Afghan Girl: The Moving Tale Of The Woman Behind The World’s Most Iconic Photograph
Was Afghan Girl a Lucky Shot?
We cannot deny that McCurry’s catalog is brilliant since it includes a lot of important photos, but there’s a chance that his most famous picture was actually a lucky shot. Imagine, he was running around with his camera getting as many angles as possible, in the middle of a conflict zone. That was McCurry’s specialized line of work.
But this meant that McCurry didn’t actually take the time to compose the image the same way a photographer would do nowadays. The Afghan Girl is a brilliant picture, but the reasons that make it great are more emotional than technical, being directly related to the pure impact of the girl’s expression.
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