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The Shattered Lens

A War Photographer's True Story of Captivity and Survival in Syria

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Capturing history was Jonathan Alpeyrie's job, but he never expected to become a news story himself. For a decade, the French-American photojournalist weaved in and out of over a dozen conflict zones. But, during his third assignment to Syria, Alpeyrie was betrayed by his fixer and handed over to a band of Syrian rebels.

For 81 days, he was bound, blindfolded, and beaten. Over the course of his captivity, Alpeyrie kept his spirits up and strived to see, without his camera lenses, the humanity in his captors. The Shattered Lens is his firsthand account: the account of a photojournalist who has always answered the next adrenaline-pumping assignment but, during his headline-making kidnapping, was left to consider the value and risks of his career, to ponder the violent conflicts he had seen, and to put the historical events over which he had no control into perspective.

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Journalists and photographers take so many risks to bring us news about wars and atrocities. Unfortunately, Jonathan’s capture is not the first such account I have read. I find it most remarkable when these individuals are released and live to tell their stories. Jonathan is remarkable in that he has gone on to assist other kidnap victims. He has also returned to front line conflict photography… wow. Such courage.
The narration was very good, except when it cane to the last chapter, when there were so many audio corrections as to become a distraction… they should have just re-recorded the segment.

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