BIRMINGHAM.- Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery presents the first and only UK exhibition of critically acclaimed photojournalist Steve McCurry, in association with Magnum Photos. The exhibition includes over eighty striking images that span a remarkable twenty year career, including his world renowned portrait “Afghan Girl”. Steve McCurry is recognised as one of the world’s finest photographers and during his career he has covered many international and civil conflicts, particularly within the regions of Asia and the Middle East. McCurry made his name covering the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s, after he managed to smuggle the films over the border by sewing them into his clothes. These images were amongst the first to be seen of the conflict and won him the prestigious Robert Capa Gold Medal. The now iconic image of the young green-eyed girl appeared for the first time on the cover of National Geogr