>> it's a great thrill to be introducing a personal hero of mine lynsey addario for riveting new memoir it's what i do. lynsey is one of the most respected photographers working today. her fearless work in "the new york times" national geographic time and other publications has borne witness to the struggle of more violence all over the world world. in "it's what i do" she takes us along for passing right through wars on the battlefields but she steps back to examine the personal toll of a life committed to bearing witness and is a special complexities exist for her as a woman and then as a mother working and life-and-death circumstances. ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome lynsey addario. [applause] >> hi. i'm very short. thank you all for coming tonight. i have been working as a photographer for about 20 years it has been the last 15 primarily in conflict zones. should i just advance? everyone always asks me how does a girl from connecticut become a war photographer, editor really have an answer for that i will start. this is me and my family when i was very little in connect

. >> it's a great thrill to be introducing a personal hero of mine lynsey addario for riveting new memoir it's what i do. lynsey is one of the most respected photographers working today. her fearless work in "the new york times" national geographic time and other publications has borne witness to the struggle of more violence all over the world world. in "it's what i do" she takes us along for passing right through wars on the battlefields but she