Which is why I like National Geographic so much. Steve McCurry's photograph of a young Afghan girl with green eyes that was the cover of the June 1985 issue has been called 'the most recognized photograph" in the history of the National Geographic magazine'. Here is some of his other work, which is also breathtaking.
22 Incredible Photos of Faraway Places
Born, like other comic book characters, out of an otherwise trivial but life-changing animal bite, the Rabid Librarian seeks out strange, useless facts, raves about real and perceived injustices, and seeks to meet her greatest challenge of all--her own life.
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Eyewitness to genocide
Dith Pran, 'Killing Fields' photographer, dies at 65 of pancreatic cancer. He worked tirelessly to educate others about the Cambodian genocide, in which about 2 million people (a third of the population) were killed. About the genocide:
'One time is too many,' he said in an interview in his last weeks, expressing hope that others would continue his work. 'If they can do that for me,' he said, 'my spirit will be happy.'
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