#10 National Geographic (June 1985)
Photographer Steve McCurry immortalized the haunted eyes of a 12-year-old refugee in a camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Soviet helicopters destroyed her village and family, forcing her to make a two-week trek out of the perilous mountains of Afghanistan. The photo became a National Geographic icon after it was published on the cover in June 1985. Since then, this raw, untouched image has been used on rugs and tattoos, making it one of the most widely reproduced photos in the world.
My critique: The description of the photo used the best word for this picture, "raw". For America, in times of war, we are always focused on ourselves; focused on our children. So to see such an image must have been iconic. When you look into the eye of the model you feel something, something different than when you see the models on the front cover of vogue. This picture is REAL, dead center, hard to miss, and that's why it has been so popular throughout the years.
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