at blog.
January 3, 2013 at 14:20
Never miss a chance to feel the emotion depicted by every picture you took, Steve. Thanks for touching my heart.
January 3, 2013 at 13:22
Reblogged this on Max510's Blog and commented:
Altri fantastici capolavori del grande Steve McCurry… Buona visione !
January 3, 2013 at 12:52
Happy New Year and thanks for your art that enriches my life…
January 3, 2013 at 11:40
Incredible, thank you so much for sharing your work here.
These real photo’s made my morning.
LDS
January 3, 2013 at 10:49
all the picture are very beautiful and give me a lot of good sensations
January 3, 2013 at 10:16
Lovely Photographs
Thanks
Nusrat
January 3, 2013 at 10:07
from egypt i love u steve ur amezing
January 3, 2013 at 10:02
Thanks Steve your posts.
Nusrat
January 3, 2013 at 09:59
Your images are so beautiful. At the start of another very difficult year for many people they are a tick in the box of why life is worth living. We will be in London in January and hpe to visit your exhibition.
January 3, 2013 at 09:53
love how you manage the light and colors…
January 3, 2013 at 09:34
Reblogged this on Roshan's Blog ♥ and commented:
Awesome…
January 3, 2013 at 09:09
Your blog is breath taking, I am lost for words, what can I say other then ask your permission to reblog a few of your posts/photos to my blog, please let me know if so. Thanks Betty
January 3, 2013 at 09:05
OMGoodness, this is absolutely AMAZING!
January 3, 2013 at 08:44
Grazie , alcune non le conoscevo , bellissima selezione , Buon Anno auguri a tutti !!!!
January 3, 2013 at 07:58
perfectt!!!!
January 3, 2013 at 07:40
Bonjour !
Magnifiques, splendides, superbes photos !!!! Merci pour ce beau voyage, pour la pureté dans les regards affamés ou remplis de tendresse, d’amour…..pour ces paysage d’une infinie beauté !
Artites peintre sur la Rochelle (France) puis-je avoir votre accord pour peindre certaines de vos photos ???
Je vous ai déjà envoyé une demande, je n’ai pas eu de réponse, par ce biais peut-être…..
En vous remerciant par avance….
Bien cordialement
Annie
January 3, 2013 at 06:35
Reblogged this on giolic and commented:
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
- Emily Dickinson
January 3, 2013 at 06:31
Reblogged this on Cheap Camera, Priceless Memories..
January 3, 2013 at 06:29
Happy New Year, and thanks for the share. That two old man @India is my favorite but that hospital picture from Uganda struck my heart.
January 3, 2013 at 06:12
your work makes me speechless and an inch closer to life. I live my dream of living life and witnessing its beauty through ur amazing work. Thanks a lot
January 3, 2013 at 05:50
Amazing photos! Thank you!
January 3, 2013 at 05:28
Just wow
amazing collection of photographs…..brilliant theme….people like you make me question myself about my lack of such creative thoughts….. Super Super awesome 
January 3, 2013 at 05:20
thank always incredible inspiring ….
January 3, 2013 at 03:59
[...] See the original post here: Two by Two « Steve McCurry's Blog [...]
January 3, 2013 at 03:34
Reblogged this on NikiLinPilates and commented:
So inspiring
January 3, 2013 at 02:53
All of these images are wonderful. I especially love the photo of the Indian woman and child through the car window….really stunning. Happy New Year!
January 3, 2013 at 01:55
These photos tell absolutely amazing and beautiful stories. Thank you so much for sharing them!
January 3, 2013 at 01:34
Thank God to give you here in this life. I started my new year with really touching photos.
January 3, 2013 at 01:23
I am sure you get so many fans and followers saying how amazing your work is. It really is amazing and more than that to me, it is inspiring. When I look through these photos, some beautiful, some moving, some out of this world, I only hope i will be as lucky to have a portfolio like this one day oh simply to have the experience you have had through the years of doing something you love.
Thank you for this.
January 3, 2013 at 00:52
Absolutely stunning! Wow….
January 3, 2013 at 00:20
These are wonderful stories! Thank you.
