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Lynsey Addario
1973 • American • Photographer
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Showing 60 quotesThe possibility to mobilize the international community to act on human suffering is what drives me every day as a photojournalist.— Lynsey Addario
It's very hard to turn your back once you're aware of what's going on, and you're aware of the injustices, and you're aware of the civilian casualties. It's much easier if you have no idea and you've never seen it.— Lynsey Addario
When I'm documenting, for example, a story on women in Afghanistan, I will do a huge amount of research and a lot of time on the ground just getting to know the women before I even start shooting.— Lynsey Addario