Martin Adler 1989................................................. Photo: Jouni Tervalampi©

Jouni Tervalampi

Book: Adler, Martin och Tervalampi, Jouni 1990. Ansikten i staden (Faces in the Town), Västerås kommun
Bookorder: Contact Museum of Art, Västerås, Sweden Västerås konstmuseum

Tervalampi, Jouni 1999a. Internet. Det finns inga "nya" bilder!?, http://home.swipnet.se/tervalampi/Fotoskolan5-2.html
1999b, Internet. Bakgrunden till "Ansikten i Staden"., http://home.swipnet.se/tervalampi/Fotoskolan5-3.html
2006. Martin Adler 1958-2006. Vän och fotograf skjuten till döds i Somalia

Martin Adler in action. Gallerian, Västerås, Sweden. Photo: Jouni Tervalampi ©, november 1986.
Västeråsansikten.

From the Newspaper Le Soir Nr 1 1987 and VLT den 21 januari 1987. Martin Adler and Jouni
Tervalampi photoexhibition "Västeråsansikten" on Västerås stadsbibliotek (City Libery of Västerås, Sweden) January-February 1987.

WAR-REPORTAGE. By Swedish Journalist & Photographer Peter Strandberg

Peter Strandberg (1955-2008)

Martin Adlers introduction to war-reportage came when war-journalist and photographer Peter Strandbergs wife Nania Matos-Strandberg was pregnant.
Nania was also Peters photographer and Martin replaced her in the early 1990 and travelled to Somalia with Peter. Martin and Peter would then go on and cover a number of conflicts and wars together the following years,including Sri Lanka, El salvador,Sudan,Uganda, Rwanda,Nagorno Karabach, Georgia,Abkazia,Angola,Bosnia etc.

Peter has writing a manus too a book about war and conflikts, and also about Martin Adler, their friendship and their work together before Peter dead 2008.

Strandberg, Peter 2006. En kär vän i krig och kaos är borta, VLT, måndag den 3 juli 2006, sidan 25 (SWE)
http://medlem.spray.se/jaaaaa/MartinAdlerTillMinne.html (friend and journalist)

Martin Adler, Sudan. Photo: Peter Strandberg/Jouni Tervalampi

AFTONBLADET (Sweden's largest newspaper) (SWE)

2002, framsida 6 sidorna 10-15 Internet: 12 mars 2002. Här är det våldet som har makten http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,139653,00.html

2004. Han dör mitt för våra ögon. Martin Adler följer striderna i Port au Prince (Haiti), 1 mars 2004, http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,440641,00.html

2005. -Här finns inget kvar, Aftonbladets Martin Adler framme i det sönderslagna Aceh (Tsunamnin, Aceh, Indonesien), 2 januari 2005, http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,583264,00.html

2005. De offrar allt för ett fritt land, Aftonbladets Martin Adler träffar Afrikas kurder - oromofolket - i ett snårigt gränsland, 7 juli 2005. http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,669467,00.html

Lidén, Bo (foton: Martin Adler) Aftonbladet, 29 december 2001, En sjuk värld av krig och svältande barn (Afganistan) http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,116327,00.html

Today I learned that a Swedish journalist Sonia and I have worked with in the past, Martin Adler, was killed in Mogadishu, Somalia, June 23-shot in the back by an unknown attacker while filming a political rally. Sweden's foreign minister is demanding an investigation by Somali authorities. http://www.thelutheran.org/news/index.cfm?page_id=66&blog_id=363

Here are links to stories Martin wrote for The Lutheran:

Surviving the devastation
Scorched earth
Zaire's forgotten refugees
Sudan's forgotten people

From the photoexihibition "Ansikten i staden" (Faces in the Town) by Martin Adler and Jouni Tervalampi
April 28 - May 27 1990. Västerås Konstmuseum (Museum of Art, Västerås, Sweden)

Panos Pitcure. "Photographers" > Martin Adler (Martin's picture agency)
http://www.panos.co.uk/bin/panos.dll/go?a=disp&t=us\nw-loader.html&tpl=nw-index.html&_max=0&_maxlb=0
For a selection of Martin's strongest pictures from Aftonbladet.

Aftonbladet. Bildextra Internet. Martin Adlers bästa bilder , http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/special/bildspel/visa/nyheter/0,4542,3982,00.html

Aftonbladet. Bildextra. Internet. Martin Adlers bästa bilder/2

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/special/bildspel/visa/nyheter/0,4542,3985,00.html

EXHIBITION: Där kriget dragit fram 10-29 januari 2004, Stadsbiblioteket, Västerås
(City Libery of Västerås, Sweden)

Adler, Martin 2004. Kort om konflikter, sidan 7 i Utställningskatalog: Där krigen dragit fram, (8 A4-sidor), Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan (SWE)

Ahlberg-Hyse, Birgit 2004. Vackra bilder - hemska motiv, VLT, Torsdagen den 15 januari 2004, sidan 24 (SWE)

