Birthday: 13 November 1973, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Height: 155 cm
Lynsey Addario was born on November 13, 1973 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. She is a writer and cinematographer, known for It's What I Do, Starved for Attention (2011) and The Power of Photography: Beyond the Image (2013).
[on where she was most afraid] Definitely in Libya. We stopped at a checkpoint,and Gaddafi's troops ...Show more »
[on where she was most afraid] Definitely in Libya. We stopped at a checkpoint,and Gaddafi's troops were full of hatred and adrenaline and so amped up at having caught Western journalists.They made us lie down, and they put guns to our heads and were about to execute us. I remember being more terrified than I'd ever been. Show less «
[ on being a female photojournalist in a war zone] On the front lines it doesn't matter if you're a ...Show more »
[ on being a female photojournalist in a war zone] On the front lines it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman, so long as you keep up. But I think in the Muslim world where I work a lot, I have better access to women and children because the society is segregated by gender. Show less «
