What is the name of the 1984 photograph taken by an American photographer that depicts an adolescent girl with green eyes in a red headscarf looking intensely at the camera?
Afghan Girl Afghan Girl is a 1984 photographic portrait by journalist Steve McCurry which appeared on the June 1985 cover of "National Geographic". The image is of an adolescent girl with green eyes in a red headscarf looking intensely at the camera. It has been likened to Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the "Mona Lisa" and has been called "the First World's Third World "Mona Lisa"". The image became "emblematic" of "refugee girl/woman located in some distant camp" deserving of the compassion of the Western viewer.
The Last Day of Summer (book) The Last Day of Summer is a 1991 photography book by Jock Sturges. The book is Sturges' first and consists of 60 black-and-white images of both children and adults, many of which show nudity. Many photos were taken at nude beaches in France, including the image on the front cover, which is of a girl named Marine, who would later also appear on the cover of Sturges 2000 book, "Jock Sturges: New Work 1996-2000".