Lynsey Addario

Lynsey Addario is an American photojournalist known for her work documenting refugees and life in conflict zones. Her photographs have been regularly published in The New York Times, National Geographic, and Time Magazine. American Photo Magazine recognized her as one of the five most influential photographers of the past 25 years. Addario began her professional photography career in 1996 with the Buenos Aires Herald. She later freelanced for the Associated Press in New York before relocating to New Delhi to cover South Asia.

In 2000, Addario traveled to Afghanistan to document the conditions and oppression under the Taliban. She was part of The New York Times team that received the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for her photographic contributions to “Talibanistan.” Her career has seen her report on Syrian refugees, the Islamic State’s advance into Iraq, the civil war in South Sudan, and conflicts in Libya, Lebanon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In 2011, while on assignment for The New York Times in Libya, Addario and three other journalists were captured and held hostage for six days. This experience is detailed in her memoir, “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War,” published in February of that year. The memoir is slated to be adapted into a film starring Jennifer Lawrence and directed by Steven Spielberg. Addario has received numerous awards, including the MacArthur Fellowship in 2009. She earned a bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is represented exclusively by Getty Images Reportage. She is fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian.