内容简介
Freshoutofcollegeandpassionateaboutphotography,DeborahCopakenKoganmovedtoParisin1988andbeganknockingonphotoagencydoors,beggingtobegivenaphotojournalismassignment.WithinweeksshewasonthebackofatruckinAfghanistan,theonlywoman—andtheonlyjournalist—inaconvoyofmujahideen,therebel“freedomfighters”atthetime.ShehadtraveledtherewithahandsomebutdangerouslyunpredictableFrenchman,andtheinterwovenstoriesoftheirrelationshipandtheassignmentsetthepaceforShutterbabe’ssixchapters,eachcoveringadifferentcorneroftheglobe,eachlinkedtoamaninKogan’slifeatthetime.FromZimbabwetoRomania,fromRussiatoHaiti,Kogantakesherreadersonaheartbreakingyetsurprisinglyhilariousjourneythroughamine-strewndecade,seamlesslyblendingherpersonalbattles—sexism,battery,life-threateningdanger—withthehistoricalones—wars,revolution,unfathomablesuffering—itwasherjobtorecord.
作者简介
DeborahCopakenKoganworkedasaphotojournalistfrom1988to1992,andherphotographsappearedinTime,Newsweek,TheNewYorkTimes,L'Express,Liberation,andGéo,amongmanyotherinternationalnewspapersandmagazines.ShespentthenextsixyearsinTVjournalism,mostrecentlyasaproducerforDatelineNBC.ShelivesinNewYorkwithherhusbandandtwochildren.