James Nachtwey: Man with the Anti-war Lens
Photographer James Nachtwey has now become the eyes of an aged world. After a quarter of a century, his camera has still not tired of providing witness to those human traits that are the most difficult to eradicate: greed and cruelty. Over the war in El Salvador, to Guatemala, the fires of Belfast and piles of corpses in Zaire, riots in Jakarta and the War in Iraq, Nachtwey has transformed from being a war photographer into an anti-war lensman. What is the difference between these two designations? What if he were to face a dilemma of having to choose between helping a victim and recording an extraordinary moment? Follow TEMPOs interview with this leading photographer and see his exclusive photos.
May 13, 2003
Through a pair of eyes, we view Life. His eyes, though, see the world through that wondrous device we call a camera. Life for James Nachtwey is solely about presenting humanity in our totality: as creatures that are greedy, cruel, but also full of love and who now eke out what remains of the oxygen just to survive.
Why has photographer James Nachtwey become an icon in the world of journalistic photography? His eyes and camera always capture the el
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