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Although her name was not known at the time, her picture, titled “Afghan Girl”,
appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic. The image itself was
named “the most recognized photograph” in the history of the magazine. Her
photograph was taken by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. McCurry,
rarely given the opportunity to photograph Afghan women, seized the opportunity
and captured her image. The image of her face, with a red scarf draped loosely
over her head and with her piercing sea-green eyes staring directly into the
camera, became a symbol both of the 1980s Afghan conflict and of the refugee
situation worldwide. (Wikipedia)
To make this mosaic I expanded a ten-color palette (black, grey, green, yellow,
white, tan, red, blue, dark blue, dark red) by covering each with one of four
transparent plates (clear, red, green, yellow) to generate a 28-color palette.
(Mathematically I should have had 4x10 = 40 distinct colors… but some were too
close to identify as potentially different shades.) Afghan Girl is my second
mosaic using this expanded palette technique.
I’ve taken a short break from building Lego landmarks and have spent some time
building mosaics. I’ve used a variety of techniques. Please take a look and
enjoy.
Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/10321180@N08/sets/72157621257153211/
Mocpages http://www.mocpages.com/folder.php/58677
Brickshelf http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=240087
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| (...) Great subject, looks really nice, although it seems dark, giving a whole other meaning behind this famous photo. I did a Google search for this pic and was shocked to find that you aren't the first to depict this woman in LEGO: (URL) Thanks (...) (15 years ago, 19-Dec-09, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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