1985 Photo Contest, Daily Life, 1st prize
Photographer

Steve McCurry

for National Geographic

01 January, 1983

By rail across the Indian subcontinent: Second-class passengers cram themselves and their belongings onto the Assam Mail.

About the photographer

Steve McCurry

After graduating from Pennsylvania University, Steve McCurry worked at a newspaper for two years and then left the United States to freelance on the Indian subcontinent. The mate...

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