Hjortenfalk, Eva 2004. I krigens spår - Med världen som arbetsplats, Västerås Tidning 18 januari 2004, sidan 8 (SWE)

Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan 2004. Utställningskatalog: Där krigen dragit fram, 8 A4-sidor. (SWE)
2004b. Där krigen dragit fram, Globalposten Nr 1/2004 http://www.sv.se/files/globalposten_0104.pdf

Flemming, Gösta 1990. Ansikten i staden, Fotografisk tidskrift nr 6 1990, sidorna 37-41. (SWE)

Hjortenfalk, Eva 2004. I krigens spår - Med världen som arbetsplats, Västerås Tidning 18 januari 2004, sidan 8 (SWE)

Hjorth, Anna 2001. TV4-fotograf mördad i Afghanistan, http://www.mehdis.com/TElanat/2711TV42.html (SWE)

Karlsson, Lotta 1995. Han visar oss dödens anlete, VLT, Fredagen den 26 maj 1995, sidan 39 (SWE)

Kudinoff, Ted 2006 , EXPRESSEN 29 juni 2006, Adler såg sin kollega mördas, http://expressen.se/index.jsp?d=10&a=617729 (SWE)

Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan 2004. Där krigen dragit fram, Globalposten Nr 1/2004 http://www.sv.se/files/globalposten_0104.pdf (SWE)

Tidningen 21,(Signaturen soulflow) 1999. livet genom en lins, 21 Nummer 4 1999, sidorna 30-31 (SWE)

Åkerström, Urban 1993. Nyfikenheten starkare än rädslan, aktuell fotografi & FOTO Nr 12 1993, sidorna 38-43 (SWE)

Ångström, Sara H 2005. "Jag vill bevaka platser ingen annan bryr sig om", AmnestyPress, 20 januari 2005, (SWE) http://www2.amnesty.se/ap.nsf/webbreportage/1569D84CE50ED1CBC1256F8F00341F99?opendocument
(A very interesting interview with the magazine of the Swedish section of Amnesty International, Amnesty Press)

BBC
Oil gangs threaten Nigerian unity (bbc) Paul Mason (Paul Mason and Martin Adler's film was screened on Monday, 15 November, 2004. Newsnight is broadcast on BBC Two at 2230 BST every weeknight in the UK.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4013001.stm

http://www.insightnewstv.com/martin_adler/

Under the heading "Watch Videos", the following are Martin's reports:

- Bangladesh: Beena's Story

- China: Kidnapped Wives

- Eritrea: Brothers at Arms

- Guatemala: The Baby Business

- Lithuania's Suicide Epidemic

- Pakistan: The 'Rat' Children

Online NewsHour ON PATROL January 2, 2004 A reporter follows Charlie Company of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division as it patrols the Sunni Triangle of central Iraq. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june04/iraq_01-02.html

Martin Adler. ...............................................................Photo: Peter Strandberg/Jouni Tervalampi©

2004. THE RORY PECK AWARDS 2004 http://www.rorypecktrust.org/Awards2004/Adler.htm

And their obituary of Martin: http://www.rorypecktrust.org/Obituaries/Adler.htm

Online NewsHour ON PATROL January 2, 2004

A reporter follows Charlie Company of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division as it patrols the Sunni Triangle of central Iraq. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june04/iraq_01-02.html

2006. Postumt. Reportrar utan gränser Pressfrihetspriset 2006, Anna Politkovskaja & Martin Adler (SWE)

Aftonbladet: 2006 13th December " De var orädda" Därför prisas Aftonbladets medarbetare efter sin död. Aftonbladets Martin Adler och Anna Politkovskaja belönas efter sin död.http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,953272,00.html

Olsson, Lena 2006. Mördade Adler får pris, Aftonbladet, onsdag 6 december 2006, http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,947703,00.html (SWE)

Press Gazette.co.uk , 16 November 2007, Local fixers honoured at Rory Peck Awards (The Martin Adler Prize) http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=39477&c=1

Reportrar utan gränser Pressfrihetspriset 2006, Anna Politkovskaja och Martin Adler tilldelas pressfrihetspris postumt, http://www.reportrarutangranser.se/pressfrihetspriset2006.html (SWE)

Martin Adler, Stockholm 1987 .........................................................................................Photo: Jouni Tervalampi © 

Andersson, Ulf B. 2006-06-24. Martin Adler dödad, AmnestyPress, http://www2.amnesty.se/ap.nsf/webbreportage/F752344AB42E962BC1257197001CAD31?opendocument (SWE)

Committee to Protet Journalists. (CPJ) Martin Adler, freelancer, June 23, 2006, Mogadishu. Journalists killed in 2006. http://www.cpj.org/killed/killed06.html

Rice, Xan 2006. Death in Somalia by. Xan Rice gives a personal account of the shooting of the Swedish cameraman and producer Martin Adler.: June 28th, 2006 http://www.goobjoog.net/?c=139&a=3174

http://www.newssafety.com/hotspots/countries/somalia/guardian/somalia280606.htm Newssafety

http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,,1807748,00.html The Gurdian

