Photographer: Steve McCurry

Source: nationalgeographic.com

This picture was shot by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. Sharbat Gula was one of the students in an informal school within the refugee camp; McCurry, rarely given the opportunity to photograph Afghan women, seized the opportunity and captured her image. She was approximately 12 years old at the time. She made it on the cover of National Geographic next year, and her identity was discovered in 1992.

I remember the first saw this image I was amazed by how her eyes pull you in. When you hear the story that she was in a refugee camp and that this image wouldn't normally be allowed because she is a Afghan woman, the image captivates you even more. 

Here she later when her identity was discovered.