A pair of eyes conquered the world. What did the photographer find after seeing her again after many years?

In the long history of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, the inheritance of art is very important. Nowadays, many arts in China have a history of hundreds or even thousands of years, such as painting, calligraphy and opera. It is very rare that these arts can be passed down to this day, but even so, many ancient arts were destroyed in the war, and even some photos have not been passed down. This is undoubtedly a pity, but many netizens also said that it is normal. After all, it was not in ancient times.

The world-famous "Afghan girl"

In the late Qing Dynasty, cameras were introduced into China. Therefore, many precious photos and videos have been preserved, allowing people to see the scene of the Qing Dynasty a hundred years ago and the living conditions of ordinary people. Nowadays, the camera has become an indispensable tool to record life, especially for some photographers, who simply can't put it down. Wherever they go, they can't help but pick up the camera and take some photos to commemorate them. As a result, more and more photography exhibitions are held, and many photography works are deeply imprinted in everyone's mind. Today I want to talk about a world-famous photographic work, which I believe everyone must have seen. Let's talk about it next.

The protagonist of this photographic work is a little girl from Afghanistan, photographed by Steve, a photographer of the world-famous magazine National Geographic at that time. Mccurry, who came to Afghanistan at that time, came across the little girl in a local refugee camp. This little girl is not a world celebrity, but strangely, her photos have spread to all corners of the world and are well known by the world. So what is the magical charm of this little girl, which can make photographers can't help but shoot, and even make people all over the world move?

A pair of eyes that touched the whole world.

The little girl in the photo is called Gula. In the photo, her body and head are covered with rags and her face is covered with dust. Interestingly, her eyes are crystal clear. It is because of the strong contrast with other parts of her face that her blue-green eyes are clearer and purer. Photographer Steve? Mccurry was moved by her eyes, so she had the impulse to photograph her. With Gula's permission, Steve? Mccurry took her picture and published it in National Geographic magazine.

After Gula's photos were published in magazines, her eyes quickly conquered people all over the world, especially her face and eyes attracted many people's attention. Everyone seems to be able to read a lot from her eyes and face. With the spread of this photo, Gula's face became popular all over the world, and there were more and more admirers in the whole art world. For example, painters are proud of drawing her face, and sculptors also make sculptures for her face. Many magazines and newspapers around the world.

Speaking of which, many people are curious. It has been nearly 40 years since it was taken at 1984. What happened to the little girls who were popular all over the world in those years? Although many people are curious about this question, no one took the initiative to look for her, because they were afraid that once they found the answer, the mystery about her would be solved, or some people didn't want to look for it, because they didn't want to uncover the tragic story behind this face, not only ordinary people didn't look for it, but even Steve, the photographer of this photo? Mccurry never thought of going back to Afghanistan to find her.

The photographer returned to Afghanistan and found Gula.

But after the inspection, many people know that photographer Steve? Mccurry took this photo 0/8 years later, that is, as early as 2002, he went to Afghanistan again, and that time he went to Afghanistan again, in fact, there was another purpose, that is, to find the little girl of that year. Fortunately, he successfully found the little girl with his photos, but when he saw the little girl again, she was completely different. He couldn't believe it was her. What changed was her eyes. She no longer has clear and pure blue-green eyes, but her face, because her face is still covered with dust. Many people began to wonder what happened to her after she took the photo.

Only after learning about it did I know that Gula had no choice but to marry a local when she was 13 years old, so there was no girlhood stage in her life, but such a fate seemed to hurt her little, because the war had let them know that only being alive was the greatest luck. During her difficult marriage, her photos were popular all over the world and even collected by many art galleries.

In her mind, she only remembers that a photographer took a photo of her, which was impressive because it was the first photo in her life and the only one after that, and she experienced more than that. In the following years, her husband died because of the war, and her daughter died immediately. She eked out a living by her own perseverance. In order to make the child legal, she had to secretly apply for documents, but because of this.

America helped her improve her life.

Embrace the world in the whole hug! The trophy is too heavy-romain rolland.

Although her photos have been popular all over the world for decades, she has never received any benefits from them, even a penny, and she has no intention of obtaining these benefits. Although the world has changed her appearance, it can't change her strong heart or erode her soul. Even if her eyes are no longer so infectious, they still can't make people forget the inner impact that those eyes bring to people. Her impression has long been deeply engraved in the minds of people all over the world. Gula doesn't know. She may have saved countless people by accident.

When ABC learned about it, it planned to make a documentary about Gula's story. The American Geographical Association also established the Afghan Girls Foundation for Gula, with the purpose of accepting donations from all of you to help Gula and other Afghan girls who have the same experience as Gula, hoping that their lives will be improved. We don't know what Gula's life is like now, but I believe their life is much better than before. what do you think? Remember to leave a comment, thank you!

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