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February 17, 2015 10:20 AM

Lynsey Addario on photographing war zones

Volunteer fighters — New volunteer fighters loyal to the opposition movement attend their first day of training at a base in Benghazi, in Eastern Libya, March 1, 2011. Dangerous confrontations have been going on between opposition forces and those loyal to Col. Qaddafi across Libya.
Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

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'It's What I Do' by Lynsey Addario — 'It's What I Do' by Lynsey Addario
Book cover courtesy of publisher

Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has built a career traveling through some of the most dangerous parts of the world - covering the Middle East and Africa, active war zones and the after effects of combat.

Her new memoir, "It's What I Do," talks about making it as a woman in a male-dominated field and the importance of remembering the humans in front of the camera.

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United States Navy doctors and corpsmen — U.S. Navy doctors and corpsmen attached to the Marines in Southern Afghanistan pay their respects to Lance Cpl. Jonathan A Taylor, 22, of Jacksonville, Fla., minutes after he was pronounced dead at Dwyer Base in Helmand Province of Afghanistan, December 1, 2009. Doctors tried to save Taylor, a Marine with the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2 Marine Expeditionary force, for 29 minutes after he was fatally injured in an IED attack while performing combat operations in Southern Afghanistan.
Lynsey Addario/ VII Network for Time Magazine

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Fighting in Eastern Libya — A soldier with the opposition weeps outside of the hospital in Ras Lanuf as soldiers are being brought in wounded and dead from the frontline west of Ras Lanuf during heavy fighting between troops loyal to Qaddafi in Ras Lanuf, in Eastern Libya, March 9, 2011. Dangerous confrontations have been going on between opposition forces and those loyal to Col. Qaddafi across Libya.
Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

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Opposition troops in Eastern Libya — Opposition troops burn tires to use as cover during heavy fighting, shelling, and airstrikes near the main checkpoint near the refinery in Ras Lanuf as rebel troops pull back from Ras Lanuf, in Eastern Libya, March 11, 2011. Qaddafi's troops have been advancing East, and re-taking territory that had previously fallen to the rebels, as they batter the rebels with artillery and air strikes.
Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

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