Lela Ahmadzai was born in Kabul in 1975 and came to Germany at the age of 17. Since 2003 she has been documenting social and political change in Europe and Asia. In 2014 Lela Ahmadzai took second prize at the international World Press Photo Awards for her multimedia reportage "Stille Nacht. Das Massaker von Kandahar"
In her latest photo series, German-Afghan photographer and multimedia journalist Lela Ahmadzai documents the life of four Afghan women who are intent on leading self-determined lives, despite the social pressure to conform. An interview by Felix Koltermann