January 3, 2013 at 00:03
What a joy to see photos from all over the world delivered in photographic excellence!😃
January 2, 2013 at 23:28
Many touching photos, especially of the little girl by the car in India, the nurses, and the angels walking along the streets in Italy.
January 2, 2013 at 23:28
Such sweetness fills my heart looking at Two by Two. Thank you again and again Steve
January 2, 2013 at 22:59
Fantastic theme, fabulous pic..!! Happy 2013
January 2, 2013 at 22:45
Amazing! Looking at your photographs always give me this feeling of awe.
January 2, 2013 at 22:21
Reblogged this on myownheart.me.
January 2, 2013 at 22:20
words are not enough therefore I wept at the beauty of this post , reblogging
January 2, 2013 at 22:00
Just when we imagine we have seen more of the same pictures, here comes Steve McCurry with entirely different ones! Endless surprise, endless enchantment!
January 2, 2013 at 21:56
The picture from Macedonia is very touching. Thank you. Great blog!
January 2, 2013 at 21:51
Beautiful stories with each photo. Spectacular photos!
January 2, 2013 at 21:43
All the pictures are inspiring especially to me the one of the woman in Burma.
January 2, 2013 at 21:41
Awesome
January 2, 2013 at 21:22
Fantastiche, foto stupende
Felice Anno Nuovo
Patrizia
January 2, 2013 at 21:12
Reblogged this on restlessjo and commented:
There’s blogging, and then there’s Steve McCurry! I have never reblogged before, but how can I not?
January 2, 2013 at 21:08
I had a C. S. Elliot moment with a blogger tonight and then I found this post. Those nurses on the steps in Venice, the two little angels… your work is amazing. Thank you for enriching my life. Hope you find more friendships in 2013.
January 2, 2013 at 20:35
“Family of man” continued.
)
Inspiring.
January 2, 2013 at 20:30
Stunningly fine collection of images. Each sings of the beauty of togetherness with the deftness and gentleness of a master, Steve.
January 2, 2013 at 20:16
Amazing , bell anzi bellissimo
January 2, 2013 at 19:51
Amazing pictures!!!
January 2, 2013 at 19:48
Each photograph more beautiful than the one before, and those before are gorgeous!
January 2, 2013 at 19:46
More fantastic photographs – thank you for sharing the world with us. Doubt if I will be able to make the London exhibition but good luck with it.
January 2, 2013 at 19:40
Admirable Travail…meilleurs vux !
Mohammed Nadir
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 13:14:36 +0000 To: nadirmoha@hotmail.com
January 2, 2013 at 19:32
Beautiful, gentle and inspiring. As ever. The sole reason why I need to travel with my camera.
January 2, 2013 at 19:21
Outstanding pictures and well selected quotes. Great blog, Steve. It’s always invigorating to stop by and admire your work. Wesley (Colltales)
January 2, 2013 at 19:19
Thank you so much for such touching pieces of life.
God bless you!
Happy New Year!
January 2, 2013 at 19:09
Just cant stop liking ur post!
Just wonder how do u find such frames!
Am a FAN!!!
January 2, 2013 at 18:49
Happy New Year, Steve……May this year be the beginning of…..newer horizons…..and new visions….in your quest for….your inner journey! What a wonderful evening…..it was to have had a chance to hear,see and experience your presence at the RGS in December 2012!!!
Hope…..your little amulet……brings you joy, fulfilment and peace of mind in your life!
God bless you…..on all your travels……
January 2, 2013 at 18:40
Great as always. Thank you.
January 2, 2013 at 18:21
Reblogged this on Verde Holístico and commented:
Great thought! Excellent picture!
January 2, 2013 at 18:13
I love your photos and the words fit perfect.
January 2, 2013 at 18:06
Une collection magnifique! Ces portraits sont d’une beauté sublime! Bravo!!!!
January 2, 2013 at 18:00
excelente trabajo , fantastico !!! bello ….muy bello
January 2, 2013 at 17:59
An exquisite series of photographs Steve. Your quotes are perfect and they remind how important our relationships really matter.
I look forward to more of your work!
