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- Nov 07, 2020
I had imposed unspeakable worry on my husband, Paul de Bendern, on more occasions than I could count.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth is, the difference between a studio photographer and a photojournalist is the same as the difference between a political cartoonist and an abstract painter; the only thing the two have in common is the blank page. The jobs entail different talents and different desires.
- Overwhelmed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes when I am photographing a major news event, I am suddenly overwhelmed by helplessness.
- Devastation
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- Nov 07, 2020
One day I am at home, watching dramatic images of Iraqi Yazidis fleeing for their lives being aired nonstop on 24-hour news channels. Days later, I am there, staring at tens of thousands of displaced Iraqis and feeling a 35-millimeter frame cannot capture the scope of devastation and heartbreak before me.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had first visited Kurdistan in 2003 before the invasion of Iraq, camping out in Erbil and Sulaimaniya while waiting for Saddam Hussein's fall.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, it's so much about doing your homework, going into a situation, getting to know the subject, making them feel comfortable, getting intimate access, getting access to all different aspects of people's lives so that I am essentially telling an entire story and not just a single image.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think when I started going to war zones and started covering humanitarian issues, it became a calling because I realized I had a voice, and I can give people without a voice a voice... and now it is something that sits inside of me every day.
- Baby
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't know a single female photographer who covered conflict who even had a boyfriend, much less a husband or a baby.
- Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's important to have perspective and to look at what you don't necessarily want to see.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of women act like it's the easiest decision, and I'm just going to have a baby and put my life on hold and not be worried about it. Well, I was worried.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would never think of myself as a role model.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've seen so many photographers rush to do books the minute they start shooting, but one great thing about photography is that the images don't go away, so the more I sit with these images, the more I learn which ones have had the most impact.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
With photography, I always think that it's not good enough.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always wanted to do a photo book, but I've never done one because I've never felt ready; I just didn't feel my work was good enough.
- Daily Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm doing a story on how a single mother copes in a refugee camp, I'll go to her tent; I'll follow her when she's working, see what her daily life is like, and try to pack that into one composition, with nice light, in one frame.
- Endured
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- Nov 07, 2020
I interviewed dozens and dozens of African women who had endured more hardship and trauma than most Westerners even read about, and they ploughed on. I often openly cried during interviews, unable to process this violence and hatred towards women I was witnessing.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020