The Unguarded Moment: Thirty Years of Photographs

Plain and simple, I own several photography books from famous photographers, a nice collection of National Geographic magazines, and I've worked as a photographer myself (mostly doing agency books for amateur and intermediate models, nightlife/events photography, and a few weddings with a photographer friend) and this is the best photography book I own and I've ever seen. If you visit Steve McCurry's website you'll see he has lots of pictures there and there's not a single one that is short of great, I honestly consider him the best photographer in the world (or at least in his style), and The Unguarded Moment is one of those books so good that I'd gladly pay twice or three times it's price because of the quality of the pictures. I apologize if I sound like a fanboy, I'm certainly not that kind of person, but all I've said before is my honest opinion about this wonderful piece of art book. If you like photography this is a must buy.

Steve MC Curry's best to date in my opinion -- it may be because of the size of the book which reveals more of the picture but it is a vivid selection of portraits and scenes which reveal a 'true feel' -- when photographs capture a 'feeling' that makes you think you could be 'there' you know how good they are - highly recommend J Cheshire

Excellent quality images . Love looking at them .

I just wish there had been a better mix of people from all over the world - nothing from north, central or south america, nor australia. But hey it is not less powerful nor beautiful. The pictures speak a million words.

Moving insight into other cultures, mr McCurry does it like no other. The large format is excellent, one is tempted to take the book apart and frame each photo.

The South Southeast book's still his best book to me but this one goes right by after it... Like Steve McCurry work ? dont hesitate to buy this ...

An incredible amount of atonishing pictures, by one of the most important photographers. Nice horizontal shape. A real joy every time you open it.

Amazing photos, not much to read so you can really enjoy each image and every one of them is breathtaking.

Fantástica edición de gran calidad con muchas de las mejores fotos de Steve Mc Curry. Por mucha pilemica que haya generado este fotógrafo, no se puede negar su capacidad para encontrar la mejor composición, combinar los colores y hacer la fotografía en el momento preciso. Para mi, el mejor libro de McCurry.

Great collection of photos. Some very sensitive

Cette collection est excellente pour une raison toute simple: les photographies ne sont pas coupées et on peut en profiter pleinement. Le hic, en revanche, c'est qu'il aurait été possible de donner plus d'indications sur les différentes photographies pour leur donner encore plus de profondeurs. Dans la série, je préfère sud sud est mais celui ci est excellent également.

写真、絵画をひっくるめて私が今もっとも大好きなモチーフ。 それをここまで表現できる写真家はいまのところ私は知らない。 遠い目標でも、いつかこんな写真を撮りたい。そんな写真家の写真集である。 ちなみに彼はマグナム・フォトのメンバーの1人である。 マグナム・フォト(Magnum Photos)とは、1947年にロバート・キャパ、アンリ・カルティエ＝ブレッソン、ジョージ・ロジャー（George Rodger; 1908年-1995年）、そしてデヴィッド・シーモア（David Seymour; 1911年-1956年)の四人の写真家たちによって結成された、世界を代表する国際的な写真家のグループである。それぞれに事務所をニューヨーク、パリ、ロンドン、そして東京に構え、現在約50名の写真家・フォトジャーナリスト（報道写真家）が在籍している。その多くのメンバーたちは、地球的規模で活躍しており、「世界最高の写真家集団」として現代でもその名声はつとに知られている。

Had the chance to see Steve's works at an exhibition he had, and was totally blown away by his works. One of his fortes is in capturing shots of people - however,to term his works as portraiture is an understatement. Steve sees into the heart and the character of the person or people he shoots, and his photos are composed in exactly the right way to bring out the person's character in the strongest possible way. Be it a close up emphasizing the lines borne of years of work on a farmer's sun baked face, or a shot of a boy holding a french loaf in front of a pushcart selling bread, the shots are evocative and tells the viewer a story - or rather, it leads the viewer into asking more questions on the people in the photos. Evocative, and a must read for photographers.