Steve McCurry on Reading

Young or old, rich or poor, engaged in the sacred or the secular, people everywhere read. This homage to the beauty and seductiveness of reading brings together a collection of photographs taken by Steve McCurry over his nearly four decades of travel and is introduced by award-winning writer, Paul Theroux. McCurry’s mesmerizing images of the universal human act of reading are an acknowledgement of – and a tribute to – the overwhelming power of the written word.

“One of the world’s most accomplished photographers takes a moment to appreciate the quite contemplation of reading.”
—PrivatAir

“In the hands of McCurry it’s something that becomes beautiful and wonderfully aesthetic.”
—Amateur Photographer

“McCurry’s photographs show the absorbing power of losing oneself to the written word in any situation.”
—The Guardian, Travel.