Sveriges Radio. Dagens eko. Internet 23 juni 2006, Svensk journalist mördad i Somalia, 16:06,
http://www.sr.se/Ekot/artikel.asp?artikel=885743 (SWE)

Sveriges Radio Västmanland. 2006-06-24 10:35:00 Martin Adler dödad,
http://www.sr.se/vastmanland/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=885871 (SWE)

Unesco. Director-General condemns the murder of journalist and photographer Martin Adler in Mogadishu 29-06-2006 (Paris) http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22509&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Öbrink, Andreas 2006 "En av världens främsta krigskorrespondenter", Dagens Nyheter, 23 juni 2006. 18.13, http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=148&a=554915&previousRenderType=6 (SWE)

Olle Castelius 2006a. "Martins storhet var att alltid finnas där", I går begravdes fotografen Martin Adler, Aftonbladet, fredag 28 juli 2006,Internet. http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,863502,00.html (SWE)
Gerdin, Anders 2006. Hans starka bilder hugger tag i mig. Tack Martin - vi ska alltid minnas dig, Aftonbladet, fredag 28 juli 2006,
http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,863522,00.html (SWE)
Nylander, Lars 2006. Martin Adler begravdes i dag, Aftonbladet Internet 27 juli 2006, http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,863243,00.html (SWE)

Peter Strandberg och Martin Adler 1991. ©Peter Strandberg/Jouni Tervalampi

BBC 2 Newsnight. Idle Scrawl. A blog by Newsnight correspondent Paul Mason. 23 Jun 2006, 05:27 P.M.
Martin Adler: superb, brave journalist. Realist. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulmason/2006/06/martin_adler_superb_brave_journalist_realist.html

Buskas, Eva 2006. Dödades i tjänsten. Aftonbladets Martin Adler hedrades i Storkyrkan igår, Aftonbladet, fredag 24 november 2006., http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,939285,00.html (SWE)

Ekman, Birgitta och Pär 2006. Dödsfall. Martin Adler. Internet. Dagens Nyheter, 13 juli 2006
Birgitta's and Pär's (Martin's parents-in-law) well-written and empathetic obituary which was published in our local paper (Vestmanlands Läns Tidning) and in the largest Swedish morning daily, Dagens Nyheter:

Gerdin, Anders Gerdin, Anders 2006. Hans starka bilder hugger tag i mig. Tack Martin - vi ska alltid minnas dig, Aftonbladet, fredag 28 juli 2006, http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,863522,00.html (SWE)
2006. Martin gav röst åt människor som ingen annan bryr sig om, Aftonbladet, lördag 24 juni, sidan 9
Internet: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,846657,00.html (SWE)
(The speech by Anders Gerdin, the editor of Sweden's largest newspaper, Aftonbladet, for which Martin worked a lot)

Hamid, Urban 2006. Minnesord. Martin Adler. Krigskorrespondent, mördades den 23 juni, 47 år gammal, Fokus, 30 juni - 13 augusti 2006, sidan 72 (SWE) (a Swedish journalist who had worked with Martin in Irak)

Heimersson, Staffan 2006, Platserna som andra glömde, Aftonbladet, lördag 24 juni, sidorna 10-11
Internet: http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,846700,00.html (SWE) (a Swedish journalist who had worked with Martin)

McCullagh, Ron 2006. A Tribute to Martin Adler, From the Frontline. July 2006.Issue 5,
http://www.frontlineclub.com/fileadmin/from_the_frontline/July_2006/FL_Newsletter_July.pdf

Miller,Jonathan 2006. Martin Adler Channal 4 News. "A journalist remembered", Published: 23 Jun 2006 http://www.channel4.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-storypage.jsp?id=2633

Naagbanton, Patrick 2006. For the slain journalist Martin Adler, Port Harcourt Telegraph (Nigeria),Wednesday June 28, 2006 11:02 PM ; http://www.thephctelegraph.com/stories/010606/2806-09col_02.html
(a Nigerian journalist who had worked with Martin)

Strandberg, Peter 2006. En kär vän i krig och kaos är borta, VLT, måndag den 3 juli 2006, sidan 25 (SWE)
http://medlem.spray.se/jaaaaa/MartinAdlerTillMinne.html (friend and journalist)

Vestmanlands Läns Tidning, 2007. Martin Adler 1958-2006. Hans bilder lever vidare - Med ett modigt öga trotsade han ondskan, Fredag 22 juni 2007, framsida i Del 2 och sidorna 10-11 i del 2. (SWE)

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More about Martin Adlers background as photojounalist and freind. Interviews. Please! Contact Peter Strandberg. (My english is not the best). He is writing a book about war and conflikts, and also about Martin Adler, their friendship and their work together. Peter Strandberg died November 6th 2008.

WAR-REPORTAGE. By Swedish Journalist & Photographer Peter Strandberg

Thanks too Peter and Alan Adler for tip of links about Martin Adler.

Jouni Tervalampi