I am suddenly overcome with this quiet angsta restlessness that means I know I will go.
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Vogue: How does it feel to see so much of your work in one place?

Lynsey Addario,A Ukrainian mother tends to her newborn in a basement maternity ward as Russian forces fight Ukrainian forces on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 2022.
What was it like working with curator Danny Moynihan?
It was a great process; it was very collaborative.
I dont tend to believe that the most graphic images are always the most effective.

Photo: Courtesy of Lynsey Addario
War is not always frontline, right?
War affects people, especially civilians, in every spectrum of life.
Theres never one place thats, like, the place for me; its always about the story too.

Cal Fire firefighters work on the Dixie Fire, which ultimately burned almost one million acres across Northern California,August 2021
But thats rare, you know?
Its a very difficult job.

Noor Nisa (right), 18, in labor and stranded with her mother in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan,November 2009