Documentary 'Love+War' Chronicles Pulitzer-Winning Photographer Lynsey Addario's Life and Work
A new documentary titled 'Love+War,' directed by Oscar winners Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and produced by National Geographic Documentary Films, chronicles the life of photojournalist Lynsey Addario. Born in 1973, Addario has covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, and Yemen, focusing on women and children. She has been kidnapped twice and injured in a car accident. Addario has won the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Fellowship. The film explores her career in war photography, her marriage to Paul de Bendern since 2009, and the challenges of balancing dangerous assignments with motherhood. 'Love+War' premieres on National Geographic on November 6 and streams on Disney+ from November 7. Addario's autobiography, 'It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War,' was published in Italy by Corriere della Sera.
Key facts
- Lynsey Addario was born in 1973.
- She has covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, and Yemen.
- She has been kidnapped twice and injured in a car accident.
- She has won the Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship.
- She is married to Paul de Bendern since 2009.
- The documentary 'Love+War' is directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.
- The film is produced by National Geographic Documentary Films.
- The documentary premieres on National Geographic on November 6 and streams on Disney+ from November 7.
- Her autobiography 'It's What I Do' was published in Italy by Corriere della Sera.
Entities
Artists
- Lynsey Addario
- Jimmy Chin
- Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- Paul de Bendern
- Madonna
Institutions
- National Geographic Documentary Films
- The New York Times
- TIME
- Newsweek
- National Geographic
- Associated Press
- Buenos Aires Herald
- Corriere della Sera
- Artribune
Locations
- Afghanistan
- Iraq
- Sudan
- Yemen
- Italy
- Puglia
- Wisconsin
- University of Bologna
- Europe
- United States
- Argentina
- Cuba
- New York
- Darfur
- Congo
- Chad
- Middle East
- Rome