The pictures that were coming from Vietnam were showing us what was really happening on the ground level. It was in contradiction to what our political and military leaders were telling us. They were straight forward documentary images. A powerful indictment of the war, of how cruel and unjust it was. When I finally decided what to do with my life, it was to follow in that tradition.
You are never freer than in that moment when you decide to expose yourself to sniper fire. - James Nachtwey
You are never freer than in that moment when you decide to expose yourself to sniper fire.
- James Nachtwey
There is a job to be doneto record the truth. I want to wake people up! - James Nachtwey
There is a job to be doneto record the truth. I want to wake people up!
The pictures that were coming from Vietnam were showing us what was really happening on the ground level. It was in contradiction to what our politic… - James Nachtwey
The pictures that were coming from Vietnam were showing us what was really happening on the ground level. It was in contradiction to what our politic…
When the truth is spoken, it doesn't need to be adorned. It just needs to be simply stated, and often it only needs to be said once. - James Nachtwey
When the truth is spoken, it doesn't need to be adorned. It just needs to be simply stated, and often it only needs to be said once.
If you make an honest picture of war, it will be an antiwar photograph. - James Nachtwey
If you make an honest picture of war, it will be an antiwar photograph.
I want my work to become part of our visual history, to enter our collective memory and our collective conscience. I hope it will serve to remind us … - James Nachtwey
I want my work to become part of our visual history, to enter our collective memory and our collective conscience. I hope it will serve to remind us …
The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I am benefiting from someone else's tragedy. This idea haunts me. It's something I have to reckon w… - James Nachtwey
The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I am benefiting from someone else's tragedy. This idea haunts me. It's something I have to reckon w…
If I can upset people, if I can ruin their day, then I have done my job. - James Nachtwey
If I can upset people, if I can ruin their day, then I have done my job.
I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing. - James Nachtwey
I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing.
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