Lynsey Addario
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
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.