Steve McCurry _ Unguarded Moment

The National Geographic photographer brings images from the poverty and war stricken Middle East to Seoul. The exhibit is broken down to five elements.

_ Place_Meaning_Art_Immanent Power_Composition_

[Dal-Lake, Kashmir, India 1996]

[Peshawar, Pakistan 2002]

[Dust Storm, India 1983]

McCurry's famous Afghan Girl is held in the exhibit, in addition to the photograph of the same women eighteen years later.

A video portrays the tale of McCurry returning to Pakistan to where he first photographed the girl, and his mission to find those unique eyes again. The quest to find the woman was complicated by false green eyes, cultural customs that prohibit men from seeing wives without the husband's permission, and the difficulty and risk of travel between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The correct woman was finally identified with the assistance of technology that uses photographs of the eyes to match tissue formation.

[Afghan Girl, Peshawar, Pakistan 1984]

[Peshawar, Pakistan 2002]

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Steve McCurry _ Unguarded Moment

Sejong Art Center

[Gwanghwamun Station Exit3/4]

April.8 ~ May.30