"Her message to the watching gunmen who surround her city is simple, 'you will never defeat us.'" ∘ It was 1993 and the Siege of Sarajevo was at its bloodiest. I was working on a photo-essay documenting the lives of women in the war torn city. Each day, these women braved the shelling and snipers who took aim as they queued at distribution points for water and bread. In the suburb of Dobrinja the streets were especially dangerous and people didn’t venture out unnecessarily. There were snipers around and I was sheltering by sand bags when suddenly a #woman appeared in the deserted street. Her head was held high, wearing lipstick, heels and a colourful dress. I shot three or four frames on a #Leica as she moved past me. And then she was gone. When my #story landed on the picture desk at LIFE Magazine they asked me to go back to #Sarajevo to try to find the woman and interview her. Days later, when speaking with Meliha Vareshanovic, she told me, “My message to the watching gunmen who su...