Lynsey Addario
| Lynsey Addario | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 13, 1973 Norwalk, Connecticut, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Spouse(s) | Paul de Bendern |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship |
Lynsey Addario (born November 13, 1973)
Addario was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States, to Italian-American hairdresser parents. She graduated from Staples High School, in Westport, Connecticut, in 1991 and from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995. She began photographing professionally in 1996 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, Republic of 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.
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