It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War (45 page)

Mine Action Group, 341

Mississippi, 333

Misurata, Libya, 308

Mogadishu, 316–17, 319–21

Mohammed (Afghan Embassy clerk), 57–61, 76, 98

Mohammed (Afghan guide/interpreter), 63–65, 67–69

Moore, John, 316–17

Mosul, Iraq, 125, 128–29

mujahideen, 63, 71

Munadi, Sultan, 296

Muslims, 55, 57, 65, 70, 93, 96–97, 100, 130, 151, 254, 282–83, 285, 324

Nachtwey, James, 177, 191

Namdar, Haji, 251–52

National Geographic
, 249, 270–71, 273, 277

NATO, 209–10, 241–42

Nepal, 78

New Delhi, India, 51–52, 57, 69, 78, 273, 276, 311–14

New York City, 32–33, 37–39, 43, 48–49, 52, 77–78, 85, 89, 199, 241, 309, 321–22.
See also
transgender prostitutes

New York Daily News
, 37

New York Post
, 37

New York Times
, 106, 115, 179

and Afghanistan war, 102–3

on assignment for, 2, 7, 83, 99, 108–9, 139, 314–15, 325, 327

correspondents of, 7–8, 54, 92, 102–3, 155–56, 176, 307, 339

and Darfur crisis, 188, 190

editors of, 2, 12, 92, 108–9, 265, 277, 294, 322

influence of, 54, 252

Iraq bureau, 145–46, 149, 153–54, 158, 162–64, 277, 307

and Iraq war, 120, 139

Jerusalem bureau, 323–24, 328

and kidnappings, 283, 288, 294–96, 298, 301–4, 311

and Libya, 2, 7, 12

and Mogadishu, 316–17

and Pakistan, 92, 99–100, 257

photographers of, 92, 102–3, 145, 270–71, 273, 307

and Syrian refugees, 337, 339

wins Pulitzer, 254, 323

New York Times Magazine
, 103, 188, 322, 332

and northern Iraq, 113–15, 120, 172

“Talibanistan” series in, 249–50, 253–54

and war in Afghanistan, 240–42, 244–46

and “Women of Jihad” series, 93–96

newspapers.
See specific names

Newsweek
, 290, 309, 317, 319

Nga, Jehad, 180, 182–83, 186

night-vision goggles, 218, 223–24, 227–28

Nishe, Abbas, 320–21

nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 56, 177, 179

North Africa, 9, 199–200

North Kivu Province, Congo, 189–91

North Korean refugees, 114

NPR, 117, 198

Operation Rock Avalanche, 221–42

Ostlund, Lieutenant Colonel Bill, 215, 224, 226

Pakistan, 51, 209, 270, 302, 307

Afghan Embassy in, 56–61

on assignment in, 78, 249

journalists monitored in, 97–98, 102

refugees of, 107, 254–55, 257, 262

and September 11, 84–85, 89–90, 96

Taliban in, 249–55, 264

women in, 88, 92–96, 98–100, 250–52, 254, 261

See also
Peshawar, Pakistan

Palace Hotel (Iraq), 117

Palestine Hotel (Iraq), 139, 154

Palestinians, 93, 323–25, 328.
See also
Gaza

Pearl Continental Hotel (Peshawar), 90, 250

Pentagon, 90, 102

Peress, Gilles, 101–2

Perkins, Lucian, 120

personal life

education/travels abroad, 32–36

friendships with journalists, 107, 117, 130–31, 146, 198–99, 227

and photography career, 21–22, 83–85, 98–101, 107, 201, 247–48, 266, 332–33, 335

and romantic relationships, 83–85, 98–102, 107–10, 115–16, 131, 137–38, 146–48, 165–67

See also
family life

Peshawar, Pakistan, 59, 88, 90–91, 99–101, 108, 250–51

Peterson, Scott, 130

Petraeus, General David, 125

photo agencies, 2, 77, 84, 89, 114, 316.
See also specific names

photo editors, 34–35, 37, 92, 172, 241, 244–46, 266, 270–71, 309, 315

photographs, 2, 255

captions for, 238, 241–42, 255

censored by military, 167, 172

downloading of, 238, 241, 262

fine-art, 22, 190, 273

impacts of, 210, 321

influence policy makers, 15, 148, 179, 188, 250, 252

innovations in, 227

intimate, 15, 48, 106, 227

and on-line slides, 244–46

publishing of, 32, 34, 83, 167, 172, 244–46, 262, 270–71, 316, 319

restricted under Taliban, 55–56, 63–65

show truth, 20, 131, 179, 246, 341

telling stories through, 36, 93, 172, 191, 226–27, 242, 245, 273

See also
breaking-news photography; documentary photography

photojournalism

career in, 7, 15, 20–22, 34–36, 83, 107–8, 197–98, 201, 203, 239–40, 249, 266, 321

