Addario photographed an Iraqi woman as she walked through a plume of smoke rising from a massive fire at a liquid gas factory. The woman searched for her husband in the vicinity of the fire in Basra, Iraq, on May 26, 2003.
Addario photographed an Iraqi woman as she walked through a plume of smoke rising from a massive fire at a liquid gas factory. The woman searched for her husband in the vicinity of the fire in Basra, Iraq, on May 26, 2003.
Photograph by Lynsey Addario

Inside a Female Photographer's Experience Documenting War

Photojournalist Lynsey Addario discusses her #metoo experience shooting conflict and culture.

Addario talked to National Geographic about seeing her work portrayed in a TV series. And in the #metoo moment, Addario speaks about her experience as a female photographer working in tense and unforgiving environments.

The day I went into Sadr City while this battle was unfolding, I didn't realize how bad it was. It looked like Armageddon. There was smoke burning everywhere, gunshot, America tanks. But at that point in Iraq in 2004, I was covering IEDs and explosions and gun battles pretty often. So for me, I just thought it was a typical scene. I didn't think it would unfold over however many days or hours it went on.

Yes and no. I feel like so much about the war in

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