KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan police commander opened fire Friday on two Associated Press journalists, killing Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Anja Niedringhaus and wounding veteran correspondent Kathy Gannon — the first known case of a security insider attacking journalists in Afghanistan.
Anja was a brilliant, sensitive courageous photographer who died photographing hope amid conflict, which she was an expert at.
The point for Anja was that she loved showing, through her photos, the humanity of people in even the most foreign and distressed situations. Fans of her photos can send messages of condolence to her family, they can post their prayers on stories of mourning.
They can make also donations to charities, such as MSF, which help the most vulnerable, the people Anja tried to bring to life in her photos.
But, in the end, it is the work that is her lasting legacy.
and here
and definitely here
to see the vital images that Anja risked her life to make over the past decade. Mourn her by making her work worthwhile, by seeing it, feeling it, expanding its reach.
Very sorry to hear that Ravi and for your loss as well.
Photographs will remain of course. One could feel her was being full of light when looking at her eyes in her own photos as well.
Still anger remains. Is not there anyone being held responsible?
This is a classic approach: address people’s mourning and give them the opportunity to take action if they like. I think you bury the potential actions though in your links. There are so many links, some to stories about Anja and some to her photographs, which are great, and then some to ideas for action. I wonder if you maybe helped us visualize ourselves taking action in the article rather than just linking: give us an example of a prayer, or a specific reason to donate to MSF.