Slide 1: In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits
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A small sampling of images from the exhibition Installation images from the National Museum of Natural History
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Photographer: Dean Conger Date: 1977
In Mumansk, near the Arctic Circle in the former Soviet Union, a child gives her age in response to a question by the photographer.
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Photographer: Maynard Owen Williams Date: 1925
An elderly Greenlander shows a portrait of Robert E. Perry given to him by the Arctic explorer in the 1890s.
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Photographer: Steve McCurry Date: 1984
This image of an Afghan girl from a Pakistani refugee camp has left an indelible mark on National Geographic readers. Recently, McCurry traveled back to the region to find the woman.
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Photographer: William Albert Allard Date: 1982
A Peruvian boy mourns the loss of his sheep, hit by a taxi cab as it sped down the road. National Geographic readers donated nearly $6,000 to aid in the replacement of the animals and for additional amenities in the boy’s village.
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