Afghan Girl With Green Eyes
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Afghan Girl with Green Eyes
The photo of the Afghan girl with green eyes by Steve McCurry first appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985. Seventeen years later McCurry returned to Afghanistan and succeeded in locating the woman he had photographed so memorably as a girl. She remembered being angry at being photographed by McCurry for the first time in her life. But she allowed him to photograph her again. The two photos are linked below.
The rest of the photographs on this Hub are my own. Since I was my high school yearbook photographer portrait photography has interested me. I suppose it's impudent of me to invite comparison of my portraits with the Afghan Girl which may well be the most popular photographic portrait of all time. Oh well!
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Afghan Girl with Green Eyes photo by Steve McCurry
National Geographic--Buy an Afghan Girl Picture Signed by the Photographer, Steve McCurry
- Afghan Girl With Green Eyes by Steve McCurry
Adorn your walls with one of the most famous images to appear on the cover of National Geographic. From the lens of world-renowned photographer Steve McCurry is this poster-size portrait of the Afghan Girl. Taken in 1984 in an Afghan refugee camp.
Afghan Girl Seventeen Years Later
- A Life Revealed - National Geographic Magazine
Seventeen years after she stared out from the cover of National Geographic, a former Afghan refugee comes face-to-face with the world once more.
A Life Revealed--The Afghan "Girl" Today
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American Girl with Blue Eyes at Beach Chalet, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco deedsphoto
African American Girl with Brown Eyes at Beach Chalet deedsphoto
Red Haired Girl with Black Hat, Beach Chalet deedsphoto
Man with Black Hat and Friend Beach Chalet, Golden Gate Park deedsphoto
Blonde with Blue Eyes at Beach Chalet deedsphoto
Nora at Beach Chalet deedsphoto
Woman with Straw Hat, Beach Chalet deedsphoto
Thanks. I missed the documentary. Did they get married and live happily ever after? Just kidding. An arresting photo of a beautiful girl.
I saw the follow up photo done years later. She didn't want her photo taken again and had to be persuaded. I thing that this photo is so arresting that people remember it.
Nice photo...would make a great poster.
Yes, it would. I just ordered one.
She did get married and had 4 children however 1 died , thank you for the follow up story on her and the before and after photos, it is sad that people have to suffer and you can tell by her face that she is very hardened. Her eyes are piercing and then you come to the U.S. photos, they eyes are softened, calm and happy. Great photos Ralph and thank you for the story as well. :)
AE, thx for the comment. I took the pictures at the Beach Grill at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The girl with blue eyes and the African American girl were hosetesses. The others were waiting in line for tables adjacent to where we were sittiing.
I remember seeing that photo when it first came out. I thought, how haunting, those are one of the most beautiful pair of eyes I've seen.
You are a wonderful photographer and are an inspiration for many to pull out those cameras and just start clicking.:) The young afghan girls eyes are haunting and mystical it is so sad that her life has been so hard. :(
on youtube there is a black baby with blue eyes. he's not mixed raced, just african american. he's got that striking look about him like the girl in your picture. you should check it out.
I saw the documentary. I was astonishing how the woman had aged. She was young by western standards, but looked to be middle-aged from years of struggles.
My reaction was the same. Life is hard in Afghanistan.
she has a name people look it but but just in case i have done the work for you's this is Her story NOw she dose not live in USA never did the girl up top is some one els and not her look at the nose it not even the same.. ead on...
Her name is Sharbat Gula. She's the married mother of three girls and living in a remote ethnic Pushtun region of Afghanistan with her family. National Geographic is keeping her exact location secret to protect her privacy. McCurry says he will be helping Gula provide an education for her children and to fulfill her dream of making a pilgrimage to Mecca next year. Even after all these years, the photographer still fawns over his most famous subject. Gula's eyes have retained all their fire and intensity, he says. She has aged, "but I think she's still quite beautiful despite all the hardship that people have to endure there."
