Synopses & Reviews
- Specially designed card box with sliding tray containing 24 cards all bearing the same image of Steve McCurry's world famous and enigmatic Afghan Girl
- Taken in June 1985 in a camp in Pakistan for Afghan refugees, this image is recognized by millions around the world
- 'The girl with the green eyes,--Sharbat Gula, was unknown by name until 17 years later when McCurry traced her to a small village in Afghanistan in 2002
- Box contains 12 postcards and 12 blank greeting cards with envelopes
Synopsis
Afghan Girl is perhaps the most memorable of all of photographer Steve McCurry's portraits. This powerful and beautiful image, taken in Pakistan in 1985, is of a twelve-year-old girl McCurry encountered in the makeshift classroom of a refugee camp during the Afghanistan War.
Afghan Girl is an outstanding example of McCurry's use of colour and his unique way of connecting with people, talents that have won him numerous photographic awards and assignments for National Geographic magazine.