A Thousand Words

The word photography derives from the Greek words 'photos' - meaning light and 'graphien' - to draw


Source: Steve McCurry
I remember seeing this cover of National Geographic in 1985, while visiting Pakistan. As I read the story, I realized that the Pukhtun girl with the haunting green eyes, was just north of me on the Afghan border, in a refugee camp. Afghanistan had been invaded by the Soviet Union and the country was a war zone. Her face wasn't the only thing that troubled me – it was the...
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Published on October 20, 2009 01:33
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