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Sharbat Gula as seen in 1984 (L) and 2002 (R). The original photo appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic. Left photo © Steve McCurry. Right photo Steve McCurry © National Geographic Society.The story of McCurry's search for Gula will be featured in the April issue of National Geographic and is the subject of a National Geographic EXPLORER documentary on MSNBC Friday at 9 p.m. ET.PLEASE DONT BELIVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE FIND OUT THE TRUTH FOR YOUR SELF NOT THIS SHE LOOKS KINDER AND LIVES IN AMERICA THINGS... THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
GO TO WEB PAGE TO SEE WHAT SHE LOOKS NOW. REALLY WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE. AND DONT BE STOCKED SHE MIGHT BE THIRTY BUT WITH WHAT SHE PUTS UP WITH IN LIFE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND.
also you can see on the oprah show
Thank you very much for the information about Sharbat Gula. Steve McCurry's photo is one of the most admired of all time. Unforgettable. I wish her well.
When I first saw the young green eyed girl It held my attention for no less than ten min. I was was filled with emotions I can not even begin to discribe. Sadness, fear, pain, a over welming desire to reach out and take some of the pain away to being held back by some strange fear. To this day the picture does the same thing, I can not explain it any better. Michael Swinfard
Thanks for your comment. It's an arresting photo.
I am the Nepal map birthmark man.This Nepal country is tehre exactly in another planet.Better than the green eyed Afghan noorie,I never lie.I am a Tibetan person;reincarnation of King Mahendra of Nepal.I am an alien in form of human.
Nepal UN send me enough money to buy me a house.For my deeds and my birthmark photos and later on video camera
not even Gandalf of the lord of the rings wear full white 3 dogs sleeping that I was doing during the Princess Sharada wala board meeting in SOS Itahari.Sun stands for this,moon stands for long live of the Ranas.
Not sure that I get your drift, but thanks for your comments.
This Guy has the same eyes. Amazing.
"Sharbat Gula" what a beautiful name she has. It means rose nector.
Thanks. I didn't know that.
Ihre Augen sind erstaunlich...
I'de tap that
this is the nepal map birthmark man,i want to marry that green eyed afghan noorie and my lawyer should be richard gere hollywood actor
Please invite me to the wedding!
google-special coffins for tibetan persons in usa
not even gandalf of the lord of the rings wear full white 3 dogs sleeping,that i was doing during the princess sharada wala boardmeeting in sos itahari,nepal
I will love and comfort that woman in Ramaih marriage hall seen by that Green eyed Afghan noorie...My lawyer guardian Yahne Miorioni will act as the lawyer...It will be like a fairy tail like prince Williams and Kate Middletone marriage in London...
google-tenzin choeku dengkhim
Manghanani sir,pala Ngawang Dorjee,Hotmail man Sabhheer Bhatia,
This Dr. B.R. Ambedkar used to shave the head of Bapu Gandhi too
which is now alike our Prime Minister of Tibet in Exile Samdhong Rinpoche does
Now this is the good name that I have earned
google-dr. b.r. ambedkar and Tenzin Tsering
His website advertised my this his human life gift blessing on his front page...
Then God help us...
There is still a strong asaar of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's kattar Buddhist speech in Nasik Yeola,India...
Back there in India,us Tibetan minorities are untouchables...
I am doing a constructive education work over the internet/computer,the planet Earth's best technology...
if it is a bad alien,we should terminate with net...
google-www.newhorizonindia.edu
newhorizon college is the best college in the world...
software city of India,Bangalore...
google-bailey's shelter
I am a Tibetan minority untouchable...reincarnation of King Mahendra of Nepal...the best King,my name is there on the Britannia Encyclopedia...I established UN in Nepal in my previous life...
kwan,kwan,kwan,my dinosaorous will come to eat these my killers...
I am a Tibetan American...
this is a war against terrorism...
google-is johannes@schindler.li from switzerland
wow, may i know where does sharbat gula lives now ?
anybody, who can help me plz! :)
she has world's best eyes, I heard that if she look once to a cancer patient her eyes could erase the sickness, It it true?
Thanks for your comment. She does have incredibly beautiful eyes, but I doubt they could cure cancer.
Haight Ashbury
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jimmythejock Level 2 Commenter 5 years ago
there was a documentary about his picture on uk tv recently Ralph,the Photographer went back to look for her 10 years after taking the picture it took him nearly a year to find her.....jimmy