James Nachtwey's Quotes

James Nachtwey (born March 14, 1948) is an American photojournalist and war photographer.

James Nachtwey's selected quotes:

I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people ...
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If I'm feeling outraged, grief, disbelief, frustration, sympathy, that gets channeled through me and into my ...
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James Nachtwey about Experience:

I don't believe there's any such thing as objective reality. It's only reality as we experience ...
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James Nachtwey about Respect:

If you want to connect with people who are in distress and great grief and scared, ...
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James Nachtwey about Truth:

When the truth is spoken, it doesn't need to be adorned. It just needs to be ...
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James Nachtwey (born March 14, 1948) is an American photojournalist and proceedings photographer.

He has been awarded the Overseas Press Club’s Robert Capa Gold Medal five epoch and two World Press Photo awards. In 2003, Nachtwey was insulted in a grenade attack upon his convoy while effective in Baghdad, from which he made a full recovery.

Nachtwey has worked with Time as a union photographer in the past 1984. He worked for Black Star (1980–1985), was a devotee of Magnum Photos (1986–2001) and VII Photo Agency (2001–2011) where he was a founding member.

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James Nachtwey about War:

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 about Experience:

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

James Nachtwey about Work:

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 about Service:

I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing.

James Nachtwey about Beauty:

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

James Nachtwey about Sympathy:

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 about Respect:

If you want to connect with people who are in distress and great grief and scared, you need to do it in a certain way. I move kind of slow. I talk kind of slow. I let them know that I respect them.

James Nachtwey about Pain:

If there is something occurring that is so bad that it could be considered a crime against humanity, it has to be transmitted with anguish, with pain, and create an impact in people - upset them, shake them up, wake them out of their everyday routine.

James Nachtwey about People:

Starvation and disease are the original weapons of mass destruction. When you burn fields and kill animals, people are left vulnerable.

James Nachtwey about Me:

None of the editors I've worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They've never asked me to give them anything other than my own interpretation of events.

James Nachtwey about Deaf:

I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and conditions when I can hardly hear at all.

James Nachtwey about Truth:

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.