Steve McCurry: Afghan Girl Cards

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24 cards bearing the image of McCurry's world famous Afghan Girl.

Steve McCurry

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Overview

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

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Card Box
English
182 x 123 mm, 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in
ISBN-13: 9780714839752
ISBN-10: 0714839752
24 cards with envelopes

About the book

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.

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About the author(s)

Steve McCurry (b.1950) launched his career as a photojournalist when, disguised in native garb, he crossed the Pakistan border into Afghanistan over twenty years ago. His remarkable coverage won him the Robert Capa Gold Medal which is given to photographers who exhibit exceptional courage and enterprise. Famous also for his work in Southeast Asia, his photographs are beautiful, uplifting and powerful. McCurry works for many international journals and is a long-standing contributor to National Geographic magazine. He is a member of Magnum Photos.

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