Lynsey Addario Quotes

People think photography is about photographing. To me, it's about relationships.

I hope that my work helps people - that's the thing that drives me and keeps me going.

If women are all of a sudden complaining all the time about getting sent to Pakistan, then if I were an editor, I probably wouldn't send a woman.

I never want to regret the kisses I missed.

The goal for me is to pull in the reader and to have them ask questions.

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

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

I would never think of myself as a role model.

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 knew that my interest lied in international stories. I was interested in how women were living under the Taliban, for example.

I've always wanted to do a photo book, but I've never done one because I've never felt ready; I just didn't feel my work was good enough.

Photography has shaped the way I look at the world; it has taught me to look beyond myself and capture the world outside.

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

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.

Americans are really lovely people - friendly, kind and willing to help you out.

Where in the world would I rather be than on the front line of history?

I'm not very religious at all - I was raised Catholic, but probably haven't gone to church since my Holy Communion when I was about 6 or 7.

Sometimes when I am photographing a major news event, I am suddenly overwhelmed by helplessness.

You have to believe 100 percent in what you're doing, that some picture or some thing we do is going to change the world in some tiny, minute way.

I got rejected from journalism school!

Every story takes its toll on me and leaves an impression on me.

Mortars and artillery don't discriminate against gender.

I didn't know a single female photographer who covered conflict who even had a boyfriend, much less a husband or a baby.

For a journalist who covers the Muslim world, we have responsibilities to be familiar with that culture and to know how to respond to that.

Don't expect things to happen fast. Be empathetic with the people you are photographing. Don't be concerned about money.

I've rarely seen portrayals of photojournalists that seem accurate.

In so many countries, Western journalists are viewed simply as dollar signs. We're ransom objects.

I come from a big family of hairdressers; they didn't read newspapers. I would say, 'I'm off to Afghanistan ... ' and they would say, 'Have fun!'

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

I think that more often than not, people underestimate me.

I became fascinated by the notion of dispelling stereotypes or misconceptions through photography, of presenting the counterintuitive.

It seems like, yeah, of course - I always think my work is important, or I wouldn't risk my life for it.

Before I gave birth to Lukas, I hadn't truly understood that painful, consuming, I-will-do-anything-to-save-this-human-being kind of love.

With photography, I always think that it's not good enough.

I think it's important to have perspective and to look at what you don't necessarily want to see.

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

I never wanted to regret the kisses I missed.

He spoke Spanish, English, Italian, and just enough of every other language to be able to charm women around the world.

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