dedication to, 15, 107–8, 165, 306, 315, 333, 341

skills needed for, 38, 134

and still photography, 227

studying for, 31–33, 38

photojournalists

and adrenaline, 11, 22, 90, 166, 223, 232

bear witness to history, 7, 15, 22, 225, 232, 242

competition between, 20, 102, 146, 180, 266, 323

“conflict,” 7, 10, 15, 20–21, 101, 116, 122, 164–65, 188, 190, 227, 312

and correspondents, 92, 102–3, 106, 110, 147, 188, 226, 237, 273, 339

covering war, 2, 7, 108, 237, 239–40, 288–89, 297, 304, 308–9, 332, 335

“cruising,” 139

and fear, 2, 11, 217, 229, 237, 239, 282, 290

held at gunpoint, 155, 160

pay/salary of, 36, 54, 56, 113, 176, 190, 198, 272, 323

restrictions on, 146, 167

subjects of, 21–22, 36, 52, 64, 335

suffer trauma, 164–65, 240, 247, 266, 294, 296–97, 301–2, 307–8

world-renowned, 101

See also specific names

Piosa, Lieutenant Matt, 217, 225–26, 230

poverty, 42, 52, 61, 64, 72, 74

Powell, Colin, 112

press passes/IDs, 139, 152–56

prisoner exchange, 323–24

Publicitur (Cuba), 42

Pulitzer Prize, 254, 323

Qaddafi, Muammar.
See
el-Qaddafi, Muammar

Quetta, Pakistan, 101–2, 108

radio, 117, 120, 130, 186, 224–25, 230, 236

Radisson Blu hotel (Tunisia), 301

Ramadi, Iraq, 149

rape, 55

in Congo, 189, 194–96

in Darfur, 176, 187–88, 190–91

fear of, 282, 293

See also
sexual assault

Ras Lanuf, Libya, 3–5

Reuters, 37, 139, 199–200, 273, 310

Rhode Island, 315

Rice, Sergeant Kevin, 230–32, 236

risk taking

after son’s birth, 333

becomes normal, 296–97

and competition, 102

and photographing war, 8–10, 15, 22, 66, 93, 237, 245–46, 249

while pregnant, 211, 314, 317, 321

See also
kidnapping

rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), 6, 11, 119, 139

Rougle, Staff Sergeant Larry, 219, 231–33, 236–37, 239–40

Rubin, Elizabeth, 240, 245, 250, 306, 309

in Afghanistan, 209–13, 215–31, 236–38, 315

in Iraq, 113, 116–17, 119–20, 122–24, 127–28, 130, 138, 155, 209

pregnancy of, 210–11, 213, 215–19, 221, 223, 226, 315

story on Korengal, 241–42, 244

Ruzicka, Marla, 130, 307

Rwandan soldiers, 189, 194–95

Ryan, Kathy, 240–41, 244–45, 322

SABA (photo agency), 84, 89

Sadr City, 149, 155

Sahel, 180

Sahinkaya, Levent, 300

Salgrado, Sebastião, 36, 83, 177

salwar kameez
, 57, 63, 257, 261

satellite phones, 103, 123, 128, 152–54, 162–63, 213, 221–22

Saudi Arabia, 315

Save the Children, 185

Senegal, 314–15

Sengupta, Somini, 176–77, 180, 182–83

September 11, 2001, 20, 84–85, 89–90, 92–93, 96, 100, 113, 150, 175

Serena Hotel (Quetta, Pakistan), 101–2

sexual assault, 14, 190–91, 284–85, 287, 290–93, 304.
See also
rape

Shadid, Anthony, 7–14, 281–302, 308, 330, 332

Shah, Amir, 57

Shalit, Gilad, 323

Shifa International Hospital, 259–62

Shigekaro, Sudan, 185

Shirzai, Gul Agha, 103–6

Sierra Leone, 116, 274–75, 333

Silva, João, 139, 307–9

Sirte, Libya, 287–88, 293

Somalia, 177, 315–21, 328

South America, 28, 33

South Asia, 49, 84, 101, 108–9

South Kivu Province, Congo, 190–92

South Korea, 114–15

Soviets, 55, 63, 70, 72, 210

Stichter, Sergeant Tanner, 230–31

Stoddart, Tom, 177

stringers, 20, 37, 54, 57.
See also
freelancers