Christine Spengler (born 1945) is a French war photographer. Since 1970, she has photographed and reported on conflicts, primarily from the point of view of the victims of war. She worked freelance as a photographer for Sipa-Press, Corbis-Sygma, and AP, while she documented wars in Chad, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, Western Sahara, Kurdistan, Nicaragua, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, among others. Her work has appeared in news publications worldwide, including Paris-Match, Time, Newsweek, El País, The New York Times, and Le Monde. She photographed the Christian Dior winter 2018/2019 ready-to-wear Collection. Early life Born in Alsace, France, Spengler moved to Madrid at the age of seven to live with her aunt and uncle. There, she studied French and Spanish literature in order to become a writer. Career Her start At the age of 23, Spengler and her younger brother Eric, left Madrid. While travelling through Chad during the Toubou Wars, Spengler borrowed her brother's camera and photographed soldiers headed into battle. For taking the picture, Spengler and her brother were arrested and held for 23 days in prison on speculation they were spies or journalists. Despite the arrest, Spengler continued to focus on war photography, specifically on the adapted daily life of women and children in the bomb targeted cities and the consequences that followed after war. Nylon magazine Spengler then began to work for The Nylon magazine, photographing war and protests in Northern Ireland. Spengler photographed children and other civilians of the war. She would immerse herself in the culture, as she put on a veil in the 1979 Iranian Revolution, to capture intimate shots of her subjects. These photographs were in black and white. Sipa Press and Life magazine Later, Spengler worked with Sipa Press on an assignment in Bangladesh to photograph a Pakistan leader returning home after nine years as a captive. As she befriended the leader's wife, she was invited to a private gathering, unopened to the press. Life Magazine signed a contract with her on the spot, where they published many of her works. Associated Press and Vietnam After working with Life, she worked with Associated Press during the Vietnam War where she photographed the front lines. She stayed several months in Vietnam before receiving news of her brother Eric's suicide. She went on to photograph many other wars, from a civilian's perspective, gaining worldwide attention for a perspective few war photographers take. Fashion Spengler