“I photographed Mara Marcetelli in Piazza Navona in 1990, and I met her again at the same bench a few weeks ago. @killerqueen719 #Rome, 2023,” she writes on Instagram Steve McCurry. And he publishes the two photos.
In the first, little Mara with a coat, red stockings, feet that touch the ground. In the second they are together, 33 years after the shot by the great American photographer. Today, the woman with sneakers has her feet on the ground, holding the ten-year photo in her hands, smiling sitting next to the author, the spearhead of Magnum Photos.
Among the comments she also comments, with the name of killerqueen719. “Fate gives wonderful gifts. It was an indescribable emotion, a dream that will remain forever imprinted in my heart and mind. Thanks for this wonderful gift Steve. Hope I can meet you again soon. And I also hope it was a gift for you too”.
The traces of his photos over time, free souls, McCurry photograph without imprisonment, if he can, help life. It was he who also found the Afghan girl. The photo taken in 1984 in a refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan, and published on the cover of National Geographic Magazine in the June 1985 issue to become a symbol of the Afghan conflicts of the 1980s.
The identity of Sharbat Gula, the “green-eyed girl” has remained unknown for over 17 years. Until McCurry began searching for her in 2002, he helped her get out of Taliban-held Afghanistan. In November 2021, our government managed to bring her to Italy by organizing her transfer “in the broader context of the evacuation program for Afghan citizens”.
In Rome when he returned to look Mara Marcetelli, wanted to meet her on the same bench in Piazza Navona. “This is the power of your priceless and timeless works that have touched lives,” read among the many comments. And that they changed them, looking into her eyes.
2023-07-10 18:25:04
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