Starvation and disease are the original weapons of mass destruction. When you burn fields and kill animals, people are left vulnerable. — James Nachtwey Animal Copy Share Image
The greatest statesmen, philosophers, humanitarians ... have not been able to put an end to war. Why place that demand on photography? — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
If Im feeling outraged, grief, disbelief, frustration, sympathy, that gets channeled through me and into my pictures and hopefully transmitted to the… — James Nachtwey Disbelief Copy Share Image
I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were critical social… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior which has existed throughout history by means of photography? — James Nachtwey Balance Copy Share Image
I began after college, about 1972. I began to teach myself photography. I went to work for a local newspaper for four… — James Nachtwey Basic training Copy Share Image
If you want to connect with people who are in distress and great grief and scared, you need to do it in… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
It is very hard to say where you're going until you get there. That kind of thing is based very much on… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
But everyone cannot be there, and that is why photographers go there, to show them, to reach out and grab them and… — James Nachtwey Attention Copy Share Image
I attempt to become as totally responsible to the subject as I possibly can. The act of being an outsider aiming a… — James Nachtwey Photography Copy Share Image
There has always been war. War is raging throughout the world at the present moment. And there is little reason to believe… — James Nachtwey Cease to exist Copy Share Image
I want my work to become part of our visual history, to enter our collective memory and our collective conscience. I hope… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
Fear is not what's important; it's how you deal with it. It would be like asking a marathon runner if they feel… — James Nachtwey Fear Copy Share Image
