Lynsey Addario

And I know where I come up against pushback of photographing scenes that are too graphic for the public or scenes that may seem disrespectful.

Right.

So I photographed, and then I was sort of working my way around the scene, trying to find an angle that felt okay and not disrespectful.

And then eventually we made a run for it, and there were mortars coming in on the way out.

And after that, once we got into the car and sort of started heading back to the hotel, I immediately started messaging my editors saying...

The reason this picture is important is because I was in this attack.

I survived the mortar attack, and I know that it was an intentional targeting of a civilian evacuation route.

And so for me, it was really about the fact that I was there to witness the fact that this family was killed intentionally there.

And that's why it was so important for me to publish this picture.

And very luckily, the New York Times stood behind it.

They did end up putting it on the front page.

And it was used.

I mean, it was used to rally the world, essentially, to stand behind Ukraine in those initial weeks and months of the war to give them weapons to fight against the Russian invasion.

I mean, that was actually the father of the two children killed and the husband of Tatiana, the wife.

And to know that I was responsible for capturing that horrific moment in perpetuity for this man who lost everything was excruciating.

I mean, it was horrific for me because I felt so guilty, you know, and I felt so horrible.

And what you don't see in the documentary, of course, is me sobbing hysterically about

You know, while Andrew Kramer, the New York Times journalist, was interviewing him and saying, you know, if we could have asked your permission, if we could have found you in time, what would you have said?

And he said, you know, yes, I would have given permission.

The world needs to see what's happening in Ukraine.