Who is the Afghan Girl in the National Geographic Photo?

Photographer Steve McCurry tells the story of shooting the iconic National Geographic “Afghan girl” photo. The last 15 years have seen a flurry of media attention around Sharbat Gula.

Who is the’Afghan girl’?

The June 1985 issue of National Geographic magazine made the “Afghan Girl” world famous. Cover photograph by Steve McCurry, Nat Geo Image Collection Sharbat Gula, known to much of the world simply as the “Afghan girl,” received the keys to the home late last month in a ceremony led by Afghan government officials.

Who was the woman on the cover of National Geographic in 1985?

An Afghan woman whose photograph as a young refugee with piercing green eyes was published on the cover of National Geographic in 1985, becoming a symbol of the turmoil of war in Afghanistan, was arrested on Wednesday in Pakistan on charges of fraudulently obtaining national identity cards.

What happened to the Afghan Girl in the McCurry photo?

A court said on Wednesday that she could be kept in custody for two days while the authorities investigated. Ms. Gula was known as “the Afghan girl” when Steve McCurry’s photograph of her wearing a red scarf and staring directly at the camera became world famous in the ’80s.

Are Afghanistan’s “Afghan girls” haunted?

They are haunted and haunting, and in them you can read the tragedy of a land drained by war. She became known around National Geographic as the “Afghan girl,” and for 17 years no one knew her name.

What color are the eyes of the “Afghan girl?

Her eyes are sea green. They are haunted and haunting, and in them you can read the tragedy of a land drained by war. She became known around National Geographic as the “Afghan girl,” and for 17 years no one knew her name.