A Turkish artist has produced a 3D image of the iconic Afghan Girl “Sharbat Gula” in a bid to honor the famous photograph which went on to a...
A Turkish artist has produced a 3D image of the iconic Afghan Girl “Sharbat Gula” in a bid to honor the famous photograph which went on to appear on one of National Geographic’s most famous and iconic covers.
The photo was taken by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry in 1985 after meeting the girl at a refugee camp in Pakistan.
McCurry snapped the picture of the girl which soon went on to appear on one of National Geographic’s most famous and iconic covers due to the girl’s startling green eyes depicting the face of the war’s toll on civilians.
McCurry’s efforts to find the girl once again led to her story to resurface in 2002 and drew the attention of the world.
The Turkish artist Erçin Gündüz reproduced the famous photograph in 3D and is available in Shapeways, being in full color sandstone, with a width of 4.772 cm, a height of 7 cm and depth of 1.316 cm.
The piercing gaze of the young girl with the green eyes could still be seen in the 3D version of the photograph with the producers of the image hoping to deliver the print to Gula herself, and would also love to see the print on the cover of National Geographic, creating a tie-in between their most famous image and the 3D printing industry.
Sharbat Gula been residing together with her sons in Nasir Bagh camp established for Afghan refugees since she moved to Peshawar in 1984.
A short documentary was made by the magazine where she was dubbed the ‘Mona Lisa of Afghan war’. Sharbat remained anonymous for years after her first photo made it to the cover until she was rediscovered by National Geographic in 2002.
The documentary was followed by her global recongition when her photograph was featured on National Geographic Magazine’s cover in 1985 and was linked with Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona.
Her story is, tragically, shared by many outside of Afghanistan as well – the most current being the desperate refugees fleeing Syria.
Their crisis has recently produced its own iconic image as well, though a much more grim one – there will be no following up with the cgirl2hild in that picture. Like “Afghan Girl,” however, it was the photo of a child that suddenly drew the world’s attention to the suffering of those caught up in a brutal war. McCurry has been told by several people that his photo inspired them to help refugees.
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