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Lynsey Addario (born November 13, 1973) is an American
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. Her work often focuses on conflicts and human rights issues, especially the role of women in traditional societies. In 2022, she received a Courage in Journalism Award from the
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(IWMF).


Life and work

Lynsey Addario was born and raised in Westport, Connecticut, to parents Camille and Phillip Addario, both Italian-American hairdressers. She graduated from
Staples High School Staples High School is a public high school located in the town of Westport, Connecticut, United States. Staples High School is named after Horace Staples, who founded the school on April 26, 1884. Westport is one of eight school districts in Dis ...
, in Westport in 1991 and from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995. /sup> She also holds two Honorary Doctorate Degrees, one from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Humanities, and another from Bates College in Maine. Addario began photographing professionally with the '' Buenos Aires Herald'' in
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in 1996 with, as she says, "no previous photographic training". In the late 1990s, she moved back to the United States and freelanced for the
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in
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, only to move back to
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less than one year later. Focusing on
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and the effect of
communism Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, ...
on the public, Addario made a name for herself. She moved to
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
a few years later to photograph under the Associated Press, leaving the United States. While living in India, Addario traveled through
Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
,
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...
, and
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, focusing on
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and women's issues. After the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, Addario resolved to photograph Afghanistan and Pakistan under the Taliban. In 2003 and 2004, Addario photographed the Iraq war in Baghdad for ''The New York Times''. She has since covered conflicts in Afghanistan,
Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
,
Darfur Darfur ( ; ar, دار فور, Dār Fūr, lit=Realm of the Fur) is a region of western Sudan. ''Dār'' is an Arabic word meaning "home f – the region was named Dardaju ( ar, دار داجو, Dār Dājū, links=no) while ruled by the Daju ...
,
Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
,
Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and s ...
, and
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...
. She has covered stories throughout the
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and
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. In August 2004 she turned her attention to Africa, focusing on
Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
and
Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
. She has photographed for ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. In Pakistan on May 9, 2009, Addario was involved in an automobile accident while returning to
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from an assignment at a
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. Her collar bone was broken, another journalist was injured, and the driver was killed. Addario was one of four ''New York Times'' journalists who were missing in
Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
from March 16–21, 2011. ''The New York Times'' reported on March 18, 2011, that Libya had agreed to free her and three colleagues: Anthony Shadid, Stephen Farrell and
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. The
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released the four journalists on March 21, 2011. She reports that she was threatened with death and repeatedly groped during her captivity by the Libyan Army. In November 2011, ''The New York Times'' wrote a letter of complaint on behalf of Addario to the
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i government, after allegations that Israeli soldiers at the Erez Crossing had strip-searched and mocked her and forced her to go through an X-ray scanner three times despite knowing that she was pregnant. Addario reported that she had "never, ever been treated with such blatant cruelty." The Israeli Defence ministry subsequently issued an apology to both Addario and ''The New York Times''. The extensive exhibition 'In Afghanistan' at the
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in
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,
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has her photos of Afghan women juxtaposed with Tim Hetherington's photographs from American soldiers in the
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. Addario's recent bodies of work include "Finding Home" a year-long documentary following three Syrian refugee families and their stateless newborns over the course of one year as they await asylum in Europe for ''Time,'' ''The Changing Face of Saudi Women'' for ''National Geographic'' and "The Displaced" for ''The New York Times Magazine,'' a reportage documenting the lives of three children displaced from war in Syria, Ukraine, and
South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of th ...
. Addario has spent the last four years documenting the plight of Syrian refugees in
Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
,
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,
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, and Iraq for ''The New York Times,'' and she has covered the civil war in South Sudan, and Maternal Mortality in
Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
, India, and
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for ''Time.'' In 2015, Addario published her memoir ''It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War'' and Warner Bros., Warner Bros bought the rights to a movie based on the memoir, to be directed by
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and to star
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as Addario. She also released a photography book in October 2018 titled "Of Love and War". In March 2022, Addario covered the conflict in Ukraine on behalf of the ''New York Times''. While reporting from Irpin adjacent to
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, Addario photographed a
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n mortar attack on evacuating civilians. The incident was also filmed by Andriy Dubchak, working freelance for the ''New York Times''. They witnessed the Russian forces adjust their mortar fire directly at the civilians and then a mortar round exploded about 20 meters away from the journalists. In the immediate aftermath, Addario took a photo of a group of four victims. A mother and two children were killed and a man accompanying them was seriously injured and later died. She said that the photo is historically important " cause it's a war crime. And it's happening." The photo was published on the front page of the newspaper on March 7. A few days later, the woman who was killed was identified, and her children who died were her 18 year old son and 9 year old daughter. A volunteer with a religious organization that had been assisting the family was also killed. The woman was an employee of SE Ranking, a software company with offices in
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and
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.


Family

Addario is married to Paul de Bendern, a journalist with
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. They married in July 2009. They have one son.


Publications by Addario

*''It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War.'' New York: Penguin, 2015. . *''Of Love & War.'' New York: Penguin, 2018. .


Awards

*2002: Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography. *2008:
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Grant for Editorial photography for her work in Darfur. *2009: MacArthur Fellowship from the
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. *2009:
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for International Reporting, part of which was for her work in Waziristan. *2015: ''American Photo Magazine'' named Addario one of the five most influential photographers of the past 25 years, writing that "Addario changed the way we saw the world’s conflicts." *2017: Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement. *2018: Emmy Award nomination for 'Finding Home', with a team of others, for ''Time'' *2019: Honorary Doctorate from the ''University of York'' *2020: Induction into the
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* 2022, Courage in Journalism Award,
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(IWMF).


References


External links

* * Peter Hossli
"It's a Calling"
Interview with Lynsey Addario from June 15, 2015
"Inside the Mind of a Genius: Lynsey Addario"
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