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Afghan Girl (Peshawar, Pakistan)

Afghan Girl (Peshawar, Pakistan)

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

Print of Afghan girl. Signed by the artist on verso, numbered, and dated.

Category

1980s Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Afghan Girl with Hands on Face

Afghan Girl with Hands on Face

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

Photo of the iconic "Afghan Girl." FujiFlex Crystal Archive Print . Signed by the artist on verso

Category

1980s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Steve McCurry 'Afghan Girl'

Steve McCurry 'Afghan Girl'

By Steve McCurry

Located in New York, NY

Steve McCurry Afghan Girl 1984 (printed later C-print on Fuji Crystal archival paper 24 x 20 inches

Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Afghan Girl (Peshawar, Pakistan)

Afghan Girl (Peshawar, Pakistan)

By Steve McCurry

Located in New York, NY

Steve McCurry Afghan Girl 1984 (printed later C-print on Fuji Crystal archival paper 24 x 20 inches

Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry

Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry

By Julian Wasser

Located in Chicago, IL

Appearing on the front cover of the National Geographic, this photograph is one of Steve McCurry's most iconic works.

Category

20th Century Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Afghan Girl Hiding Her Face, Peshawar, Pakistan, 1984 - Steve McCurry
Afghan Girl Hiding Her Face, Peshawar, Pakistan, 1984 - Steve McCurry

Afghan Girl Hiding Her Face, Peshawar, Pakistan, 1984 - Steve McCurry

By Steve McCurry

Located in London, GB

Signed and numbered on photographer’s edition label on reverse Digital c-type print 24 x 20 inches Edition of 90 Steve McCurry (born 1950) is best known for his evocative colour ...

Category

1980s Photography

Materials

C Print

Woman in Black, Yemen

Woman in Black, Yemen

By Steve McCurry

Located in Atlanta, GA

Steve McCurry is an American photographer, freelancer, and photojournalist. His photo Afghan Girl

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Monsoon Flora, 1985

Monsoon Flora, 1985

By Steve McCurry

Located in Atlanta, GA

Steve McCurry is an American photographer, freelancer, and photojournalist. His photo Afghan Girl

Category

20th Century Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Candy Factory Worker, 2006

Candy Factory Worker, 2006

By Steve McCurry

Located in Atlanta, GA

Steve McCurry is an American photographer, freelancer, and photojournalist. His photo Afghan Girl

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Dust Storm, 1983
Dust Storm, 1983

Dust Storm, 1983

By Steve McCurry

Located in Atlanta, GA

Steve McCurry is an American photographer, freelancer, and photojournalist. His photo Afghan Girl

Category

20th Century Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Steve McCurry 'Afghan Nomad Girl'

Steve McCurry 'Afghan Nomad Girl'

By Steve McCurry

Located in New York, NY

Afghan Nomad Girl 1990 C-Prints printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Super Gloss Paper 60 x 40

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Steve McCurry 'Afghan Nomad Girl'

Steve McCurry 'Afghan Nomad Girl'

By Steve McCurry

Located in New York, NY

Afghan Nomad Girl 1990 C-Prints printed on FujiFlex Crystal Archive Super Gloss Paper 60 x 40

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Afghan Refugee

Afghan Refugee

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

always retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image

Category

1980s Color Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

Afghan Women at Shoe Store, Kabul, Afghanistan

Afghan Women at Shoe Store, Kabul, Afghanistan

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

always retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image

Category

1990s Color Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

Hazrat Ali Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

Hazrat Ali Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

he crossed the border into Pakistan. In a small village, he met a group of refugees from Afghanistan

Category

1990s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Girl with Green Shawl, Peshawar, Pakistan
Girl with Green Shawl, Peshawar, Pakistan

Girl with Green Shawl, Peshawar, Pakistan

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image

Category

Early 2000s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sharbat Gula, Peshawar, Pakistan (Hand signed)

Sharbat Gula, Peshawar, Pakistan (Hand signed)

By Steve McCurry

Located in New York, NY

taken 1984 at an Afghan refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan. The "Afghan Girl" remained anonymous until

Category

Early 2000s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

Steve McCurry 'Girl with Green Shawl'

Steve McCurry 'Girl with Green Shawl'

By Steve McCurry

Located in New York, NY

. His 1984 photo Afghan Girl appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine in the June 1985

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Dior, Gainsborough Girls, Studio with Afghan, 1956

Dior, Gainsborough Girls, Studio with Afghan, 1956

By Mark Shaw

Located in New York, NY

Dior, Gainsborough Girls, Studio with Afghan, 1956. Image size is 10" x 12.8" (for 11" x 17" paper

Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Mahout and His Elephant, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mahout and His Elephant, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Mahout and His Elephant, Chiang Mai, Thailand

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image. McCurry has been recognized with some of the most

Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Child with Thanaka on Face
Child with Thanaka on Face

Child with Thanaka on Face

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

- yet always retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Himba Shepherds Take Their Goats to Graze

Himba Shepherds Take Their Goats to Graze

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

always retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image

Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

Clover Gatherers

Clover Gatherers

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

always retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image

Category

1990s Color Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

Boys in the Boot of a Taxi

Boys in the Boot of a Taxi

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

always retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image

Category

1990s Color Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

Candy Factory Worker

Candy Factory Worker

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

always retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image

Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

A Grandmother Takes Her Granddaughter Home

A Grandmother Takes Her Granddaughter Home

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image

Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

Portrait of a Boy from the Suri Tribe

Portrait of a Boy from the Suri Tribe

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

- yet always retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Man Reads on Sidewalk

Man Reads on Sidewalk

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

- yet always retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Eagle Hunter

Eagle Hunter

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

- yet always retains the human element that made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pilgrim, Colored Blocks

Pilgrim, Colored Blocks

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image. McCurry has been recognized

Category

1990s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Gondolier on Canal

Gondolier on Canal

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image. McCurry has been recognized

Category

2010s Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Rowing on Dal Lake

Rowing on Dal Lake

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image. McCurry has been recognized

Category

1990s Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hilltop View of Chefchaouen

Hilltop View of Chefchaouen

By Steve McCurry

Located in Greenwich, CT

made his celebrated image of the Afghan Girl such a powerful image. McCurry has been recognized

Category

2010s Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Steve McCurry 'Boys Play with Hoops'

Steve McCurry 'Boys Play with Hoops'

By Steve McCurry

Located in New York, NY

. His 1984 photo Afghan Girl appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine in the June 1985

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Steve McCurry 'Kathmandu Valley Harvest'

Steve McCurry 'Kathmandu Valley Harvest'

By Steve McCurry

Located in New York, NY

girl of about 12 years of age living as a refugee from the Afghan war in Pakistan. Often referred to as

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Steve McCurry 'Hilltop View of Chefchaouen'

Steve McCurry 'Hilltop View of Chefchaouen'

By Steve McCurry

Located in New York, NY

girl of about 12 years of age living as a refugee from the Afghan war in Pakistan. Often referred to as

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Afghan Girl, Peshawar, Pakistan

Afghan Girl, Peshawar, Pakistan

By Steve McCurry

Located in Los Angeles, CA

no edition number. Artist's serial number on verso label: .0375.  printed 2011 Signed and affixed with artist label verso; Certificate of Authenticity in binder

Category

1980s Color Photography

Portraits by Steve McCurry Photography Book
Portraits by Steve McCurry Photography Book

Portraits by Steve McCurry Photography Book

By Steve McCurry

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

photographed an Afghan girl for the National Geographic. The intensity of the subject's eyes and her

Category

Late 20th Century Expressionist Bookends

Materials

Paper

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Steve McCurry is an American photographer who gained international acclaim for his arresting portrait of a young refugee known simply as Afghan Girl.

Originally published on the cover of National Geographic in 1985, the photograph shows a young Pashtun orphan, later identified as Sharbat Gula, who was living in a refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan, during the Soviet Union’s occupation of Afghanistan. The image is emblematic of McCurry’s work, which has brought him to war zones across the globe. Rather than focusing on the violence of the battlefield, McCurry seeks to capture the human face of conflict, distilling what is universal and recognizable in each portrait.

McCurry was born in Philadelphia and attended Penn State University, graduating cum laude with a degree in theater arts in 1974. After several years working at a newspaper in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, he left to work as a freelancer in India, where he honed his skill for capturing unguarded moments in daily life. Just prior to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in 1979, he crossed the border from Pakistan into Afghan rebel–controlled territory, wearing native garb to disguise himself, with rolls of film sewn into his clothing. The photographs he took there were among the first in the world to document the conflict, and his work was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal for “photographic reporting from abroad.”

Over the course of his career, McCurry has documented daily life alongside conflicts in Cambodia, the Philippines, the former Yugoslavia, Beirut, Iraq, Afghanistan and Tibet. Though his photos depict serious and sometimes frightening situations, his ability to connect with subjects and capture something of their personalities allows his images to transcend the documentarian distance of wartime journalism. The results are real portraits that happen to be set in tough situations. Welder in a Ship Breaking Yard, Mumbai, India (1994), for instance, reveals only the subject’s eyes, but they’re so intently fixed on McCurry’s lens that they seem to express volumes. Monk Running on Wall (2004) shows a young monk defying gravity as he skitters along an exterior wall of the Shaolin Monastery in Henan, China, over the heads of his friends. Like a Baroque painting, McCurry’s picture captures a moment of dynamic action that reveals something instantly recognizable in a subject from another part of the world.

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