Event
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist Lynsey Addario: Online Event
Sunday, November 21, 2021
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario discusses her experience covering Afghanistan for 20 years.
She will share her powerful images and talk about what life was like, especially for women, during Taliban rule, how life changed for women in the 20 years she's been covering the country, and how Afghans are reacting now.
Lynsey Addario covers major conflict zones around the globe and is a regular contributor to National Geographic, The New York Times, and Time magazine. She received a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” and in 2015 was named one of five most influential photographers of the past 25 years for changing the way we see world conflict by American Photo Magazine. She is the bestselling author of the memoir It’s What I Do.
Registration required. Presented in partnership with multiple Illinois libraries and nonprofit organizations. Register here, and you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link.