Lynsey Addario

Lynsey Addario
Born (1973-11-13) November 13, 1973
Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison
Occupation Photojournalist
Spouse(s) Paul de Bendern
Awards MacArthur Fellowship

Lynsey Addario (born November 13, 1973)

Life and work

Addario was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States, to Italian-American hairdresser parents.[1] She graduated from Staples High School, in Westport, Connecticut, in 1991[2] and from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995.[2] She began photographing professionally in 1996 at the Buenos Aires Herald in Argentina,[2] and then began freelancing for the Associated Press, with Cuba as a focus.

In 2000, she photographed in Afghanistan under Taliban control. She has since covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Darfur, Republic of the Congo, and Haiti.[3] She has covered stories throughout the Middle East and Africa.[4] She has visited Darfur or neighboring Chad at least once a month from August 2004.[5][6]

She has photographed for The New York Times,[7] The New York Times Magazine, Time, Newsweek, and National Geographic.[8]

In Pakistan on May 9, 2009, Addario was involved in an automobile accident while returning to Islamabad from an assignment at a refugee camp. Her collar bone (clavicle) was broken, another journalist was injured, and the driver was killed.[9]

Addario was one of four New York Times journalists who were missing in Libya 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 Tyler Hicks.[10] The Libyan government released the four journalists on March 21, 2011.[11] She reports that she was threatened with death and repeatedly groped during her captivity by the Libyan Army.[12]

Addario told the press that "Physically we were blindfolded and bound. In the beginning, my hands and feet were bound very tightly behind our backs and my feet were tied with shoelaces. I was blindfolded most of the first three days, with the exception of the first six hours. I was punched in the face a few times and groped repeatedly." And "It was incredibly intense and violent. It was abusive throughout, both psychologically and physically. It was very chaotic and very aggressive. For me, there was a lot of groping right away. Sort of everyone who had to pick me up and carry me somewhere, they would reach around and grab my breasts and touch my butt--everyone who came near me."[13]

In November 2011, The New York Times wrote a letter of complaint on behalf of Addario to the Israeli 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.[14] Addario reported that she had "never, ever been treated with such blatant cruelty."[15] The Israeli Defence ministry subsequently issued an apology to both Addario and The New York Times.[16]

The extensive exhibition In Afghanistan[17] at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway has her photos of Afghan women juxtaposed with Tim Hetherington's photographs from American soldiers in the Korangal Valley.

Family

Addario is married to Paul de Bendern, a journalist with Reuters. They married in July 2009.[18][19] They have one son, Lukas (B. 2011).[20]

Publications by Addario

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Lynsey Addario". National Geographic Italia. 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  2. 1 2 3 "Photojournalist Lynsey Addario Wins $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship". National Press Photographers Association. September 22, 2009. Archived from the original on September 27, 2009. Addario, 35 [as of September 2009], based in Istanbul....
  3. ↑ "Lynsey Addario Speaks About Haiti". Prison Photography. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  4. ↑ "Lynsey Addario". CongoWomen. 2001-09-11. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  5. ↑ "Moving Walls 11 | Documentary Photography Project | Open Society Foundations". Soros.org. 2005-03-09. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  6. ↑ "Blog Archive » Lynsey Addario/Vii Network". Darfur/Darfur. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  7. ↑ "Lynsey Addario". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ Tewfic El-Sawy (2007-09-10). "Lynsey Addario: Darfur". The Travel Photographer. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  9. ↑ J.W. Atkins. "Worth a look: Lynsey Addario "On Assignment: Taking Time Out to Heal"". dvafoto. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  10. ↑ Kirkpatrick, David (March 18, 2011). "Libya Says It Will Release Times Journalists". New York Times. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  11. ↑ Peters, Jeremy W. (21 March 2011). "Freed Times Journalists Give Account of Captivity". New York Times. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  12. ↑ Peters, Jeremy W. (March 21, 2011). "Libya Releases 4 New York Times Journalists". The New York Times.
  13. ↑ Wolfe, Lauren (April 4, 2011). "Q&A: NYT's Lynsey Addario on Libya sexual assault". Committee to Protect Journalists.
  14. ↑ "Israel apologizes to American journalist for overly intrusive search", Haaretz, November 28, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Defence Ministry apologizes to NY Times", Jerusalem Post, November 28, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Israel apologizes for treatment of NYT journalist". Boston Globe. AP. November 28, 2011.
  17. ↑ Archived March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  18. ↑ Dunlap, David W. (September 21, 2009). "Behind the Scenes: A MacArthur for Addario". The New York Times.
  19. ↑
  20. ↑ Addario, Lynsey (January 28, 2015). "What Can a Pregnant Photojournalist Cover? Everything". The New York Times.
  21. ↑
  22. ↑ "Photojournalist Lynsey Addario Wins $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship". Nppa.org. September 22, 2009. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  23. ↑ "The Pulitzer Prizes | Right at the Edge". Pulitzer.org. September 7, 2008. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
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