Visual Warrior

• Willy Brandt, SPD rally in Leipzig, 25 February 1990 © Anja Niedringhaus/EPA
  Willy Brandt speaks to tens of thousands at an SPD rally. Early works such as these led to ever more assignments, paving the way for the photographer’s remarkable career
• Dying Bosnian soldier, Sarajevo, Bosnia, 21 November 1994 © Anja Niedringhaus/EPA
  A passer-by and a French UN-soldier give first aid to a Bosnian soldier shot on the street in Sarajevo. He died minutes later
• Boy with toy weapon, Afghanistan, 20 September 2009 © Anja Niedringhaus/AP
  An Afghan boy rides on a merry-go-round, holding a toy gun. Captured at a festival in Kabul to celebrate the end of Ramadan, 20 September 2009.
• Fleeing civilians, Basra, Iraq, 30 March 2003 © Anja Niedringhaus/AP
  An Iraqi mother carries her young child as she flees the city of Basra along with other inhabitants
• Anja Niedringhaus, 2004 © F.A.Z. (photograph by Wolfgang Eilmes)

For almost a quarter of a century, Anja Niedringhaus (1965–2014) reported from war and crisis zones around the world. Her work took her to the Balkans, Iraq and, time and again, Afghanistan. On 4 April 2014, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning photojournalist was assassinated while on assignment in Afghanistan. She was 48. The legacy she leaves behind is as poignant as it is impressive: countless images from her extraordinary body of work have been published in the world’s leading newspapers and magazines, and are firmly anchored in our collective understanding of the wider world.

To mark the fifth anniversary of the photographer’s untimely death, the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Cologne presents the first posthumous retrospective of her work in a major solo exhibition, aptly titled Bilderkriegerin – visual warrior. Comprising more than 80 large-scale images, the showcase clearly illustrates why Niedringhaus has long been deemed a legend in her field, both within her lifetime and beyond.

For further information visit Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln

Anja Niedringhaus