Steve McCurry (1950–) - Rajasthan, India 1983

Steve McCurry
Photograph signed by Steve McCurry
Rajasthan, India. 1983.
I was driving along a road between Jodhpur and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, India. It was sunny and
stiflingly hot, about 110°F (43C), when the sky suddenly darkened and a pre-monsoon dust
storm began. As the storm grew stronger and more dramatic, the air became thick with dust.
Through the haze, I could see these women huddled together on the sides of the road to
protect themselves from the fierce wind. This region had been suffering from drought for more
than a decade, and the women were chanting a prayer for rain. I got out of the car, ran across a
field, and photographed them moments before the storm cleared. Then the sun came out
immediately, as if nothing had ever happened.

Steve McCurry is one of the best photographers of the 20th century, like Henri Cartier-Bresson,
Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe, Elliott Erwitt, Annie Leibovitz or Robert Capa, and has
been considered an icon of 20th-century culture like Andy Warhol, Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein,
Jeff Koons or Banksy.
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