
We are pleased to present images of India by Magnum photographer Steve McCurry (b. 1950) in celebration of 75 years of India’s independence. Over a thirty-year career, McCurry has traveled the Subcontinent and the globe capturing humanity in all its glory and struggle.
McCurry’s work has been the subject of solo shows at galleries and museums worldwide, including the Rubin Museum of Art, New York; the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; Arsenale di Venezia, Italy; Seoul Arts Center, South Korea; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany; and the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore. His work is represented in the collections of the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris; The International Center of Photography and The George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; and The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, among others.
McCurry’s photographs are accompanied by select work by gallery artists, including Sohan Qadri, Neha Vedpathak and Olivia Fraser, who have deep ties to the Subcontinent.
Photographer Steve McCurry is best known for his evocative color images, many of which have become modern icons. He captures the essence of human struggle and joy and has covered many areas of international and civil conflict, including Burma, Sri Lanka, Beirut, Cambodia, the Philippines, the Gulf War, the former Yugoslavia, and continuing coverage of Afghanistan and Tibet. He focuses on the human consequences of war, not only showing what war impresses on the landscape, but also on the human face.



Established in 2000 in New York City, Sundaram Tagore Gallery represents established and emerging artists from around the globe, specialising in work that is aesthetically and intellectually rigorous, infused with humanism and art historically significant. The gallery was founded with a mission to show that some of the best and most meaningful art was being created by artists deeply engaged in cross-cultural explorations. Our international roster of artists cross cultural and national boundaries, synthesising Western visual language with forms, techniques and philosophies from Asia, the Subcontinent and the Middle East. More than twenty years later, we continue to champion artists, particularly women and those from underrepresented cultures, whose work exemplifies our interconnectedness.

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