It's What I Do

这并非一本战争摄影的炫技手册。真正打动读者的，是作者反复叩问的那个词：为什么。一个可以朝九晚五、拥有安稳家庭的人，凭什么一次次把命押在炮火里？她在科伦加尔山谷看见怀孕六个月的同行仍穿着防弹衣跋涉，恍然悟出——'我们的职业就是我们的生命，它定义着我们的身份'。于是全书的重心不在枪林弹雨如何惊险，而在一个女性如何在暴行与残酷中，坚持用镜头捕捉人的尊严：难民营里鲜艳衣裳与咧嘴的笑，禁书藏于塔利班的高墙之内，星空下赤裸而自由的自己。它适合那些想理解'一个人为何甘愿为理想舍弃一切'的读者，也适合在琐碎日常里感到窒息、渴望看看'世上有人活得完全不一样'的人。残酷是真的，美好也是真的，而选择看见并记录，是作者给自己争取到的机会。

Lynsey Addario (born 1973) is an American photojournalist. Her work often focuses on conflicts and human rights issues, especially the role of women in traditional societies. She graduated from Staples High School, in Westport, Connecticut, in 1991. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1995. She began photographing professionally in 1996 at at the Buenos Aires Herald in Argentina, and then began freelancing for the Associated Press, with Cuba as a focus. In 2000, she photographed in Afghanistan under Taliban control. She has since covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Darfur, the Congo, and Haiti. She has covered stories throughout the Middle East and Africa. She has visited Darfur or neighboring Chad at least once a month from August 2004. She has photographed for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Time, Newsweek, and National Geographic. In Pakistan on May 9, 2009, Addario was involved in an automobile accident while returning to Islamabad from an assignment at a refugee camp. Her collar bone (clavicle) was broken, another journalist was injured, and the driver was killed. Addario was one of four New York Times journalists who were missing in Libya from March 16–21, 2011. The New York Times reported on March 18, 2011 that Libya had agreed to free her and three colleagues: Anthony Shadid, Stephen Farrell and Tyler Hicks. The Libyan government released the four journalists on March 21, 2011. She reports that she was threatened with death and repeatedly groped during her captivity by the Libyan Army. Addario told the press that "Physically we were blindfolded and bound. In the beginning, my hands and feet were bound very tightly behind our backs and my feet were tied with shoelaces. I was blindfolded most of the first three days, with the exception of the first six hours. I was punched in the face a few times and groped repeatedly." And "It was incredibly intense and violent. It was abusive throughout, both psychologically and physically. It was very chaotic and very aggressive. For me, there was a lot of groping right away. Sort of everyone who had to pick me up and carry me somewhere, they would reach around and grab my breasts and touch my butt--everyone who came near me. In November 2011, The New York Times wrote a letter of complaint on behalf of Addario to the Israeli government, after allegations that Israeli soldiers at the Erez Crossing had strip-searched and mocked her and forced her to go through an X-ray scanner three times despite knowing that she was pregnant. Addario reported that she had "never, ever been treated with such blatant cruelty." The Israeli Defence ministry subsequently issued an apology to both Addario and The New York Times. The extensive exhibition In Afghanistan at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway has her photos of Afghan women juxtaposed with Tim Hetherington's photographs from American soldiers in the Korengal Valley. Addario is married to Paul de Bendern, a journalist with Reuters. They married in July 2009. They have one son, Lukas (B. 2011). She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the MacArthur Fellowship in 2009. Her work in Waziristan, Sept. 7, 2008, was part of work receiving the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for International Reporting. She won the Getty Images Grant for Editorial photography in 2008 for her work in Darfur. She received the Infinity Award in 2002 by the International Center of Photography.