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War Photographer Lynsey Addario on Surviving Abduction and Bearing Witness | The Mishal Husain Show
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43:10Now PlayingLynsey Addario’s life work means taking great risks to tell other people’s stories. She is a Pulitzer Prize winning war photographer who has been abducted twice while documenting conflicts from Afghanistan to Ukraine and Sudan.
There aren’t many women in her field. In a new National Geographic documentary called "Love+War," currently streaming on Disney+, she lets us into that world, one she’s made her profession for three decades. Addario also shows how she adjusts from a work environment of grave danger and high-adrenaline to being a mother making the school run and spending time with her sons.
In this conversation, she tells Mishal Husain, why she believes her job is to "bear witness" and how she came to it. She remembers the first time she used a camera and shares how her childhood prepared her to walk into any situation and connect with anyone, from soldiers to refugees and civilians living through extreme times.
This interview contains descriptions of abduction, violence and sexual assault which some listeners/viewers may find distressing.
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