Lynsey Addario Quotes

As a photographer who is constantly in violent, bloody situations where the instinct is to turn away, I am always trying to figure out how to make people not turn away.

I know what it is like to feel vulnerable and fearful during a difficult time.

When something tragic happens in the world and I realize that, for the most part, I am powerless to stop it.

That [photographs] disturb readers is exactly as it should be: that's why photojournalism is often more powerful than written journalism.

I started as a news photographer at the University Of Texas' Daily Texan.

I think the idea of losing your hair is still very potent, emotional thing.

Sometimes I feel like there are just too many things weighing on my mind at once, and I can't control my thoughts or even my body at times.

Adults under threat feel like children.

I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying.

I woke up nights, worrying that Lotus was out of control - that no one would know what to do.

With The Omen, I really felt I wasn't in control. It was panic.

A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy.

I look forward to beginning a relationship with Al Jazeera America, which has made a commitment to producing quality programming and pursuing underreported stories.

I became a journalist at 17. A few hours later, I saw my first dead body, which was somewhat... colourful. That's when I learned you can go on throwing up after you run out of things to throw up.

I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life

Sometimes I want to control things more than I'm able to.

Women get exhausted and beat down, and you just want to cry.

I've lost a lot of control in my life.

My job is very simply that of a photojournalist. I want to stop people's eye on the page, I want to move the viewer to laughter, to sadness, sometimes to wince - not to impress other photographers.

I can't read the newspaper without crying. I'm easily affected by horrible events, you see.

My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what.

Sometimes people say terrible things when they're scared. They don't mean to, but they can't help it. They lash out because if they can see that their words hurt someone else, it makes them feel as if they aren't completely powerless.

News photography teaches you to think fast.

You must photograph where you are involved; where you are overwhelmed by what you see before you.

I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a news event, but an indictment of war.