I hadn’t intended to do another “In The Foreground” profile for a while, but I felt that I needed to do one this week for a very important person who left our world suddenly a little over a week ago.

I’ve always had great respect for photographers who cover war stories because I know there is no way I could do what they do. Their strength and courage under the most intense situations are qualities I wish I had. One such photographer who had those qualities and was able to make images of the serene during the anarchy of war was Anja Niedringhaus.

Ms. Niedringhaus’ coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall brought her a position with the European Pressphoto Agency in 1990. She then went on to spend most of her time photographing the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. She eventually joined the Associated Press in 2002 where she went on assignment photographing throughout the Middle East as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan. She was part of the AP team that received the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for covering the war in Iraq.

On April 4, 2014, while traveling in a convoy in Afghanistan, Ms. Niedringhaus was shot and killed by an Afghan police unit commander who had approached the car and opened fire. Before the man started shooting he yelled “Allahu akbar”, meaning “God is Great.”

My deepest condolences to Ms. Niedringhaus’ family and to her family at the Associated Press.

To learn more about Anja Niedringhaus and see some of her incredible photos, please visit her website by clicking on the following link: www.anjaniedringhaus.com