India explores the lives of everyday people in extraordinary settings through the camera lens of Steve McCurry, one of the most admired photographers in the world.

This new portfolio of emotive and beautiful work features 150 previously unpublished photos, taken across the Indian subcontinent, along with images that have become known across the globe.

Reproduced in a large format with captions, and an introductory essay, India features a range of color pictures illustrating this most colorful of countries, capturing the lives of everyday people in extraordinary settings: from the Ganesh festival on Chowpatty beach in Mumbai to the Kolkata railway station at dawn to the flower markets of Kashmir and the streets of Old Delhi.

Steve McCurry is an iconic voice in contemporary photography. A member of Magnum Photos, he has created stunning images on six continents and countless countries. His work spans conflicts, vanishing cultures, ancient traditions and contemporary culture alike, always retaining the human element. McCurry has been recognized with the Robert Capa Gold Medal and National Press Photographers Award.

William Dalrymple is a historian, art historian, curator, broadcaster and critic. His book White Mughals: Love & Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India won the 2001 Wolfson Prize for History, and The Last Mughal won the 2007 Duff Cooper Memorial Prize for History and Biography.