Lynsey Addario
Lynsey Addario
Lynsey Addariois an American photojournalist. Her work often focuses on conflicts and human rights issues, especially the role of women in traditional societies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth13 November 1973
CountryUnited States of America
drives human
The possibility to mobilize the international community to act on human suffering is what drives me every day as a photojournalist.
taking
The fact is that trauma and risk taking hadn't become scarier over the years; it had become more normal.
amount ground huge start time women
When I'm documenting, for example, a story on women in Afghanistan, I will do a huge amount of research and a lot of time on the ground just getting to know the women before I even start shooting.
I would never think of myself as a role model.
caught society stay work
I try not to get caught up in how our society is so inundated with images, and stay very focused on the work that I'm doing.
associated great sort taught
I started freelancing for the Associated Press. I had a great mentor there who sort of taught me everything.
invasion saddam visited
I had first visited Kurdistan in 2003 before the invasion of Iraq, camping out in Erbil and Sulaimaniya while waiting for Saddam Hussein's fall.
cover determine whether
I didn't want my gender to determine whether or not I could cover breaking news.
people willing
Americans are really lovely people - friendly, kind and willing to help you out.
interest interested knew lied women
I knew that my interest lied in international stories. I was interested in how women were living under the Taliban, for example.
follow life nice pack refugee single
If I'm doing a story on how a single mother copes in a refugee camp, I'll go to her tent; I'll follow her when she's working, see what her daily life is like, and try to pack that into one composition, with nice light, in one frame.
leaves
Every story takes its toll on me and leaves an impression on me.
front history
Where in the world would I rather be than on the front line of history?
people
I think that more often than not, people underestimate me.