January 2, 2013 at 17:59
Amazing Steve McCurry ! <3
January 2, 2013 at 18:17
…as usual !
January 2, 2013 at 17:47
¡Con un par!
January 2, 2013 at 17:28
Capturing a special moment among people is a timeless art. Steve McCurry, you are forever and inspiration.
January 2, 2013 at 17:27
Happy new year to Steve McCurry and all his fan (like me)
Again a good serie
January 2, 2013 at 17:15
so beautifullll !!!!!!
January 2, 2013 at 16:33
Steve, these are very nice and heart-touching photographies. Thank you for show it.
January 2, 2013 at 16:04
You are so amazing. You make me want to get away from this %#+€ computer, grab my camera, pack a bag and go. Always inspired. Thank you for sharing these moments and quotes.
January 2, 2013 at 15:56
Words are superfluous. May the new year give you joy.
January 2, 2013 at 15:55
Reblogged this on carmencomments.
January 2, 2013 at 15:55
only Steve can transform reality into a dream
January 2, 2013 at 15:18
As usual, you have the insight to give use reason to pause and see the world as it should be seen. Thank you
January 2, 2013 at 15:15
Happy New Year – May it be filled with health and joy!
January 2, 2013 at 15:13
Very rich, compelling sense of humanity…thank you, again.
January 2, 2013 at 15:04
Reblogged this on Frith Street Post.
January 2, 2013 at 15:03
Amazing job! Well done.
January 2, 2013 at 14:52
Thank you. As ever, your photographs are beautiful and stimulating.
January 2, 2013 at 14:51
Absolutely fabulous! Thank you for letting me share your world.
January 2, 2013 at 14:42
Thanks for share your photos Steve! Really impressive shots, as all of your work.
Curiously, in my website I’ve a gallery called “we are two”, and its principal theme is just the same as you posted here: two people.
http://www.yagoruizphotography.com/galleries/, and go to “we are two” gallery.
Thanks!
January 2, 2013 at 14:35
Wonderful!
January 2, 2013 at 14:28
you always leave a tear of emotion in my eye…. thank you for making me feel!
January 2, 2013 at 14:25
+2 Great pictures. Jay
January 2, 2013 at 14:25
What gorgeous photos! They should be published in a coffee table book!
January 2, 2013 at 14:24
Reblogged this on chaotiqual.
January 2, 2013 at 14:19
What an incredible artist you are! Thank you ever so much for these exquisite moments
January 2, 2013 at 14:16
You reach right in and touch our hearts and our minds and make them both open……There is no greater gift.
January 2, 2013 at 14:16
Hello ! I dont speak english very well but i just want to know if i can utilisize your phtography for my painting watercolor, i ash you your autorisation…..thank you for your response
And thank you a lot for your best photos, it’s very very nice to looking for…
Annie
January 2, 2013 at 14:10
Fabulous theme and beautiful images, as always!
January 2, 2013 at 14:04
Great photos, as usual… Afghanistan (father and daughter), India (two children), Kashmir (girl on the boat) and Tibet (two children) are my favorites… * Thank you *
January 2, 2013 at 14:01
The photos and quotes are so inspiring, thank you for sharing them
January 2, 2013 at 13:59
Absolutely stonking imagery. Hats off!
January 2, 2013 at 13:53
Thank you very much!!! Have a beautiful 2013!!!
January 2, 2013 at 13:52
lovely selection!
Best wishes for 2013!
January 2, 2013 at 13:46
Absolutely brilliant!
Always something new to see and to learn from you.
Have a great 2013!
January 2, 2013 at 13:41
These remind me that the world is full of tenderness…. beautiful, as always….
January 2, 2013 at 13:36
I reblogged your post.The photographs are so beautiful. I had to have them in my blog.Thank you,Sir!
January 2, 2013 at 13:33
Reblogged this on Sabethville.
January 2, 2013 at 13:32
Superb as usual.
January 2, 2013 at 13:29
fabulous..
January 2, 2013 at 13:24
Happy New Year! I hope this new year will bring back all that is joyful and beautiful,just like your blog.
Thank you for posting these amazing photographs!
January 2, 2013 at 13:18
what can I say