The sad truth behind 12-year-old ‘Afghan girl’ Sharbat Gulla that will change the way you look at her iconic National ...

Sharbat Gula’s haunting portrait, taken by Steve McCurry in 1984, became an iconic symbol of Afghanistan’s plight. While it ...

His famous 1984 “Afghan Girl” cover for National Geographic was just the start. Photographer Steve McCurry has traveled the globe to capture visceral images.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Steve McCurry/Magnum McCurry, 63, is one of an increasingly rare breed. He's still sent to some of the most dangerous and newsworthy locations in the world to capture a particular moment in time.

A print of McCurry’s ‘Afghan Girl,’ pictured with him here, is one of 50 stolen. In one alleged conversation, DeStephano worried about not being able to insure the stolen prints in case of fire.

Photographer McCurry called Gula “the symbol of Afghan refugees” and said he was “delighted” to have worked with charitable organizations and philanthropists to help move her to Europe.

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 achieved world renown with his 1984 photograph, Afghan Girl, a striking depiction of a young refugee with mesmerizing green eyes.The image first appeared on the June 1985 issue of ...