{"id":8861,"date":"2025-11-06T13:11:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=8861"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:12:01","slug":"lynsey-addario-there-was-never-a-world-in-which-i-would-not-do-this-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=8861","title":{"rendered":"Lynsey Addario: &#8216;There Was Never a World in Which I Would Not Do This Work&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_824343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-824343\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-824343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynsey Addario on assignment in Iridimi Refugee Camp, Wadi Fira, Chad. (National Geographic\/Caitlin Kelly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynseyaddario.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\">Lynsey Addario<\/a> has risked life and limb and been kidnapped multiple times to perform a photojournalist\u2019s most crucial and valuable mission: powerfully capturing and telling the world\u2019s most meaningful stories. Addario\u2019s incredible career, which spans more than two decades, is the focus of the brand-new <em>National Geographic<\/em> documentary, <a href=\"https:\/\/films.nationalgeographic.com\/love-war\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\"><em>Love+War<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>  In the new documentary, viewers get a behind-the-scenes look at how Addario balances her work in dangerous places \u2014 including, most recently and frequently, <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2022\/03\/01\/photojournalist-lynsey-addario-captures-the-unfolding-war-in-ukraine\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">war-ravaged Ukraine<\/a> \u2014 with her personal life. Addario is often away from her husband and kids for weeks and even months at a time, living and working abroad in extreme danger. Every time she leaves home on assignment, she incurs significant risk and pays a steep price. <\/p>\n<p> However, Addario, whose acclaimed work has transformed how people perceive global conflict and its effects on people, especially women and children, remains driven to do it all: Capture world-changing photos and return safely home to be with her family. How she navigates these competing passions is central to the film and yields some of its most powerful scenes about what it means to be a conflict photographer. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-iframe\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hSqRXVlITBc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Revisiting a Career of Remarkable Accomplishment and Near-Death Experiences <\/h2>\n<p>Throughout <em>Love+War<\/em>, Addario recounts many of the most significant experiences from her career, both good and bad, but always emotionally powerful. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s been hard to revisit a lot of these situations and a lot of these images,\u201d Addario tells <em>PetaPixel<\/em>. \u201cI have been doing this a very, very long time, almost 25 years, and a lot of the people I\u2019ve photographed over the years still live with me and I carry their stories with me.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_824344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-824344\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LoveWar_CK_0L4A3490_R.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing sunglasses, a dark shirt, and khaki pants walks alone on a vast, sandy area with scattered buildings and a few people in the distant background under a clear sky.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-full wp-image-824344\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-824344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynsey Addario on assignment in Iridimi Refugee Camp, Wadi Fira, Chad. (National Geographic\/Caitlin Kelly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> Addario says that most of the time, she\u2019s just focused on her work. She takes the shots, then moves on to the next story that must be told. However, she says that on the relatively rare occasions when she has to sit down and really grapple with her work, \u201cit\u2019s difficult.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>A particularly difficult assignment was photographing Mamma Sessay, an 18-year-old mother in Sierra Leone. In May 2010, Sessay gave birth to twins. The first baby was delivered successfully, but the second child did not arrive easily \u2014 her contractions stopped. Addario traveled with Sessay as she went by canoe and ambulance from her village to a hospital, where Sessay suffered postpartum hemorrhaging and died as she was finally being brought to a doctor. The only doctor in the district, in fact. <\/p>\n<p>It is stories like these, the ones that are hardest to experience and then relive, that arguably demand the most attention. The series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynseyaddario.com\/maternal-mortality\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\"><em>Maternal Mortality<\/em><\/a>, is exceptionally emotional and sheds light on global tragedies as women, particularly those in vulnerable situations, face disproportionate risk as they bring new life into the world. <\/p>\n<p>Addario believes that the rules of photojournalism have changed over her career. As she reflects on things she might have done differently, if given another chance, the seasoned photographer says she trusts herself more to tell the stories in the right way. Respecting the subjects is of paramount importance to Addario, and what precisely that means has changed as the ways photographs are shared and spread have changed. It is no longer the case that a photo may appear in a newspaper once and that\u2019s it; they live online now. Forever. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_824341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-824341\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LoveWar_CK_0L4A6357.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with dark hair, wearing a light shirt and sunglasses on her head, stands outdoors holding two cameras. She is looking to the side, with a dry, sandy landscape and a tree in the background.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-full wp-image-824341\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-824341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynsey Addario on assignment in Tin\u00e9, on the Sudanese border in Northeast Chad. (National Geographic\/Caitlin Kelly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>What Happens Beyond the Camera <\/h2>\n<p>Throughout Addario\u2019s career, everything that happens when she\u2019s not looking through the viewfinder has changed, too. She got married and started a family. People rarely ask men how they juggle careers and kids, and it\u2019d be a disservice to ask Addario how she does it. However, having a family does affect her, just as it affects everyone who has to travel for work, especially when it involves going to dangerous places. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_824340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-824340\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LoveWar_CK_0L4A9234.jpg\" alt=\"A woman and a child share a warm embrace in a sunlit room, both holding each other tightly. The woman\u2019s eyes are closed, conveying a sense of comfort and support.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-full wp-image-824340\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-824340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynsey Addario says goodbye to her son Lukas before leaving on assignment. (National Geographic\/Caitlin Kelly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_824338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-824338\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LoveWar_UHD_02.jpg\" alt=\"A woman and man sit closely together on a couch, smiling and taking a selfie or video call with a smartphone. The woman is wearing a red jacket with colorful stripes. The background is softly lit and out of focus.