National Geographic 'Afghan Girl'
This is my first anylised magazine cover, I thought it was the most meaningfull and interesting one of them all. Although I allready know a lot about this photo, I will anylise this just as what I see.
Denotation- The girls eyes are very a striking green.
Connotation- This is emphaised by her eyes beeing in the presise centre of the two pieces of text. This draws the readers eyes staight into hers.
Denotation- The picture of an afghan girl is on the front cover of a world-wide magazine.
Connotation- This is quite a rare and strange picture as her eyes are green which is unusual for an Afghan as their common eye colour is brown. I think this is partly why they put it on a world-wide magazine.
Denotation- Her clothes are worn and she is dirty and scared (wounded).
Connotation- I think this sugests she is living in poverty. Maby she can not afored or doesnt have access to things that we have and take advantage of e.g. make up, clothes, soap.
Denotation- Her pupils are very small and are looking right at the camera.
Connotation- She is fightened and shocked and has not been photographed before.
A little bit about the photo
The photograph was taken in 1984 in a small village in Afghanistan by a man called Steve McCurry. The photographer was stunned by her striking green eyes and went out to look for her again. After 17 years he and his crew found her as an adult, she had been through lots with her familly and now is married and has 4 children, one of which unfortunally died in infancy. This is a photograph that you can compare to from her famous childhood photo (you can see how McCurry immidiently new it was her!):
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