In Memoriam
Remembering the photographers and journalists who bore witness to the siege and are no longer with us. Their work remains part of our collective memory.
Karsten Thielker
1965 - 2020
Karsten Thielker was born on 12 November 1965 in Bergisch Gladbach in Germany. He initially was interested in travel photography. Thielker has started his career at a Mainz-area regional newspaper but
Yannis Behrakis
1960 - 2019
Behrakis was born in Athens in 1960 and had his first foreign assignment to Muammar Qaddafi’s Libya. The photographer’s body of work spanned wars and crises around the world, yet was known to focus on
Abbas Attar
1944 - 2018
Abbas Attar better known by his mononym Abbas was born 29 March 1944 in Khash, Iran. He was known for dramatic black and white photographs delivered with a point of view. Abbas was a member of Sipa Pr
Romano Cagnoni
1935 - 2018
Romano Cagnoni was born in Pietrasanta, Italy. He is internationally recognized as one of the most representative photographers of the twentieth century. It was Harold Evans, formerly editor of the Su
Hidajet Delic
1948 - 2017
Hidajet Delic Degi was born in Sarajevo in 1948. He discovered photography in secondary school. His first photojournalism engagements were for daily and weekly publications such as Spektar, Nasi Dani,
Gérard Rondeau
1953 - 2016
Gérard Rondeau was born in Chalons-en-Champagne on 10 April in 1953, in a family of teachers. He studied in Reims and in the 1970s he worked at the Alliance Française in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The discov
Anja Niedringhaus
1965 - 2014
Anja Niedringhaus was born in Höxter - North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and began working as a freelance photographer at age of 17 while still in high school. In 1989, she covered the collapse of the
Danilo Krstanovic
1951 - 2012
Danilo Krstanović was born in Sarajevo in 1951 in a family with photography tradition. Danilo inherited his love for photography from his father Slobodan Krstanovic and his uncle Uros Krstanovic, who
Paul Marchand
1961 - 2009
Paul Marchand was born on 1 October in 1961. in Amiens, France. He studied at the Institute for political science in Grenoble. Paul started his career as a journalist in a small private radio station
Alexandra Boulat
1962 - 2007
Alexandra Boulat was born in Paris, France, May 2, 1962. She was originally studying graphic design and art history at the Beaux Arts in Paris. She followed in the steps of her father, photographer Pi
Kurt Schork
1947 - 2000
Kurt Schork was born on 25 January 1947 in Washington, D.C.. He graduated from Jamestown College in 1969, and studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar later that year - at the same time as the
Salko Hondo
1938 - 1992
Salko Hondo was born in 1938 in Konjic. He was a photo reporter and the head of the photo department of the Oslobođenje daily newspaper. On July 16, 1992, he lost his life on an assignment when he wen
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