SVA honors Lynsey Addario, acclaimed photographer, MacArthur Genius Grant and Pulitzer Prize recipient, with the 32nd annual Masters Series Award and Exhibition, originally planned for Fall 2020. Curated by Maya Benton and Perri Hofmann, “The Masters Series: Lynsey Addario” is a comprehensive retrospective of her fearless, two-decade journey documenting humanitarian issues around the globe. The exhibition will be on view through Saturday, December 10, 2022, at the SVA Chelsea Gallery. Admission is free and open to the public. “The Masters Series: Lynsey Addario” is presented with support from Hahnemühle, Nikon and Verbatim Photo.

Lynsey Addario’s work has taken her all over the world in her more than 20-year career beginning in 1996, including the frontlines of conflict in Afghanistan, capturing the harsh realities of American troops and Afghan civilians. She has documented major conflicts in Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya, Somalia, Syria, South Sudan, and most recently, Ukraine. Addario has brought a strong focus to women’s issues in her work, including gender-based violence and rape as a weapon of war.

Addario is the author of Of Love and War (2018, Penguin Press), her first solo collection of photography, and the New York Times best-selling memoir It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War (2015, Penguin Press), which chronicles her personal and professional life as a photojournalist coming of age in the post-9/11 world.

SELECTED PRESS:

The Takeaway, "Capturing Conflict and War," September 23, 2022

The Art Newspaper, “School of Visual Arts to honour photojournalist Lynsey Addario with award and retrospective,” August 25, 2022

The Guardian, “Photojournalist Lynsey Addario honoured for her work,” August 12, 2022

Vanity Fair, “‘Constantly in motion’: Photographer Lynsey Addario reflects on two decades of covering wars and global crises,” September 6, 2022