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Early Life
Born in France, Christine Spengler moved to Madrid at the age of seven to live with her aunt and uncle. There, she studied French and Spanish literature to achieve her goal of becoming a writer. <>

Her Start
At the age of 23, Christine Spengler and her younger brother Eric, left Madrid. While traveling through Chad during the Toubou Wars, Christine borrowed her brother’s camera and took her first picture of soldiers headed into battle hand in hand. Christine and her brother Eric were arrested and held for 23 days in prison on speculation they were spies or journalists. Since her arrest, she has kept pushing the boundaries on war photography. Her work focused on bringing a light onto the adapted daily life of woman and children in the bomb targeted cities and the consequences that followed after war.

Nylon Magazine
Christine Spengler then began to work for The Nylon magazine, photographing war and protests in Northern Ireland. Spengler focused on photographing children and other civilians of the war. She would immerse herself in the culture, as she put on a veil in the 1979 Islamic revolution, to capture intimate shots of her subjects. She used a black and white scheme for this photos.

Sipa Press and Life Magazine
Later, Christine Spengler worked with Sipa Press on an assignment in Bangladesh to photograph a Pakistan leader returning home after nine years as 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 her success with Life, she worked with Associated Press in Vietnam. She photographed the front lines of the war. 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 her worldwide attention for a perspective few war photographers take. https://www.lensculture.com/articles/christine-spengler-war-photographer-between-shadow-and-light

Fashion
Christine Spangler was also able to get her foot in the fashion world when Maria Grazia Chuiri, Dior's first female creative director, asked her to shoot the AW18 collection. The collection had the goal of recreating the 1968 student protests where the models marched like an army. There Spengler was able to build trust with the models immediately due to her background and achievements as a strong women. She referenced the trust back to a shoot she did with an Iranian woman during the 1979 Islamic revolution - "If a man was trying to photograph women he would be deemed a spy and only be able to capture artificial sides of women in war." <>