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Lynsey Addario was just finding her way as a photographer when September 11th changed the world. One of the few photojournalists with experience in Afghanistan, when she is asked to return and cover the American invasion, she makes a decision - not to stay home, not to lead a quiet or predictable life, but to set out across the world, face the chaos of crisis, and make a name for herself. Addario travels with purpose and bravery, photographing the Afghan people before and after the Taliban reign, the civilian casualties and misunderstood insurgents of the Iraq War, as well as the burned villages and countless dead in Darfur. She exposes a culture of violence against women in the Congo and tells the riveting story of her headline-making kidnapping by pro-Qaddafi forces in the Libyan civil war. As a woman photojournalist Addario is determined to be taken as seriously as her male peers. She fights her way into a boys' club of a profession; and once there, rather than choose between her personal life and her career, Addario learns to strike a necessary balance. Watching uprisings unfold and people fight to the death for their freedom, Addario understands she is documenting not only news but also the fate of society. It's What I Do is more than just a snapshot of life on the front lines; it bears witness to the human cost of war.

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'A brutally real and unrelentingly raw memoir.' -- Kirkus Reviews '[An] unflinching memoir. [Addario's] book offers insight into international events and the challenges faced by the journalists who capture them.' -- The Washington Post 'Addario's memoir brilliantly succeeds not only as a personal and professional narrative but also as an illuminating homage to photojournalism's role in documenting suffering and injustice, and its potential to influence public opinion and official policy.' -- Publishers Weekly

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Lynsey Addario is an American photojournalist who regularly works for The New York Times, National Geographic, and Time Magazine. Lynsey began photographing professionally for the Buenos Aires Herald in 1996 with no previous photographic training. In 2000, she travelled to Afghanistan to document life under the Taliban, and has since covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Lebanon, Darfur, South Sudan, and Congo. In 2015, American Photo Magazine named Lynsey one of the five most influential photographers of the past 25 years. She has received the MacArthur Fellowship and the Overseas Press Club's Olivier Rebbot award for her series, Veiled Rebellion: Afghan Women . Lynsey's recent work includes reportage on Syrian refugees for The New York Times, the ISIS push into Iraq, the civil war in South Sudan, and maternal mortality in Sierra Leone for Time. She released a New York Times bestselling memoir, It's What I Do, which chronicles her life as a photojournalist coming of age in the post-9/11 world. Lynsey Addario is an American photojournalist who regularly works for The New York Times, National Geographic, and Time Magazine. Lynsey began photographing professionally for the Buenos Aires Herald in 1996 with no previous photographic training. In 2000, she travelled to Afghanistan to document life under the Taliban, and has since covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Lebanon, Darfur, South Sudan, and Congo. In 2015, American Photo Magazine named Lynsey one of the five most influential photographers of the past 25 years. She has received the MacArthur Fellowship and the Overseas Press Club's Olivier Rebbot award for her series, Veiled Rebellion: Afghan Women . Lynsey's recent work includes reportage on Syrian refugees for The New York Times, the ISIS push into Iraq, the civil war in South Sudan, and maternal mortality in Sierra Leone for Time. She released a New York Times bestselling memoir, It's What I Do, which chronicles her life as a photojournalist coming of age in the post-9/11 world.

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