![]() This moment, heavy with soot, represents relief?Īlong with his gifts for atmospheric conveyance, McCurry offers portraiture on a different plane. Does he scrunch his forehead the entire time he’s working? Can one smoke in the mine? Presumably not. The coal miner’s fingers part for a smoke, yellow fingernails, shirt opened to the air, coal everywhere except the creases on his face. And yet, the images are packed with meaningful details, with economy of language. He manages a simplicity, or rather, a lack of excess in his composition. He is able to capture an intense gaze that draws in the viewer, however, there’s much to gain from the surrounding details as well. McCurry’s intimacy with a place is translated to an intimacy with the people. We are welcomed into the scene and are surprised by its beauty, even in moments of violence. ![]() His photographs have the capacity to erode one-dimensional assumptions about the country, allowing the land to be seen in its complexity. ![]() McCurry’s Afghanistan may not be the Afghanistan we are expecting. ![]()
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