Etherton's season opener is loaded with impact

Etherton Gallery is starting the season off with a wow.

“The Unguarded Moment” features works by photographer Steve McCurry, who has taken some of the best-known photographs of the last several decades. Among them: “Afghan Girl (Sharbat Gula), Peshawar (1984),” the piercing photo of the green-eyed Afghan child that graced the cover of a National Geographic issue in 1985 and again on the magazines's 125th anniversary issue in 2013.

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The exhibit will also feature photos of India’s hijra communities by Japanese photographer Takeshi Ishikawa. India has legally recognized the hijra as a third gender; it is made up of people who are neither fully male nor female. Ishikawa’s photographs are packed with color and community.

The show opens Sept. 4 and continues through Nov. 10. An artists reception is planned for Sept. 8 from 7-10 p.m. at the gallery. And at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 7, McCurry will be at the Center for Creative Photography for a conversation with the CCP’s director, Anne Breckenridge Barrett. All events are free. More information: ethertongallery.com or 624-7370.