Fazzina joins high-profile photographers such as Nina Berman, Philip Blenkinsop, Stanley Greene, Yuri Kozyrev, as well as Pep Bonet, Jan Grarup, Kadir van Lohuizen, Jon Lowenstein and Francesco Zizola.

"Alixandra’s photography focuses on under-reported conflicts and the often forgotten humanitarian consequences of war," says Noor. "Studying Fine Art, she began her career as a war artist in Bosnia. Since then, she has worked independently as a photojournalist throughout Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia."

Alixandra, who published A Million Shillings - Escape From Somalia, is now based in Pakistan from which she regularly travels to remote tribal areas. Speaking to BJP in December 2009, she said: "I prefer to work among the local population, looking at day-to-day things, trying to show what it is like being in a village that is being shelled."

Fazzina has been working on a longterm story about a village called Charbagh in the Swat valley in Pakistan. It used to be a Taliban operation centre. "I speak a bit of the language and have found that as a woman I can get great access into people's homes - I am allowed to enter houses without knocking on the door and am welcomes in. Of course, I don't behave like a silly foreigner, it's important not to work in a stupid, insensitive way." Read the full article, written by Colin Jacobson here.

A showcase of Fazzina's work is shown on the Noor website at www.noorimages.com.