• A woman walks through smoke rising from a massive fire at a liquid gas factory, as she searches for her husband, in Basra, southern Iraq, in May 2003. All photos: Lynsey Addario
    A woman walks through smoke rising from a massive fire at a liquid gas factory, as she searches for her husband, in Basra, southern Iraq, in May 2003. All photos: Lynsey Addario
  • US troops carry the body of Staff Sergeant Larry Rougle, who was killed when Taliban insurgents ambushed their squad in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, in October 2007.
    US troops carry the body of Staff Sergeant Larry Rougle, who was killed when Taliban insurgents ambushed their squad in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, in October 2007.
  • Noor Nisa, 18, right, in labour and stranded with her mother in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, in November 2009. Her husband’s first wife died during childbirth, so he was determined to get her to the hospital, a four-hour drive from their village. But his borrowed car broke down and photographer Lynsey Addario ended up taking them there, where Noor Nisa delivered a baby girl.
    Noor Nisa, 18, right, in labour and stranded with her mother in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, in November 2009. Her husband’s first wife died during childbirth, so he was determined to get her to the hospital, a four-hour drive from their village. But his borrowed car broke down and photographer Lynsey Addario ended up taking them there, where Noor Nisa delivered a baby girl.
  • Firefighters with Cal Fire conduct an operation to contain the Dixie fire, south of Highway 44 in Lassen National Forest, in California, in August 2021.
    Firefighters with Cal Fire conduct an operation to contain the Dixie fire, south of Highway 44 in Lassen National Forest, in California, in August 2021.
  • More than 100 African migrants from Gambia, Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Nigeria wait to be rescued by the Italian Navy from a dinghy, in the Mediterranean between Italy and Libya, in October 2014.
    More than 100 African migrants from Gambia, Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Nigeria wait to be rescued by the Italian Navy from a dinghy, in the Mediterranean between Italy and Libya, in October 2014.
  • Eyerus, 40, poses for a portrait in a safe space for victims of sexual assault in the Ayder Hospital in Mekelle, Tigray, northern Ethiopia, in May 2021.
    Eyerus, 40, poses for a portrait in a safe space for victims of sexual assault in the Ayder Hospital in Mekelle, Tigray, northern Ethiopia, in May 2021.
  • Fires burn along the Trans-Amazonian Highway in Brazil’s Amazonas state, in September 2021. Deforestation continues at extraordinary rates across the Amazon from ranchers who clear the land and illegal mining.
    Fires burn along the Trans-Amazonian Highway in Brazil’s Amazonas state, in September 2021. Deforestation continues at extraordinary rates across the Amazon from ranchers who clear the land and illegal mining.
  • A Ukrainian mother tends to her newborn child in a basement maternity ward, as Russian forces fight Ukrainian defenders on the outskirts of Ukraine's capital Kyiv, in March 2022.
    A Ukrainian mother tends to her newborn child in a basement maternity ward, as Russian forces fight Ukrainian defenders on the outskirts of Ukraine's capital Kyiv, in March 2022.
  • Fighters with the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army sit by their truck, waiting for it to be repaired, as a sandstorm approaches in Darfur, Sudan, in August 2004.
    Fighters with the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army sit by their truck, waiting for it to be repaired, as a sandstorm approaches in Darfur, Sudan, in August 2004.
  • Ukrainians clean up debris after a residential building was hit by Russian missiles in southern Kyiv, in February 2022.
    Ukrainians clean up debris after a residential building was hit by Russian missiles in southern Kyiv, in February 2022.
  • Photojournalist Lynsey Addario, who has been honoured by the School of Visual Arts in New York City at its 32nd annual Masters Series. Photo: Sam Taylor-Johnson
    Photojournalist Lynsey Addario, who has been honoured by the School of Visual Arts in New York City at its 32nd annual Masters Series. Photo: Sam Taylor-Johnson

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Lynsey Addario honoured with 32nd Annual Masters Series Award - in pictures

Pullitzer Prize-winning photographer recognised for her work in Iraq, Afghanistan and Ukraine

The National

August 15, 2022

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Addario's work will be on display at the School of Visual Arts' Chelsea Gallery, New York City, from September 2 until October 29, 2022.

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