The artist I choose was Steve McCurry. He was born on April 30, 1950. He grew up in Philadelphia. In 1974, Steve graduated with a degree in theater arts. His career started in college when he would take pictures for the college newspaper called “The Daily Collegian”. After college, Steve worked at the Philadelphia newspaper until 1978. In 1978 Steve left his job and bought a one way ticket to India. All he brought with him was a bag of clothes and film. After a few months in India Steve crossed the border into Pakistan. In May of 1979 Steve crossed the Afghanistan border disguised in native garb. In Afghanistan Steve traveled around with the mujahideen and documented the human cost of the Afghan-Soviet War. His pictures of the war were published in the New York Times and Time magazine. After this he got many different awards and has become an inspirational photographer to people all around the world.
Steve's inspiration is from people and experiences he has seen in different countries. He uses the landscapes of the war and the faces of the locals. Most of his work is in abroad places like India. Steve is a successful photographer because he takes pictures of people and things most people in the United States have never seen. He also uses the faces of people living in war and famine to draw out the emotion. I chose this artist because I like the kind of pictures Steve takes. He takes wonderful pictures of people from different countries that show their daily life struggles that are so different than mine. His pictures are culturally relevant because some of them are used to inform people about crisis happening around the world. Paper
One major killer is on the rise it is called opioid overdose. On average 130 Americans die each day from opioid overdose. In 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency. After this announcement people around the world started to give attention to this crisis. Even though this crisis has been given some attention there is still a long way to go. The government is investing money in better prevention, treatment and recovery services. Once people get addicted to the pills many of them end up using heroin. Heroin is worse than opioid pills due to it being controlled less. 10.3 million people misused prescription opioids in 2018. It is a huge surprise that people don't pay more attention to this global crisis. I choose this topic because it affects so many people everyday. I also think this topic gets overlooked and is not given the attention it needs. I would like to see a change in the amount of recovery support for current addicts. The Department of Health and Human Services has created a five point strategy to combat the opioid crisis. They are currently looking to help the categories of: better prevention, treatment and recovery practices, better data, better pain management, better targeting of overdose reversing drugs and better research. I think this strategy has helped a little bit over the past few years, but this opioid epidemic still has a long way to go. My project shows pills spilled out on the table. It says “130 American die every day from overdosing on opioids”. I hope that more attention will be brought to this crisis. Work Cited National Institute on Drug Abuse. “Opioid Overdose Crisis.” NIDA, 22 Jan. 2019, www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/opioids/opioid-overdose-crisis. National Institute on Drug Abuse. “Prescription Opioid Use Is a Risk Factor for Heroin Use.” NIDA, www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/relationship-between-prescription-drug-heroin-abuse/prescription-opioid-use-risk-factor-heroin-use. Public Affairs. “What Is the U.S. Opioid Epidemic?” HHS.gov, Https://Plus.google.com/ HHS, www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html. |
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