"She has captured compelling images in Ukraine, where her picture of civilian fatalities helped mobilise western opinion against Putin; in Libya, where she was terrifyingly held captive for days along with three other colleagues from the New York Times; and across the developing world where her images of maternal death have been a spur to charitable work around the globe."
"But I was a little unsure of the way that this film strays almost into Hello! magazine territory by giving us quite so much of her gorgeous and colossally expensive and tasteful house in London, and her sensitive husband and adorable children. There is no reason why this talented, successful photographer should not also be rich; she deserves it. But some of these sequences look like a behind-the-scenes photoshoot of the sort generally policed by celebrity PRs."
A National Geographic film produced and directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin follows Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario. Addario captured images in Ukraine that helped mobilise western opinion against Putin, survived captivity in Libya, and documented maternal death across the developing world, prompting charitable responses. She appears as a smart, candid interviewee alongside broadcast journalists who warn of adrenalin addiction and increasing dangers to reporters in war zones. The film highlights the moral risk of producing overly aesthetic images and portrays her wealthy London home and family, occasionally veering toward celebrity-style presentation while underscoring that her work remains central.
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