129 Quotes by Lynsey Addario

I didn't want my gender to determine whether or not I could cover breaking news.

I had first visited Kurdistan in 2003 before the invasion of Iraq, camping out in Erbil and Sulaimaniya while waiting for Saddam Hussein's fall.

I had imposed unspeakable worry on my husband, Paul de Bendern, on more occasions than I could count.

I started freelancing for the Associated Press. I had a great mentor there who sort of taught me everything.

I try not to get caught up in how our society is so inundated with images, and stay very focused on the work that I'm doing.

I would never think of myself as a role model.

I'm a very open person, very self-deprecating. I accept my flaws.

The possibility to mobilize the international community to act on human suffering is what drives me every day as a photojournalist.

The fact is that trauma and risk taking hadn't become scarier over the years; it had become more normal.