Fine Print: Man under a table in the desert, State of Guerrero, Mexico, 1984 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) McCurry has said: “What matters

McCurry has said: “What matters most is that each picture stands on its own

That’s all there was to it

Alongside photography

including both commissioned and personal photographs

often shooting in colour

Fine Print: Man under a table in the desert, State of Guerrero, Mexico, 1984 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) McCurry has said: “What mattersDescribing himself as a historian of the present, Abbas dedicated himself to documenting the political and social life of societies in conflict. In a career that spanned six decades, he covered wars and revolutions in Biafra, Bangladesh, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, the Middle East, Chile, Cuba, and South Africa during apartheid. The result of a process described by Abbas as writing with light, his images occupy a niche that spans both photojournalism