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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

Lynsey Addario was going to be a photographer no matter what. The first time she went to Afghanistan, she was 27. Addario didn't have an assignment. She just knew she wanted to photograph women and life under the Taliban. In her new book, "Of Love & War," she's collected more than 200 of her images from all over the world - Afghanistan, also Bhutan, Darfur, Saudi Arabia. One thing that comes through loud and clear when you speak to Addario - the sense of duty she feels even now, 20 years into her career.

LYNSEY ADDARIO: Every story I do, I panic before I go. And I wonder if I'll be able to make strong pictures, if I'll capture the story, if I will be able to make sort of the shot that will at least compel people to continue looking. It's something that I've had since I started photographing and that I really don't think will ever go away.

KELLY: Well, it's interesting because this book collects portraits and photographs that you've done from many years along your career, in many cases countries you've gone back to again and again and again and watched as they change and I assume as you as a photographer change. When you look back at photos from, say, your first trip to a country like Afghanistan, what differences do you see?

ADDARIO: Well, first of all, I wasn't as adept1 with a camera. So I didn't understand how to read light and to anticipate shots the way I do now. You know, photographing under the Taliban was illegal. The only thing that was legal was photographing destruction - so buildings, any inanimate objects. And so for me of course my purpose was to photograph life under the Taliban - so exactly what was forbidden. And so I went into women's hospitals, photographed women in labor2, photographed women at home, you know, all these things that I wish that I just knew how to work a situation more.

KELLY: And that's just the wisdom of experience, figuring out what worked and what didn't and quite....

ADDARIO: Yeah. Yeah.

KELLY: ...How hard you can push against the boundary of what you're being told to do.

ADDARIO: Exactly. Exactly. And those are things that - it's not only about photography. It's about reading human beings and reading people and understanding how to express the importance of, you know, this job.

KELLY: Well, talk more about how you think about that because you also capture women in incredibly candid3, more vulnerable moments - women in childbirth, you know, women being treated for severe self-inflicted burns. What's your etiquette4 for photographs like that? Do you always get their permission before you raise your camera?

ADDARIO: Always. Before I take any pictures, I introduce myself. I explain that I'm working for whatever publication it's for and that the images will be seen by a lot of people and they can be on social media. That's something that I now have to talk about because it's not only for the publication now. Images spread very quickly over social media. So that's something that's very important for the subject to know because, you know, there's Facebook in most of the countries I work in.

And I talk about why I'm doing these stories. You know, I don't just walk in there like I have the right to take their picture. I talk about, you know, I think it's really important to see how women are suffering or how women are dying in childbirth. And so that's the first thing I do. And a lot of women say no. And that's totally their right...

KELLY: Yeah.

ADDARIO: ...To say no.

KELLY: Is the way you operate standard among war photographers, understanding there's no, you know, playbook that everybody gets issued? But I'm curious.

ADDARIO: You know...

KELLY: Do male photographers take that much sensitivity in advance?

ADDARIO: I've been told that it's rare that people work the way I work, that they take the time to be very respectful and to ask people how they feel comfortable being photographed. You know, I also have to discuss nudity. For example, I was shooting maternal5 mortality recently in Somaliland. And that's a very deeply conservative country in place. And there the women - you know, they said, OK, if you photograph, for example, the baby coming out, then I don't want my face. Or you have to cover or - you know, and they give me the rules. And that's what I do.

KELLY: You're making me think of a photograph that you took of a woman named Ayak. This was...

ADDARIO: Yes.

KELLY: She was raped7 during war in South Sudan.

ADDARIO: Correct.

KELLY: And by the time you met her, she was very pregnant...

ADDARIO: Yes.

KELLY: ...As a result of that rape6. You spent several hours photographing her in a dress. And then you thought, you know, if I'm trying to show her belly8, her pregnancy9...

ADDARIO: Exactly.

KELLY: ...If that's the point here, do we do this without clothes? And you were, as you were photographing her, showing her the images on your camera...

ADDARIO: Correct.

KELLY: ...To make sure she understood what it looked like.

ADDARIO: Yeah. And I also - before I even approached her with sort of what I envisioned, I went to Kimberly, who was the woman who had sort of rescued her and given her the safe house and said, you know, does this seem insensitive? How do you feel about this? Is this something that would be rude to ask? And she said, no, absolutely not. Let's take this to her and see how she feels. And so we went and sort of talked her through it. And before I even finished my sentence, she had taken her dress off and was like, totally. She completely understood.

And, you know, as a woman, I haven't been raped. But I have been assaulted in Libya. I was groped repeatedly. And I made a decision to talk about that very openly because I think, you know, as a survivor10, it's important to try and strip away the stigma11. And I think different women feel comfortable revealing different things about themselves, and some people do, and some people don't. And that's one thing I've learned over the years.

And I think with Ayak, it was something she wanted to do. She wanted to show what had happened to her, to sort of talk about it. It was part of her therapy. And I think it's very important for me as a photographer to not make those rules for people. And everyone has the right to decide how they want to portray12 themself.

KELLY: You've talked in past about what a huge advantage it is, if anything, to be female in a lot of the places where you're trying to work because as we're hearing, you have access to half of the population that a male photographer might not have access to. What I loved and that kind of surprised me in this book is you also get great shots of American women.

ADDARIO: (Laughter).

KELLY: There's a photo in here of a Navy lieutenant13 in the Nurse Corps14. She's stationed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

ADDARIO: Oh, Amy. (Laughter) Yes.

