Lynsey Addario

I'm constantly feeling for the people I cover.

I'm constantly putting myself in their shoes.

I became a parent after I had been kidnapped twice.

I had been thrown out of a car on a highway in Pakistan.

I had been in a Taliban ambush, an ambush by Iraqi insurgents.

I mean, the list goes on and on.

Mm-hmm.

And I felt like we're in a time right now where journalism is really under attack.

First of all, I think that people don't understand what it is we do and especially as frontline photographers and journalists.

And I also made a decision to just be completely transparent and vulnerable and open because I know what I ask of my subjects.

And I did not think it would be helpful if I tried to paint a sort of pretty perfect picture because that's not at all who I am.

Oh, you're asking me to analyze my own photos.

Thank you.

I guess it would be wide angle.

I generally shoot wide angle.

I get very, very close to my subjects.

I use natural light.

I don't use a flash.

I try to get sort of very intimate scenes.

I often photograph women and children, not exclusively.