Author: James Nachtwey

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I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were critical social issues. From the very beginning this was my goal.

I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were critical social issues. From the very beginning this was my goal.

- James Nachtwey

I don't think tragic situations are necessarily devoid of beauty.

I don't think tragic situations are necessarily devoid of beauty.

- James Nachtwey

If I'm feeling outraged, grief, disbelief, frustration, sympathy, that gets channeled through me and into my pictures and hopefully transmitted to the viewer.

If I'm feeling outraged, grief, disbelief, frustration, sympathy, that gets channeled through me and into my pictures and hopefully transmitted to the viewer.

- James Nachtwey

I don't believe there's any such thing as objective reality. It's only reality as we experience it.

I don't believe there's any such thing as objective reality. It's only reality as we experience it.

- James Nachtwey

I began after college, about 1972. I began to teach myself photography. I went to work for a local newspaper for four years as a kind of basic training.

I began after college, about 1972. I began to teach myself photography. I went to work for a local newspaper for four years as a kind of basic training.

- James Nachtwey

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