A Turbulent Month of May for Famed Photographer Steve McCurry
Digital alterations and criminal Colorado funneling.
This past week in Durango, Colo., a 31-year-old man was sentenced to four years probation for his role in a scheme involving stolen photographic reprints. From May 2012 through November 2013, Brandon Donahue took receipt of materials filched by an employee at Steve McCurry Studios in Pennsylvania and resold them through the Open Shutter Gallery. His co-conspirator Bree DeStephano, with whom he split all proceeds, is scheduled for separate sentencing in Pennsylvania June 2.
For McCurry, the famed author of the award-winning 1984 photo “Afghan Girl,” that’s currently the least of his problems.
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