Lynsey Addario
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And ultimately, I went back and interviewed him for a new book I'm writing called
But he said, I don't want my family to be another statistic.
You know, for me, it's important there is a face and names to my children and my wife.
Yeah.
I mean, there's this image of the war photographer that is completely stoic, you know, and there are many people.
I mean, Jim Noctoway, there's the movie War Photographer, and he's like perfect white shirt.
You know, his equipment's always clean.
He's emotionless on camera.
Yeah.
You know, I'm basically the opposite.
I have, like, bubble gum wrappers attached to my lenses.
Like, I'm a disaster when I'm shooting.
I'm crying.
I'm emotional.
Oh, shit.
I know.
I swear a lot.
I know.
Yeah, I mean, you hear when I'm like under mortar attack that I'm swearing a lot, which, you know, I'm sorry if that's offensive, but a lot of this is very raw.
And I think war is raw.