{"product_id":"shutterbabe-adventures-in-love-and-war-paperback","title":"Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah Copaken\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - The remarkable memoir of an ambitious young photojournalist who went off to war as a twenty-two-year-old girl--and came back, four years and many adventures later, a woman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Eloquent and well observed, not only about the memoirist, but about the world: war, death, photojournalism and, of course, the worldwide battle between the sexes.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1988, fresh out of Harvard, Deborah Copaken Kogan moved to Paris with a small backpack, a couple of cameras, the hubris of a superhero, and a strong thirst for danger. She wanted to see what a war would look like when seen from up close. Naïvely, she figured it would be easy to filter death through the prism of her wide-angle lens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe was dead wrong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWithin weeks of arriving in Paris, after begging to be sent where the action was, Kogan found herself on the back of a truck in Afghanistan, her tiny frame veiled from head to toe, the only woman--and the only journalist--in a convoy of rebel freedom fighters. Kogan had not actually planned on shooting the Afghan war alone. However, the beguiling French photographer she'd entrusted with both her itinerary and her heart turned out to be as dangerously unpredictable as, well, a war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKogan found herself running from one corner of the globe to another, each linked to the man she was involved with at the time. From Zimbabwe to Romania, from Russia to Haiti, Kogan takes her readers on a heartbreaking yet surprisingly hilarious journey through a mine-strewn decade, her personal battles against sexism, battery, and even rape blending seamlessly with the historical struggles of war, revolution, and unfathomable abuse it was her job to record. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the end, what was once adventurous to the girl began to weigh heavily on the woman. Though she had finally been accepted into photojournalism's macho fraternity, her photographs splashed across the front pages of international newspapers and magazines, Kogan began to feel there was something more she was after. Ultimately, what she discovered in herself was a person--a woman--for whom life, not death, is the one true adventure to be cherished above all.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFresh out of college and passionate about photography, Deborah Copaken Kogan moved to Paris in 1988 and began knocking on photo agency doors, begging to be given a photojournalism assignment. Within weeks she was on the back of a truck in Afghanistan, the only woman--and the only journalist--in a convoy of mujahideen, the rebel \"freedom fighters\" at the time. She had traveled there with a handsome but dangerously unpredictable Frenchman, and the interwoven stories of their relationship and the assignment set the pace for \"Shutterbabe's six chapters, each covering a different corner of the globe, each linked to a man in Kogan's life at the time. \u003cbr\u003eFrom Zimbabwe to Romania, from Russia to Haiti, Kogan takes her readers on a heartbreaking yet surprisingly hilarious journey through a mine-strewn decade, seamlessly blending her personal battles--sexism, battery, life-threatening danger--with the historical ones--wars, revolution, unfathomable suffering--it was her job to record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Copaken Kogan\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eShutterbabe, The Red Book, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBetween Here and April\u003c\/i\u003e. A contributing writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and she was also a TV writer on \u003ci\u003eEmily in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, a performer (The Moth, etc.), and an Emmy Award-winning news producer and photojournalist. Her photographs have appeared in \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParis Match\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. Her column, \"When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist,\" was adapted for the \u003ci\u003eModern Love\u003c\/i\u003e streaming series. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755642487072,"sku":"9780375758683","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/86052de45889befee2c1697e4695e1ea.webp?v=1780064502","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shutterbabe-adventures-in-love-and-war-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}