Ursula Meissner
Ursula Meissner (born November 14, 1962 in Mainz ) is a German photojournalist and war photographer .
Life
Ursula Meissner worked from 1982 to 1989 as a production assistant at ZDF, and since 1984 in the ZDF Southeast Asia studio in Singapore. From 1989 to 1992 she trained as a photojournalist. She published her first photo report of her own about the siege of Sarajevo in August 1992. Since then she has been reporting as a freelance photojournalist on war and crisis areas around the world, including Bosnia , Kosovo , Rwanda , Sierra Leone , Mexico , West Bank ( Palestine War ), Angola , Mozambique , Nigeria , Somalia and Iraq . Her photographs have been published in numerous books and magazines. A special focus of her work is Afghanistan, which she has visited 25 times so far. At photokina 2012 she presented an excerpt from her extensive photographic work.
Meissner is married to Heinz Metlitzky , a former foreign correspondent for ZDF. Ursula Meissner has been a lecturer in photojournalism at the University of Trier since April 2012.
Works
- Afghanistan: roses, poppies, 30 years of war. Bucher, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7658-1650-5 .
- Afghanistan: hope and beauty in a war-torn country. Bucher, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7658-1688-8 .
- World Vision (Ed.): Death Dance: Sex and Aids in Africa. A photo exhibition by Ursula Meissner in cooperation with World Vision Germany eV World Vision Germany, Friedrichsdorf 2004.
- with Heinz Metlitzky: Death Dance: Sex and Aids in Africa. Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-8218-3973-2 .
- with Heinz Metlitzky: With a camera and a bulletproof vest: the unusual everyday life of a war photographer. Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-8218-1674-0 .
- with Friedhelm Brebeck: Help my: Pictures from the besieged life; Sarajevo 1992 - 1996. Reichold, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-930459-17-5 .
literature
- Literature by and about Ursula Meissner in the catalog of the German National Library
Web links
- Ursula Meissner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website by Ursula Meissner
- Blog about the book Afghanistan together with ADRA
- Portrait of the war photographer Ursula Meissner 2010 (PDF file; 4.98 MB)
- Ursula Meissner at Markus Lanz on April 6, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Oechsner: Ursula Meissner photo journalist. BR-alpha, July 22, 2010, archived from the original on August 24, 2010 ; accessed on August 24, 2010 (interview also as PDF ( Permalink ( Memento from August 24, 2010 on WebCite ))).
- ^ Website Ursula Meissner
- ↑ Ursula Meissner. Pearl diver , archived from the original on August 24, 2010 ; Retrieved August 24, 2010 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meissner, Ursula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photojournalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |