James Nachtwey [updated] - February 16th, 2007
[update] An interview with James Nachtwey from the famous movie “war photographer” has been posted over at amadelio.com. The video is more than worth watching.
Thanks Christian.
James Nachtwey is one of the most influential photojournalists and war photographers of the late 20th century.
Nachtwey started work as a newspaper photographer in New Mexico, in 1980, he moved to New York to begin a career as a freelance magazine photographer. His first foreign assignment was to cover civil strife in Northern Ireland in 1981. Since then, Nachtwey has devoted himself to documenting wars, conflicts and critical social issues throughout the world.
He has worked on extensive photographic essays in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, South Africa, Russia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Romania, Brazil and the United States.
“I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.”
-James Nachtwey
- photogallery
- http://www.jamesnachtwey.com
- http://www.viiarchive.com
- http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/shattered/
- http://dir.salon.com/story/people/feature/2000/04/10/inferno/index.html
Wow, adding his homepage to my favorites immediately. This really is some amazing work.
by the way, i can’t get his “photogallery” to work in firefox or flock… the javascript swapimg thing doesn’t want to work.
Wow, stunning work. The scars on that guy’s face and head are just wicked.
Aye I noticed that to, it must be using some IE only javascript. The photos there are not on the other sites so it’s worth checking out when you get to a PC.
What amazes me amongst other things is he seems to have been just about everywhere, even NYC on 9/11. Being able to do all that is some serious dedication to your work.
About the scars on that guy’s face.. check out this documentary:
http://www.cancerbox.com/cancerblog/?p=85
If you get the time it’s worth reading the interview (last link in the list above the images), it puts a lot more detail into what he does, how he thinks and the photos themselves.
We have now an interview with James Nachtwey from the famous movie “war photographer”.
Peace.
Thanks!
I bought the Film at the weekend (which turned out to be a damn pirate copy!) and all I can really say is if you’re at all interested in this blog entry you must buy the Film!
cool blog!