At a Deadly, Shifting Front in Libya: Lynsey Addario Describes the Challenges Faced by Photographers – NYTimes.com

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At a Deadly, Shifting Front in Libya

Lynsey Addario, on assignment in Libya, describes the challenges photographers face, including drivers who won’t go anywhere near the front.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/at-a-deadly-shifting-front-in-libya/

It was pretty scary. The journalist’s instinct is to want to go as far forward as possible. But our drivers refused. Two drivers today refused to go forward. They’re drivers; they’re not journalists. So a lot of them just said, “We’re not going to take you forward.”