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Lo1 P1 report about three Photographers

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Steve Mc curry, born in 1950 is an American photographer who is most known for documenting nature, war and also picturing portraits of people from developing countries. Showing the effects of war of natural life, As well as human life. His most famous picture 'Afghan Girl' is a portrait of a young girl with piercing green eyes taken during 1980 war time in the Afghanistan. Lot of his photos use the their location to their advantage.  Steve has been using  Nikon equipment such as the D700 and a Hasselblad Medium format camera . For his printing nowadays, he uses an Epson printer and is considered an Epson Pro. He has mentioned that his favourite  printer has been an Epson large format printer. In  1984 , Steve McCurry was commissioned by National Geographic to take photographs of refugee camps along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. When there, he was able to take many pictures  of civilians  and refugees who were fleeing from the recent conflict that had risen in Afghanis