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Lynsey Addario

(1973) Journalist

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Lynsey Addario is a journalist.

Quick Facts About Lynsey Addario

Born: November 13, 1973
Profession: Journalist

About Lynsey Addario

[Wikidata] American photojournalist... | [Wikipedia] Lynsey Addario is an American photojournalist. Her work often focuses on conflicts and human rights issues, especially the role of women in traditional societies.
In 2022, she received a Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF).

Quotes by Lynsey Addario

In a place like Afghanistan where the society is completely segregated, women have access to women. Men cannot always photograph women and…

Access

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The goal for me is to pull in the reader and to have them ask questions.

Ask questions

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I've worked for over 11 years in the Muslim world, and the one thing that I feel like I've learned - who's…

Aggressive

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Journalists dedicate their lives to covering war - they make many personal sacrifices, and it's not something that's gender-based. In a place…

Covering

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I'm incredibly focused. I think it's a blessing and a curse. I'm so driven that nothing else can stand in my way.…

Blessing

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People think photography is about photographing. To me, it’s about relationships.

People

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When I read about women living under the Taliban, I really wanted to travel there and see for myself: Is it that…

Afghanistan

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There are ways to minimize the risk if you are a woman working in the Middle East: You can dress modestly, wear…

Dresses

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If women are all of a sudden complaining all the time about getting sent to Pakistan, then if I were an editor,…

Complaining

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I hope that my work helps people - that's the thing that drives me and keeps me going.

Helping

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Mortars and artillery don't discriminate against gender.

Artillery

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I found that the camera was a comforting companion. It opened up new worlds, and gave me access to people's most intimate…

Access

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I just pray. And I'm not very religious at all - I was raised Catholic, but probably haven't gone to church since…

Catholic

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“Over the years I forced myself to be creative in how I covered the same scenes over and over. I started shooting…

Art

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I've always been interested in the rest of the world. My family is very eccentric; my parents have always been very supportive…

Eccentric

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I was assigned a Taliban "minder" who followed me everywhere. But he couldn't follow me into homes where there were women, so…

Follow me

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