In 1984, during the height of the Soviet-Afghan war, American photojournalist Steve McCurry took what is considered by many to be the most famous photo in the world.
The photo, entitled Afghan Girl, depicts a then-12-year-old girl, identified in 2002 as Sharbat Gula, while she and her family were living in Nasir Bagh, an Afghan refugee camp in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.
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Italy— Sharbat Gulla will now call the Mediterranean country her home. For those unaware of who Gulla is, that's likely because you'll best know her for being Afghan Girl. She's the 12-year-old refugee who stared down the lens of world-famous photographer Steve McCurry.
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When I was a kid back in the 1980's, I devoured issue after issue of National Geographic at the library. I'd read them cover to cover, one after the other. I can still remember seeing his iconic Afghan Girl portrait, which is among the greatest pictures ever created.
All images by Kyle Pozan. Used with permission. In the hundreds of applications that I’ve received for the analog zine’s creation, I’ve had to become more discriminatory about the types of work presented.