A striking collection of images of children from around the world taken over the past four decades of Steve McCurry’s successful photography career.

Steve McCurry is an American photographer, freelancer, and photojournalist. Without knowing his name, people around the world know his work – one of the most famous photos of the 20th Century: His photo Afghan Girl, of a girl with piercing green eyes, has appeared on the cover of National Geographic several times. McCurry has photographed many assignments for National Geographic and has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1986. Stories & Dreams is one of his latest photo books.

Throughout McCurry’s extensive career and many travels, he captures the hearts, souls, and the humanity of children. Whether it’s an image of a newborn baby being carefully checked over at a hospital in Jaipur, India, a small girl grinning from a bench on Rome’s Piazza Navona, or energetic boys jostling in front of the camera in Havana, Cuba – each photograph manages to hint at an epic story. 

Stories & Dreams presents this remarkable selection of images together for the first time, featuring children from 46 countries as they live their everyday life. With an introduction from Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of Malala, Stories & Dreams is a colorful portrayal of the challenges, hopes and adventures of children from across the world.

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Stories & Dreams: Portraits of Childhood by Steve McCurry
Published by Laurence King Publishing
Pages: 208
1860 g
290 x 300mm

About the Author
In an incredibly successful career spanning over 40 years Steve McCurry has created some of the most evocative and best-known images in photography. He has been awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal, the National Press Photographers Award, and four first prize recognitions at the World Press Photo Contest.