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Lindsey Addario

 In chapters 2-7 of Linsey Addario's book "It's What I Do," she goes over many of the different adventures she endures during her time as a photo journalist. To me it was all simply amazing. To thinks she lived in all these countries and worked as a single women makes me view my life in a whole different perspective. Her ability to keep working through so many mishaps is inspiring. Being able to photograph through bombs and war, walking around seeing dead body parts in bags and keep her love for the work in astonishing.

Two things that left an impression on me were how she handled working away form her boyfriend knowing her had other lovers. How she was able to keep her personal relationships out of her work and do her job. this made me think of how strong she has to be as a person to keep her cool like that. Another thing that left an impression on me was her time with the New York Times and being captured and held by those people. The idea of that ever happening to me scares the crap out of me. How she keeps going after encountering so many near death experiences.

Lessons I can apply to photo journalism from her are how to keep calm. How to look for moments and be ready for anything to happen. Most definitely reading her story has inspired me to not want to give up. So many bad things can happen in you life, but if you love what you do, it makes moving on that much easier.

Personal sacrifices Linsey Addario has made are numerous. She put family relationships on hold as well as personal relationships. even having a family of her own wasn't close to be being a top priority.

My favorite Linsey Addario quote so far, is "And I never wanted to regret the kisses I missed" (83). This quote put in perspective the things she had to give up in life to be happy with her career. When I read it, it almost hurt my heart, but inspired me at the same time.

I love the photo from when she was in Africa on page 184 pf the persons face. I like it because it's not a perfect photo. The photo cuts off their chin and has them centered right in the middle, yet the photo is still powerful and doesn't need to be perfect. It sends a message just the way it is. On page 133 the photo of the Iraqi man in the room with bags of bodies. This photo was moving to me. The photo portrayed what was happening and the hurt happening ver well. It was almost so real it was hard to look at.


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