1985 Photo Contest, Daily Life, 1st prize
Photographer

Steve McCurry

National Geographic / Magnum Photos

01 November, 1984

Members of the Farani family watch Pakistani TV in their tent in a refugee camp outside Peshawar, Pakistan. Farani, a successful Afghan businessman, and his family of six, fled the Afghan capital of Kabul for political reasons.

About the photographer

Steve McCurry

After graduating from Pennsylvania University, Steve McCurry worked at a newspaper for two years and then left the United States to freelance on the Indian subcontinent. The mate...

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