Steve McCurry, Photographer, New York

Description

A young boy stands on a sloping grassy hillside while tending to a large flock of sheep grazing across the terrain. The child wears a dark jacket, dark trousers, and tall boots, holding a long thin herding staff in one hand. Numerous sheep are scattered across the green and brown pasture, with some closer to the foreground and others dotting the distant slope. The background features a sweeping landscape under a hazy, overcast sky with distant smoky vents rising from the earth. The image is composed with natural lighting and an earthy color palette characteristic of documentary photography.

Style

Documentary, Horizontal, Earthy, Grainy

Techniques

Analogue / film, Natural light

Color

Background

Meadow

Context

Documentary