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Alpeyrie, Jonathan
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Alpeyrie, Jonathan -- Kidnapping, 2013.
Alpeyrie, Jonathan -- Captivity, 2013.
Kidnapping -- Syria -- History -- 21st century.
Torture -- Syria -- History -- 21st century.
Survival -- Syria -- History -- 21st century.
Photojournalists -- Biography.
War correspondents -- Biography.
French Americans -- Biography.
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Biography.
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Alpeyrie, Jonathan
Alpeyrie, Jonathan -- Kidnapping, 2013.
Alpeyrie, Jonathan -- Captivity, 2013.
Kidnapping -- Syria -- History -- 21st century.
Torture -- Syria -- History -- 21st century.
Survival -- Syria -- History -- 21st century.
Photojournalists -- Biography.
War correspondents -- Biography.
French Americans -- Biography.
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Biography.
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The shattered lens : a war photographer's true story of captivity and survival in Syria /
Jonathan
Alpeyrie
with Stash Luczkiw and Bonnie Timmermann.
by
Alpeyrie
,
Jonathan
Atria Books, c2017.
Call #:
956.910423 A456s
Subjects
Alpeyrie
,
Jonathan
--
Kidnapping
,
2013
.
Alpeyrie
,
Jonathan
--
Captivity,
2013
.
Kidnapping
--
Syria
--
History
--
21st century.
Torture
--
Syria
--
History
--
21st century.
Survival
--
Syria
--
History
--
21st century.
Photojournalists
--
Biography.
War correspondents
--
Biography.
French Americans
--
Biography.
Syria
--
History
--
Civil War, 2011-
--
Biography.
ISBN:
9781501146503 (hc)
1501146505 (hc)
Edition:
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Description:
260 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
"Discover a gripping and harrowing tale of war and torture from the man who lived it in this powerful memoir by the celebrated war journalist who not only documented over a dozen conflict zones worldwide but was also captured and held hostage by Syrian rebels in
2013
. Capturing history was
Jonathan
Alpeyrie
's job but he never expected to become a news story himself. For a decade, the French American photojournalist had weaved in and out of over a dozen conflict zones. He photographed civilians being chased out of their homes, military trucks roving over bullet-torn battlefields, and too many bodies to count. But on April 29,
2013
, during his third assignment to Syria,
Alpeyrie
was betrayed by his fixer and handed over to a band of Syrian rebels. For eighty-one days he was bound, blindfolded, and beaten. Not too far away, President Bashar al Assad's forces and those in opposition continued their bitter and bloody civil war. Over the course of his captivity,
Alpeyrie
kept his spirits up and strived to see, without his camera lenses, the humanity in his captors. He took part in their activities, taught them how to swim, prayed with them, and tried learning their language and culture. He also discovered a dormant faith within himself, one that strengthened him throughout the ordeal. Captured by History is the firsthand account of a photojournalist who has always answered the next adrenaline-pumping assignment. Yet, during his headline-making
kidnapping
, he was left to consider the value and risks of his career, ponder the violent conflicts he had seen, and put the historical events over which we have no control into perspective"--From publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Other authors:
Luczkiw, Stash
Timmermann, Bonnie
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