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Dust Storm, Rajasthan, India, 1983
“McCurry cites this picture in the workshops he holds around the world. The lesson, he says, is this: ‘you cant get hung up on what you think your “real” destination is. The journey is just as important.’ McCurry made this picture while on a highway heading somewhere else in India. He had been stopped by a severe dust storm. Looking out of his car windows, he saw these road workers near Rajasthan, huddled together against the elements. ‘You have to be prepared and open to what you are seeing along the way. And then to stop and make the picture.'” – Phaidon 55
“I was doing a story on the monsoon and was trying to find a place that was the hottest, most parched. I was driving through a desert dust storm, in which the sky goes dark and it is accompanied by a deafening sound. You can’t see for the dust and it’s very disorienting. I saw women who worked on the nearby farm, huddled together for protection. They had started singing, which was a way of praying for rain. When I saw the women, I knew I had to take this picture. They are dressed in textiles that are no longer produced. I thought they looked quite beautiful. You can’t get hung up on what you think your “real” destination is. The journey is just as important.”
Phaidon, 55, South Southeast, Iconic Images, final book_iconic
