Steve McCurry - Afghan Girl (Sharbat Gula),- Refugee Camp, Pakistan, 1984, - Sold
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- Description
- Steve McCurry (1950)
| Type of artwork | Photography |
| Year | 2015 |
| Technique | Digital print |
| Framed | Framed |
| Dimensions | 17.7 x 11.7 cm (h x w) |
| Incl. frame | 42 x 32 cm (h x w) |
| Signed | Hand signed |
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This now iconic portrait was featured on the cover of the June 1985 issue of National Geographic. She remembers the moment. moment. The photographer took her picture. She remembers her anger. The man was a stranger. She had never been photographed before. Until they met again 17 years later, she hadn't been photographed since. The photographer also remembers the moment. The light was soft. The refugee camp in Pakistan was a sea of tents. He noticed her first in the school tent. He sensed her embarrassment and approached her last. She told him he could take a picture of her. "I didn't think the photo of the girl would be any different from anything else I took that day," he recalls that morning in 1984 spent documenting the ordeal of the Afghan refugees...
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| Condition | Mint condition | ||||||||||
| Printing Specifications: Photographer: Steve McCurry Title: "Afghan girl". shot: 1984 Signed at the C/O Berlin 10-12-2015 book presentation INDIA Signed on the front by Steve McCurry Mounted on white museum board. A signature on a lithograph/photo card on the front Framed in a high-quality frame with anti-reflective glass. poison free Image size: 11.7x 17.5cm Total dimensions museum board: 40 x 30 cm Pass Partout: 10 x 17cm Frame: 32x 42 x 2.5 cm Will be shipped registered, insured and well-packaged. | |||||||||||
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| Pick up | The work can be picked up on location. As a buyer you must bring your own packaging materials. The location is: Gieten, The Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Shipment | Parcel post | ||||||||||
| Price | Up to 10 kg.
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