An exhibition of photographs of Afghanistan taken by renowned photojournalist Steve McCurry opens in London next month. Steve McCurry's portrait The Afghan Girl, first published on the cover of National Geographic's June 1985 issue, is one of the most recognisable photos of our time.
Children work in opium field in Badakhshan, 1992©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Afghanistan has been a recurring subject in McCurry's work for over 30 years. He first visited the country in 1978 as a young freelance photojournalist and documented the conflict between US-backed Mujahideen rebels and the Soviet-backed Afghan government; a conflict that was to develop into a bloody nine-year war that would take the lives of over a million Afghans.
The exhibition, consisting of 40 pictures and spanning 30 years, runs from 12 May to 7 June at Beetles+Huxley, Swallow Street, London W1B 4DE.
A young boy stands with his firearm, 1979©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Camel caravan, 1980©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Father and son in Helmand Province, 1980©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
An Afghan refugee in Baluchistan, 1981©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Mujahideen stand atop a mountain in the Hindu Kush, 1984©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Young men train for war, 1984©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Man with cloudy beard, 1992©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Blue Mosque, Mazar-e-Sharif, 1992©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Father and daughter at home in Nuristan, 1992©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Road to Jalalabad, 1992©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Rebuilding a kiln in Kandahar, 1992©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Kuchi nomads at prayer, 1992©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Salat at Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif, 1992©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Horse and two towers at Band-e-Amir, 2002©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Woman in canary burqa, 2002©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Shi'ite Muslims during Ashura, 2002©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Farmer walks through fields, 2006©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Man in Bamiyan mosque, 2006©Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
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