KELLY: Amy? OK.

ADDARIO: She's hilarious15.

KELLY: So the shot - describe her. You've caught her in the ladies' room.

ADDARIO: So Amy - I mean, this is after a very intense - I was on a medevac embed16. And they would bring wounded soldiers out. And Amy was a Navy nurse. And so she was, you know, there in the trauma17 hospital. And so after an intense night, I sort of followed her back to the showers where the women go. And I - you know, I was like, I want to just shoot what your life is like here. And she was completely, like, fun and open and got it.

KELLY: She's - I should explain. She's got shaving cream lathered18 up her leg, and she's shaving, which made me - I look at it and I'm thinking, why would you bother to shave in Helmand Province, Afghanistan?

(LAUGHTER)

ADDARIO: Well, I can tell you why, because as a woman who's worked in, like, a very male world and in war zones for 20 years, I do everything I can to still try and feel like a woman, you know, whether that means, like, sneaking19 eyeliner on in the middle of Helmand or lipstick20 or perfume. I always carry perfume in my camera bag. It's psychological because I have to sort of maintain some semblance21 of myself (laughter).

KELLY: So you're right there shaving in the next shower stall (laughter) is what you're saying.

ADDARIO: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And that was the fun of photographing women in the military, because it's like - it was the first time that I actually had women to hang out with because for so many years, it was just me or me and my colleague Elizabeth Rubin or me and whoever - the only two women for miles.

KELLY: That's Lyndsey Addario talking about her new book, "Of Love & War." Thank you very much.

ADDARIO: Thank you so much. Thank you.

(SOUNDBITE OF STRFKR SONG, "HANNA")


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1 adept EJIyO     
adj.老练的,精通的
参考例句:
  • When it comes to photography,I'm not an adept.要说照相,我不是内行。
  • He was highly adept at avoiding trouble.他十分善于避开麻烦。
2 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
参考例句:
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
3 candid SsRzS     
adj.公正的,正直的;坦率的
参考例句:
  • I cannot but hope the candid reader will give some allowance for it.我只有希望公正的读者多少包涵一些。
  • He is quite candid with his friends.他对朋友相当坦诚。
4 etiquette Xiyz0     
n.礼仪,礼节;规矩
参考例句:
  • The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.如今的礼仪规则已不那么严格了。
  • According to etiquette,you should stand up to meet a guest.按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。
5 maternal 57Azi     
adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的
参考例句:
  • He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
  • The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
6 rape PAQzh     
n.抢夺,掠夺,强奸;vt.掠夺,抢夺,强奸
参考例句:
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
7 raped 7a6e3e7dd30eb1e3b61716af0e54d4a2     
v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 );强奸
参考例句:
  • A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
  • We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致,不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
8 belly QyKzLi     
n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛
参考例句:
  • The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
  • His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。
9 pregnancy lPwxP     
n.怀孕,怀孕期
参考例句:
  • Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
  • Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。
10 survivor hrIw8     
n.生存者,残存者,幸存者
参考例句:
  • The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
  • There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
11 stigma WG2z4     
n.耻辱,污名;(花的)柱头
参考例句:
  • Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.做未婚母亲在社会上曾是不光彩的事。
  • The stigma of losing weighed heavily on the team.失败的耻辱让整个队伍压力沉重。
12 portray mPLxy     
v.描写,描述;画(人物、景象等)
参考例句:
  • It is difficult to portray feelings in words.感情很难用言语来描写。
  • Can you portray the best and worst aspects of this job?您能描述一下这份工作最好与最坏的方面吗?
13 lieutenant X3GyG     
n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员
参考例句:
  • He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
  • He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官,递上了一张简短的便条进去。
14 corps pzzxv     
n.(通信等兵种的)部队;(同类作的)一组
参考例句:
  • The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
15 hilarious xdhz3     
adj.充满笑声的,欢闹的;[反]depressed
参考例句:
  • The party got quite hilarious after they brought more wine.在他们又拿来更多的酒之后,派对变得更加热闹起来。
  • We stop laughing because the show was so hilarious.我们笑个不停,因为那个节目太搞笑了。
16 embed SqjxX     
vt.把…嵌(埋、插)入,扎牢;使深留脑中
参考例句:
  • The harpoon struck but did not embed.鱼叉击中了但并没有插入。
  • This photo showed us how did the root of plant embed the soil deeply.这张照片显示植物的根是如何深入到土壤里去的。
17 trauma TJIzJ     
n.外伤,精神创伤
参考例句:
  • Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
  • The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。
18 lathered 16db6edd14d10e77600ec608a9f58415     
v.(指肥皂)形成泡沫( lather的过去式和过去分词 );用皂沫覆盖;狠狠地打
参考例句:
  • I lathered my face and started to shave. 我往脸上涂了皂沫,然后开始刮胡子。
  • He's all lathered up about something. 他为某事而兴奋得不得了。 来自辞典例句
19 sneaking iibzMu     
a.秘密的,不公开的
参考例句:
  • She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
  • She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走,躲开采访者。
20 lipstick o0zxg     
n.口红,唇膏
参考例句:
  • Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红,开始往嘴唇上抹。
  • Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。
21 semblance Szcwt     
n.外貌,外表
参考例句:
  • Her semblance of anger frightened the children.她生气的样子使孩子们感到害怕。
  • Those clouds have the semblance of a large head.那些云的形状像一个巨大的人头。

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