Wednesday, 30 November 2011

AFGHAN WOMEN BUYING SNEAKERS

WOMEN SHOPPERS DRESSED IN THE TRADITIONAL BURQA by Steve McCurry

Kabul, Afghanistan,1992

McCurry was amazed. He couldn't believe his eyes. The chance of seeing five Afghan women together, wearing five differently coloured burkhas is miniscule he thought. 

Seeing the women together in a bazaar, shopping for modern-day sneakers from the West, is even more extraordinary. McCurry made this picture. 

The bonus is the little girl wearing red sneakers on the right ~ and the women with red slippers on the left." 

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