MCCURRY: THE PURSUIT OF COLOUR
A film by Denis Delestrac
Forthe first time, celebrated American photographer Steve McCurry opens up about the stories behind his iconic images and reflects on the defining moments of his extraordinary life and forty-year career.
MCCURRY: THE PURSUIT OF COLOUR is the first intimate feature length portrait of the contemporary photojournalist Steve McCurry. The one thing more poignant than McCurry’s pictures is his tumultuous 40-year career, which he’s spent travelling the globe essentially alone, capturing candid snapshots depicting the complexity of human life. Exclusive interviews with family, friends, colleagues, and with the photographer himself, bring to life the stories behind some of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century. With unique access to the photographer's creative process and unpublished images, we discover how McCurry’s vulnerabilities set him on the path to greatness and we witness first-hand his commitment to record what defines and unites humankind -a race against time in anincreasingly fractured and culturally homogenous world.
Denis Delestracis a multi-award-winning director, author and producer. Born in France (1968) and partly raised in the United States, he is best known for creating feature documentaries on highly topical subjects such as Pax Americana(2009), Sand Wars(2013), Banking Nature (2015) and Freightened (2016), which have earned him critical appraisal and recognition. Delestrac has won over forty international awards among which a Gold Panda, two Greenpeace Prizes and a Canadian Academy Award. Delestrac has directed nearly twenty films and series broadcast on television or in cinemas worldwide.In May 2017, he was invited to become a member of the European Film Academy, to work –among others –alongside Wim Wenders, Paul Greengrass, Ridley Scott, and Ken Loach to promote European cinema in the world.
