Steve McCurry

"Steve McCurry has been a one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more than 30 years, with scores of magazine and book covers, over a dozen books, and countless exhibitions around the world to his name." He was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He studied Film at Pennsylvania State University. He started traveling to India. He crossed the border into Pakistan where he met a group of refugees from Afghanistan. He showed the world the first pictures of the conflict in Afghanistan.
http://stevemccurry.com/biography


  I think Steve McCurry is most famous for this photograph. She was known as the "Afghan Girl." She was living as a refugee in Pakistan during the time of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. This image was featured on the June 1985 issue of National Geographic Magazine. She was about 12 years old. She was formally identified in 2002 has Sharbat Gula. This picture has a story behind it even without knowing the actual story. Her eyes, facial expression, clothes, and background says it all. I think her eyes say the story the most. She looks like she is on high alert, terrified, scared, and sad all at the time. I don't think she really posed for this, I think this is how she looked/felt when McCurry took her picture. This picture has good composition and cropping too. The colors really stand out. The green and the red stand out the most. Her green eyes matches her green undershirt and the green wall. It's kind of sad for us to see this picture because the picture is real and what families were going though in Afghanistan was real too.