Afghan Girl Photo

Afghan Girl Photo

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Afghan Girl is a photograph of an Afghan woman taken by journalist Steve McCurry and featured on the cover of National Geographic Magazine in 1985.

Origin

Journalist Steve McCurry took a photo of a young girl named Sharbat Gula while at the Nasir Bagh refugee camp in 1984 (shown below, left). The photo was shot with a Nikon FM2 camera with a Nikkor 105 F2.5 lens on Kodachrome color slide film. In June of the follow year, the photograph was featured on the front cover of National Geographic magazine (shown below, right).


VOL. 167, NO. 6 JUNE 1985 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GREAT SALT LAKE: THE FLOODING DESERT G U.S.-MEXICAN BORDER: LIFE ON THE LINE 70 JAVA'S WILDLIFE RETURNS Along Afghanistans War-torn Frontiep Haadof oo tell ofe FAIR SKIES FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS SEE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER EVERY SUNDAY ON NICKELODEON CABLE TV

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