Vanity Fair, And the Need for Conservative Photographers

<![CDATA[    In the spring of 1985, I walked into my father’s office on the seventh floor of National Geographic magazine and found myself face to face with what would arguably become the most famous photograph in the history of the magazine. “Afghan Girl” is a portrait of Sharbat Gula, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan during the Soviet–Afghan War. The photograph was taken by photojournalist Steve McCurry near the Pakistani city of Peshawar.]]>