Afghan Girl [1984] And of course the afghan girl, picture shot by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. Sharbat Gula was one of the students in an informal school within the refugee camp; McCurry, rarely given the opportunity to photograph Afghan women, seized the opportunity and captured her image. She was approximately 12 years old at [...]
School children descend the steps as they return after a visit to the rock fortress in Sigiriya. Sigiriya (Lion’s rock), an ancient rock fortress and palace ruin situated in central Sri Lanka is a World Heritage Site. A child holds an oil lamp in front of the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) as [...]
Indian boys playing atop an old military cannon built in 1761 which stands on the grounds of the Jubilee Museum Technical Institute, Prince Albert Memorial Museum. Location: Lahore, India Date taken:1946 Man cooking food over a brazier in the bkgd. as men sit down at counter to partake of dishes covered by cheesecloth at food [...]
Barber Shaving a Brahaman Bombay Fruit Sellers Farmers Mixing Mortar Bombay Native Carpenters Mumbai Native Carpenters View of Bombay from Harbour Bombay General Post Office Inoculation against Plague, Bombay Turkish Officers who surrendered Shaiba Parsee Lady TOI (Times Of India) Building Taj Mahal Hotel 1903 Crawford Market (now Fashion Street) Chartrapathi Shivaji Terminus (now Victoria [...]
March 18, 2010
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