In the early 1980s, photographer Steve McCurry scrawled a reminder to himself ... part to the viral sensation of his famous 1984 “Afghan Girl” cover for National Geographic.

Photographer Steve McCurry has spent more than three decades behind the camera, capturing powerful images of human triumph and tragedy. His most famous image, titled "The Afghan Girl," is that of ...

"I've never been interested in accumulating stamps in my passport," says Steve McCurry ... famous photo—the haunting green eyes of Afghan Girl, which made National Geographic's cover in 1985 ...

Startled, the girls pause their routine. McCurry, curious and smiling, asks, “Am I on television?” One of them laughs and ...

Photographer Steve McCurry talks about his iconic National Geographic "Afghan Girl" photo, in the first edition of Ann Curry's "Depth of Field." The image has donned the cover of National ...

Photographer Steve McCurry is in Grand Rapids this weekend for a book-signing event, as well as Calvin College's Festival of Faith & Writing. airs "Finding the Famous Afghan Girl" about McCurry's ...

was dubbed the “Afghan Girl.” She became a symbol of war, displacement and defiance after American photographer Steve McCurry captured her image in a refugee camp in Peshawar, on the ...

Known simply as "Afghan Girl" until she was identified by name in 2002, Sharbat Gula was 12 years old when Steve McCurry photographed her in the refugee camp. Gula's piercing green eyes and arresting ...

But American lensman Steve McCurry has become almost as well known as his work, thanks in part to the fame of “Afghan Girl” – his remarkable portrait of Sharbat Gula, the bright-eyed ...

Steve McCurry is not the easiest man to interview. The New-York based photographer best known for his cover shot of an Afghan refugee girl for National Geographic tends to speak in half-phrases ...

Installation shot of Steve McCurry's portrait of the 12-year-old ... taking the famous ‘Afghan Girl’ portrait of Sharbat Gula in 1984. "The Holi festival is also known as the festival of ...

This iconic image, made famous as the cover of National Geographic's June 1985 issue, depicts a young Afghan refugee living in Peshawar, Pakistan during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. The ...