US photographer Steve McCurry, best known for his 1984 portrait of the green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’, speaks to Graeme Green about America, human nature and whether or not the world has gone mad.
As someone who has reported on complex problems around the world for 40 years, do you think we live in particularly crazy times right now?
It certainly doesn’t seem to be getting much better but I guess we’re making progress. There seems to be more awareness but that doesn’t really translate into action. Some people care about climate change, for example, but most people don’t.
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