Ian Wedde is curator for the Auckland Arts Festival exhibition Picturing Asia: Double Take. It celebrates the work of two of the world’s leading photo journalists: New Zealander Brian Brake (1927-1988) and American Steve McCurry (b.1950). McCurry’s 1984 photo Afghan Girl of a 12-year-old in a Pakistan refugee camp featured on the cover of National Geographic and is still one of the world’s best-known examples of photo journalism.
9 Feb 2017