Steve McCurry: Afghan Girl PHOTO By Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry: Afghan Girl PHOTO By Steve McCurry, Photo of an unidentified green-eyed "Afghan girl" Made in Philadelphia born American photographer Steve McCurry renowned documentary after being published on the cover of National Geographic in 1985. Afghan Girl image is one of the most famous in the world to put human face of brutal conflict.

After the film "Afghan Girl" was published in National Geographic, Steve McCurry has been signed for the prestigious Magnum photo agency, and has also been repeatedly recognized for Steve McCurry work. Currently, the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, PLV, "Afghan Girl," a long and varied career Steve McCurry.

Steve McCurry was able to take a picture of the Afghan girl when he was driving to the border of Pakistan to Afghanistan in 1984, before Soviet troops. The Afghan girl was near a refugee camp in Peshawar. Steve McCurry approached her and took Afghan Girl photo, the first of two in her life. The second was also taken Steve McCurry seventeen years in 2002 after a long search for the Afghan girl. Afghan Girl now lives in the mountains of Afghanistan and the mother of three children.
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