article_snippet: When I developed the picture, I knew the picture was special.
article_snippet: It's great to look back on my work and see how themes and connections have emerged.
article_snippet: I got completely caught up in the story.
article_snippet: That's when I knew that this was what I did -- this was me.
article_snippet: But I have found that I get completely consumed by the importance of the story I am telling, the feeling that the world has got to know.
article_snippet: It's about the story.
article_snippet: There has to be an emotional component to the picture that you connect with on a profound level," McCurry says.
article_snippet: Once you see it, you can't forget it, and it is so compelling and powerful that it becomes part of the cultural landscape.