Afghan Girl The Most Famous Picture In National Geo Graphic S 114 Afghan girl is a 1984 photographic portrait of sharbat gula, an afghan refugee in pakistan during the soviet–afghan war. the photograph, taken by american photojournalist steve mccurry near the pakistani city of peshawar, appeared on the june 1985 cover of national geographic. [1][2][3][4] while the portrait's subject initially remained. Not only did “afghan girl” become the magazine’s next cover, but the most successful in its distinguished history. the striking portrait of 12 year old sharbat gula, a pashtun orphan in the.
Afghan Girl The Photo Society The june 1985 issue of national geographic magazine made the "afghan girl" world famous. sharbat gula, known to much of the world simply as the "afghan girl," received the keys to the home late. Afghan girls were going to school and getting college degrees, and more were participating in civic life. but under the first few months of the taliban’s conservative rule, women have already. Steve mccurry – sharbat gula, nasir bagh refugee camp, peshawar, pakistan, 2002. when mccurry took sharbat gula’s photo, she covered her face with her hands. her teacher told her to reveal her face so that the world would see it and know her story. a typical afghan refugee camp. jaluzu camp, 2001, photo: abd al samy’a. A teacher from the school claimed to know her name. a young woman named alam bibi was located in a village nearby, but mccurry decided it wasn’t her. no, said a man who got wind of the search.
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