BCB alumnus Ido Nahari writes about “Afghan Girl” subject Sharbat Gula

BCB alumnus Ido Nahari (EPST '19) wrote comments on the evacuation of Sharbat Gula, subject of Steve McCurry’s famous portrait “Afghan Girl,” from Afghanistan in an article for German newspaper taz.

End of November 2021 Steve McCurry announced that Sharbat Gula had been evacuated from Afghanistan with the help of the NGO Future Brilliance, the Italian government and the NFT Platform Metagood.

In his article Ido Nahari reflects critically on McCurry’s 1984 portrait of Gula well as the commercial success he has enjoyed thanks to the image, arguing that that this has resulted in the glamourizing of Gula’s hardship. He questions involvement of private companies such as Metagood in humanitarian actions stating that it was fame of Gula’s image which motivated her evacuation.

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Post Date: 01-17-2022