Nakuba kubonakala kunengqondo ukuba akhulule McCurry kokuba ethunjiwe amakhodi izimiso zokuhle photojournalism for izithombe hhayi photojournalism, ukubeka ayo umsebenzi wakhe njengomprofethi leticocwako ezibukwayo okudingeka siwuphendule okwengeziwe, ngoba ngisho lesi sici umsebenzi wakhe kuye kabanzi wagxeka ngenxa yokungabi nobuqotho. "Ngomfanekiso ophelele kakhulu," uTeju Cole uqhathanisa isiko sama-Indian photography sikaMcCurry kanye noRaghubir Singh futhi uthola umsebenzi kaMcCurry ongakwazi.
Uchungechunge izithombe McCurry India phakathi kuka-1978 no-2012 eklanyelwe umuzwa ohambisana "inkathi ngaphambili yomlando Indian kanye imibono endala lokho izithombe kwamaNdiya kufanele abheke" (Cole, 972). Ngesisekelo lesi sitatimende, UMUNTU angase acabange ukuthi McCurry unesithakazelo ngempela ukuqopha emasikweni amaNdiya evumelana ekhona izithombe, kodwa Cole yenza icala ephambene. Kucatshangwa ukuthi isitayela sikaMcCurry sodwa esenza izithombe zibe engcupheni ukuze enze umsebenzi wakhe "ugqoke ngokumangalisayo" (Cole, 971).
UCole uphikelela ukuthi lokho okwenza isizwe esiyingqayizivele kuyinhlanganisela yamasiko, amasiko, umlando, nokuthi lezi zakhi zihlangene kanjani namanje. Ngakho-ke, uMcCurry unikezela umbukeli ngomlando ophelele wendabuko wemasiko, njengokungathi uphukile ngokweqile kusukela manje. luhlolo ngu McCurry ka "indawo ngokuyinhloko ngokombono unomphela esidlule anthological futhi acirc; & euro; & brvbar; [ngayo] fantasy" (Cole, 972). izindlela McCurry banesicefe ngakho ngoba imibono repackage ubudala njengoba they were exotic elikude, okungenza ngaphandle isidina, kungcono ngokuphelele olungalungile.
Ngisho eqhathanisa umbono Cole McCurry sika "lamaphigaga, umuntu ongcwele, izingane ngesineke, nempepho" Coldplay "Hymn ngempelasonto" umculo ividiyo; uyichaza ngokuthi "uhlobo oluhle oluhlelekile kumabonakude wezivakashi zaseNtshonalanga" (Cole, 974). Cole ke uthi McCurry nezinye bezithombe Western kubonakale ukupenda isithombe ofuna ukubona, ukuthi akekho ngempela, futhi isebenzisa fantasy njengoba indlela yokwenza okuthile exotic namanje SOMBHALO samanje kulezi imiphakathi.