Nothing seemed more important to me than to make the world aware of the senseless death and starvation in South Sudan. I wanted people to see through the eyes of the suffering so my photos might motivate the international community to act. Lynsey Addario Read Quote
With each assignment, I weigh the looming possibility of being killed, and I chastise myself for allowing fear to hinder me. War photographers aren’t supposed to get scared. Lynsey Addario Read Quote
In so many countries, Western journalists are viewed simply as dollar signs. We’re ransom objects. Lynsey Addario Read Quote
I’m not the kind of person to sit and dwell for ages on something that happened. I go through something, I experience it, I try to learn from it, and I move forward. Lynsey Addario Read Quote
I’m constantly struggling. You know, the stories that I feel like I could cover, do the work that I want to do and being a mother. That’s really where my struggle is – and being a wife and having a life – and for me it’s really hard to find that balance. I’m always struggling to find that balance. Lynsey Addario Read Quote
I think, for me, personally, I try to be sensitive to issues as I learn about them. And I also try to constantly become not only a certain type of person but also become more in tune to the issues I’m covering. As I get older, I think that things just affect me more. Lynsey Addario Read Quote
I knew that my interest lied in international stories. I was interested in how women were living under the Taliban, for example. Lynsey Addario Read Quote
I try not to get caught up in how our society is so inundated with images, and stay very focused on the work that I’m doing. Lynsey Addario Read Quote
Family is such a fundamental part of Islam, and women run the family. I had to force myself not to impose my own definition of political and social freedom on women in Islam, and approach each story objectively. Lynsey Addario Read Quote
