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4:16pm
June 10, 2014
I can’t see that famous picture of the Afghan* woman with the fierce green eyes without thinking about the fact that she didn’t want to uncover her face for those photographers. That’s most likely why she looks so furious. They nettled her until she agreed to it. And now people look at it and just think she’s a beautiful image, without seeing the anger or thinking anything of it.
*Was she Afghan? I don’t remember.
Yeah I always wonder about that too.
Something about that picture has always bothered me deeply. Now I think I understand why. There’s something messed up and predatory-feeling about the whole picture (predatory from the photographer that is) and it’s not just her facial expression. (BTW, is there a link or something to a story of how they got her to agree to the picture? I’m not questioning anyone, I just want some more history to it.)
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text
Oh but I should warn that there’s a lot of ickiness in the story.
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karalianne reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:Found more about her on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl
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