Steve McCurry

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human photograph photographer photojournalist

Steve McCurry is an American photographer renowned for his evocative color images of global conflicts and cultures, most famously the "Afghan Girl" portrait published on the cover of National Geographic.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
National Geographic photographers	2
Steve McCurry canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6437795 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Steve McCurry
Context triple: [Magnum Photos, hasMember, Steve McCurry]

A. Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz is a renowned American portrait photographer celebrated for her iconic, stylized images of celebrities and cultural figures.
B. Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt was a renowned American photographer celebrated for his candid black-and-white images that blend street photography with subtle humor and humanism.
C. Don McCullin
Don McCullin is a renowned British photojournalist celebrated for his powerful and often harrowing images of war, conflict, and social hardship around the world.
D. James Nachtwey
James Nachtwey is an acclaimed American photojournalist renowned for his powerful war and conflict photography documenting human suffering around the world.
E. W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith was a pioneering American photojournalist renowned for his powerful, humanistic photo-essays in magazines like Life.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Steve McCurry
Target entity description: Steve McCurry is an American photographer renowned for his evocative color images of global conflicts and cultures, most famously the "Afghan Girl" portrait published on the cover of National Geographic.

A. Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz is a renowned American portrait photographer celebrated for her iconic, stylized images of celebrities and cultural figures.
B. Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt was a renowned American photographer celebrated for his candid black-and-white images that blend street photography with subtle humor and humanism.
C. Don McCullin
Don McCullin is a renowned British photojournalist celebrated for his powerful and often harrowing images of war, conflict, and social hardship around the world.
D. James Nachtwey
James Nachtwey is an acclaimed American photojournalist renowned for his powerful war and conflict photography documenting human suffering around the world.
E. W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith was a pioneering American photojournalist renowned for his powerful, humanistic photo-essays in magazines like Life.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ photograph ⓘ photographer ⓘ photojournalist ⓘ
awardReceived	Centenary Medal of the Royal Photographic Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucie Award NERFINISHED ⓘ National Press Photographers Association Magazine Photographer of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivier Rebbot Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Capa Gold Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ World Press Photo awards NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
creator	Steve McCurry NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1950-04-23 ⓘ
depicts	Sharbat Gula NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt	Pennsylvania State University NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Magnum Photos NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	McCurry NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	documentary photography ⓘ photography ⓘ photojournalism ⓘ
genre	documentary photography ⓘ portrait photography ⓘ travel photography ⓘ
givenName	Steve NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPhotographedIn	Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Cambodia NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuwait NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Afghan Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ color photography ⓘ portrait photography ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Magnum Photos NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Steve McCurry NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableWork	Afghan Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ Afghan Girl (photograph) NERFINISHED ⓘ Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Animals NERFINISHED ⓘ Devotion NERFINISHED ⓘ From These Hands: A Journey Along the Coffee Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ In Search of Elsewhere NERFINISHED ⓘ In the Shadow of Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Monsoon NERFINISHED ⓘ On Reading NERFINISHED ⓘ Portraits NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanctuary NERFINISHED ⓘ South Southeast ⓘ Steve McCurry: A Life in Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ Stories and Dreams: Portraits of Childhood NERFINISHED ⓘ The Iconic Photographs NERFINISHED ⓘ The Iconic Photographs Expanded Edition NERFINISHED ⓘ The Imperial Way NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unguarded Moment NERFINISHED ⓘ The World of Steve McCurry NERFINISHED ⓘ Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	photographer ⓘ photojournalist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
publication	National Geographic NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate	1985-06-01 ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Magnum Photos → hasMember → Steve McCurry ⓘ

Return to Titanic → illustrator → Steve McCurry ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Geographic photographers

National Geographic Kids magazine → usesPhotographyFrom → Steve McCurry ⓘ

subject surface form: National Geographic Kids