There's a heartbreaking truth behind an infamous photo taken over 40 years ago, and it will change the way you look at it ...

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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

McCurry has an audience. Afghan Girl is so ingrained in popular memory that I’ve seen it used multiple times as a Halloween costume. I can’t think of another photo that has reached that threshold.

There's no doubt you've seen the iconic National Geographic image of the "Afghan Girl." That photo was made by photographer Steve McCurry in Pakistan in 1984 — and, although indeed one of the ...