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-824338\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-824338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynsey Addario and her husband Paul de Bendern take a video call with Lynsey\u2019s mother. (Credit: National Geographic\/Thorsten Thielow)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> \u201cI\u2019m at a point in my career where I\u2019ve had so many close calls,\u201d Addario tells <em>PetaPixel<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019ve now been kidnapped twice. I was through out of a car. I\u2019ve been ambushed. <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2013\/06\/27\/which-of-us-dies-first-the-achilles-heel-of-the-war-reporting-business\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">I\u2019ve lost a lot of friends<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think [I do] a constant sort of calculation of what I\u2019ll risk my life for and how far I\u2019ll go forward with what I\u2019m willing to do,\u201d the photographer explains. \u201cI think having a family adds to that equation. It\u2019s scary. As my kids get older and as they get more aware of what I do, that calculation is even more complicated because, of course, I have to answer questions from my 13-year-old.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_824339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-824339\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LoveWar_CK_0L4A9309.jpg\" alt=\"A young boy in a yellow LeBron James basketball jersey smiles at a woman sitting on the floor in a messy, sunlit bedroom decorated with toy cars, plants, and a bed with colorful sheets.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-full wp-image-824339\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-824339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynsey Addario at home with her son Alfred before leaving on assignment. (National Geographic\/Caitlin Kelly)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She admits it was easier before she had kids, but also when they were just too young to understand what she was doing. There\u2019s a scene in <em>Love+War<\/em> when Addario travels from Ukraine, hopping borders, to get back to England in time to go to one of her son\u2019s recitals. It is as important a race against time as any she does with a camera in hand. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a constant negotiation with safety,\u201d she says of her work.<br \/>\n After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/23\/world\/africa\/23times.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\">Addario was infamously held hostage and assaulted in Libya in 2011<\/a>, Addario says she was constantly questioned about whether she would quit and give up her career as a conflict photographer. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was never a question for me,\u201d she says, with steeled resolve. \u201cThere was never a world in which I would not do this work.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Instead, it was a question about <em>how<\/em> she was going to continue to do her job and not get kidnapped for a third time. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_824336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-824336\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LoveWar_UHD_17.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a dark jacket takes photos with a camera amid rubble and debris in front of a damaged building, with sunlight shining from behind.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-824336\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-824336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynsey Addario photographs a damaged building in Ukraine. (Credit: National Geographic\/Andriy Dubchak)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHow can I do this without putting my loved ones, my family, through that emotional toll? Because it\u2019s very selfish in a way to continue going back, continuing going back when my family is suffering and terrified all the time. So I had to figure out how I would do it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Addario believes it was around this time that she started focusing more on the human stories and less on the sheer war. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was less about chasing the aftermath of bombs and missiles and artillery attacks and more about doing longer term stories on people and the civilian victims of combat,\u201d Addario says. \u201cBut it\u2019s not like anything is a guarantee in war. Everything is dangerous and everything\u2019s unpredictable.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_824337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-824337\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LoveWar_UHD_04.jpg\" alt=\"A journalist wearing a &quot;PRESS&quot; vest and a helmet sits on the floor indoors, raising one hand and looking tense, possibly in a conflict or dangerous situation.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-824337\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-824337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynsey Addario finds shelter from a nearby shelling during an assignment in Ukraine. (Credit: National Geographic\/Andriy Dubchak)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Lynsey Addario\u2019s Impact on Photography and Beyond <\/h2>\n<p>The importance of what Lynsey Addario does cannot be overstated, nor can the price she pays to do it. Every time she travels to a dangerous region to tell real, human stories that may, in many cases, never be told otherwise, she takes a tremendous risk and must navigate dangers that few others do. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so driven. I work all the time, and I have since I was 21,\u201d she concludes. \u201cSo long as I\u2019m physically and emotionally prepared for a story, I\u2019m going to go for whatever the story I want to tell is at that time. It\u2019s important for me, the subject matter.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_824345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-824345\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LoveWar_Archive_070.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holding a camera and wearing a baby in a front carrier stands outdoors in a grassy, wooded area. She looks surprised and points upward with one finger. The image is in black and white.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-824345\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-824345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynsey Addario holds her son Lukas while working. (Photo courtesy Lynsey Addario)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/films.nationalgeographic.com\/love-war\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\"><em>Love+War<\/em><\/a> was created by Academy Award-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. The documentary premieres on November 6 on <em>National Geographic<\/em>, Disney+, and Hulu. It is a compelling film that all photographers should check out. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2025\/11\/05\/lynsey-addario-there-was-never-a-world-in-which-i-would-not-do-this-work\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynsey Addario on assignment in Iridimi Refugee Camp, Wadi Fira, Chad. (National Geographic\/Caitlin Kelly) Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Lynsey Addario has risked life and limb and been kidnapped multiple times to perform a photojournalist\u2019s most crucial and valuable mission: powerfully capturing and telling the world\u2019s most meaningful stories. 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