Steve McCurry was born on April 23rd, 1950 in Darby PA. He is an american photographer/freelancer and photojournalist. He is known to capture the essence of human struggles and joy.
I like this photo because I think that it portrays the boy's emotion very well. I feel as though I can see the hardship that this boy has faced in the details that McCurry captures. There appears to be dirt on his face and wrinkles in this forehead. Since he is only a child, these things symbolize growth and maturity beyond his years, and hardships that he has not gotten to wipe away (in reference to the dirtiness) yet. The boy is holding a straight face in this image. This is consistent with the theme of unhealthiness as a child of his age should be insistently happy, or temporarily sad. His expression is neither. He seems knowledgeable and lacking contentedness. He seems to have experienced more than a child should have to. This is all shown through the immense detailing seen in McCurry's photo, which draws out the potentially unnoticeable features in this boy's face.
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