Lindsay Addario
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Podcast Appearances
And they were like, no.
And I just basically was relentless.
I just kept going in.
And finally, they said, okay.
Because I think I was in all that time I was like started looking at newspapers and magazines and exhibitions.
I went to a Salgado exhibit that kind of blew my mind.
And I think I realized, like, I could take photographs and tell stories with photographs.
And it was something that I didn't realize before.
To me, photography was like fine art or it was, you know, Henri Cartier-Bresson and it was like, you know, capture the decisive moment or it was, you know โ
But it never was about telling stories and specifically about political issues, international relations.
And so it just seemed like, OK, this is it.
This is this is for me.
I mean, I wish I knew where the dogness came from.
I mean, I do not give up.
And it's like, yeah, it's probably because I'm the youngest of four sisters.
But it's a trait in me that has cursed me and it's blessed me because I just don't give up.
But anyway, so I kept going into this photo department and the guys were just so sick of me that they were like, look, Madonna is filming Evita at the Casa Rosada.
And if you can sneak on set and get a picture of Madonna, we'll give you a job.
So that was my big break.
I went to the set.