Winner of award honoring AP photographer accustomed to risk
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}This year's recipient of an award named for an Associated Press photographer who was killed in Afghanistan is a photojournalist who's accustomed to working in isolated and dangerous conditions.
Kenya-based freelance photographer Adriane Ohanesian will accept the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award on Thursday in Washington. The annual award was first given in 2015. It goes to a female photographer whose life and work honor Niedringhaus' legacy.
Niedringhaus was killed on assignment when an Afghan police commander walked up to the car she was in and opened fire.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ohanesian, a 29-year-old native of Saratoga Springs, New York, has been documenting conflict in Sudan for the past five years. The package she submitted for the prize included five images taken during a trip to Sudan's western region of Darfur in early 2015.