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jcoryv's review against another edition
5.0
Listened to this on Audible. Narration is on point.
Not blown away by the writing, but it’s solid. Exactly what it needs to be.
Not blown away by the writing, but it’s solid. Exactly what it needs to be.
heidilreads's review against another edition
5.0
this book let me live vicariously thru another... I got to go to Afghanistan, get kidnapped and fall in love (a few times?) doing something only a few people get to do - photographing dire situations. it was great!
teraesia's review against another edition
5.0
Majstrovsky napísaná kniha… udalosti podané skrz silný osobný pohľad. Fotožurnalistiku mi to priblížilo v úplne novom svetle.
wiki_s's review against another edition
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4.0
kieranhealy's review against another edition
3.0
This is not a review of Addario the person, or of her incredible journey in life. The three stars are in relation to the dry, uninteresting writing used to describe it. For such an amazing story, I finished feeling underwhelmed. I don't know how this is possible, but it is. I want to give it more stars because it IS an amazing journey, and worth learning from. So... there you go.
jorsie's review against another edition
5.0
It's What I Do was exactly what I wanted to read, exactly when I needed to read it. Lynsey Addario's writing style was immediate, immersive, and thoughtful. I learned so much about the geography and history of the Middle East, as well as—most importantly—what has happened in the region after the War on Terror and after American TV media outlets stopped reporting. Last year I had seen the documentary Frame by Frame that followed four Afghan photojournalists in their effort to rebuild the country's free press after the fall of the Taliban. Addario was a foreign journalist looking in. It's What I Do enhanced the knowledge that I gained from that film and provided me with a better understanding of Islamic culture.
Addario is inspirational. As an aspiring photographer, I admire her pragmatic start in the photojournalism world. I long for her ambitious solo travel to Cuba, India, and Afghanistan. I would like to find myself a Bebeto (Addario's mentor, an AP staff photographer) to teach me how to read light: "the power of the sun at a low angle in the sky just after sunrise or before sunset to illuminate the world in that golden, magical way with long, dancing shadows." Addario has a way of writing to make you feel included, like you are shooting photographs alongside her. I plan to follow her work and carry her stories with me for years to come.
Addario is inspirational. As an aspiring photographer, I admire her pragmatic start in the photojournalism world. I long for her ambitious solo travel to Cuba, India, and Afghanistan. I would like to find myself a Bebeto (Addario's mentor, an AP staff photographer) to teach me how to read light: "the power of the sun at a low angle in the sky just after sunrise or before sunset to illuminate the world in that golden, magical way with long, dancing shadows." Addario has a way of writing to make you feel included, like you are shooting photographs alongside her. I plan to follow her work and carry her stories with me for years to come.
gaugebromine's review against another edition
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4.5
juliarenae's review against another edition
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4.0
greatly enjoyed it just wasn’t obsessed. i did learn a lot though of what actually happened