Lynsey Addario
Bio:
Lynsey Addario is an American photojournalist based in London, where she photographs for The New York Times, National Geographic, and Time Magazine. Her recent bodies of work include “Veiled Rebellion,” a photo essay exploring the lives of women in Afghanistan for National Geographic, maternal mortality in Sierra Leone for Time Magazine, and “Talibanistan,” and “Battle Company Is Out There,” documenting both sides of the war in Afghanistan and the Taliban in Pakistan for The New York Times Magazine. Addario has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the MacArthur Fellowship, or “Genius Grant,” in 2009.
It's been less than a year since photojournalist Lynsey Addario returned from Libya, where soldiers loyal to Muammar Gaddafi sexually abused her during six days in captivity. I interviewed Addario just after she returned, and her honesty and stated intention of “shaming the Libyans” for what had been done to her evinced a remarkable personal strength.
