As the award-winning Magnum photographer explains, the photos in it are less about the latest variation on the flat white, more about the extraordinary strength and dignity of coffee growing communities around the world.

Steve McCurry’s photo book, From These Hands: A Journey Along the Coffee Trail links up those beans with that finished cup. Steve McCurry in Monsoon floods, India, 1983 When Steve McCurry shot the Indian monsoon A near fatal fall onto rocks, leeches crawling up his back and a wade through water with dead animals all around. Yet we don’t readily associate the comfortable cafés of the first world with the tropical communities in the developing world, where coffee is commonly grown and exported. From These Hands: A Journey Along the Coffee Trail by Steve McCurry (Photographer) Hardcover 59. The origin of the beans in your morning drink of coffee is as dark and obscure as the bottom of the espresso cup.Īlongside oil, sugar, wheat and soya beans, coffee is one of the most valuable primary commodities in global trade. On International Coffee Day take another look at the photos in From These Hands: A Journey Along The Coffee Trail All photographs by Steve McCurry How Steve McCurry captured the lives of coffee growers 'Steve McCurry From These Hands - A Journey Along the Coffee Trail' Book For Sale at 1stDibs mccurry furniture, for sale these hands, these hands for sale Log In Sign Up Furniture Lighting Decor & Gifts Art Jewelry & Watches Fashion World of 1stDibs Sale Auctions Sorry, we're currently experiencing technical difficulties. A woman prepares for a coffee ritual, Amaro region, Ethiopia, 2014.

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