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> [I don't believe there's any such thing as objective reality. It's only reality as we experience it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/i-don-t-believe-there-s-any-such-thing-as-objective-reality-it-s-only/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/)

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## More by James Nachtwey

> [Photojournalists know the horrors of war can only be exposed at close range. Kodak Film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/photojournalists-know-the-horrors-of-war-can-only-be-exposed-at-close/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/the-pictures-that-were-coming-from-vietnam-were-showing-us-what-was/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/)

> [Why photograph war? Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior, which has existed throughout history, by the means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/why-photograph-war-is-it-possible-to-put-an-end-to-a-form-of-human/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/)

> [There has always been war. War is raging throughout the world at the present moment. And there is little reason to believe that war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/there-has-always-been-war-war-is-raging-throughout-the-world-at-the/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/)

> [If you make an honest picture of war, it will be an antiwar photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/if-you-make-an-honest-picture-of-war-it-will-be-an-antiwar-photograph/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/the-worst-thing-is-to-feel-that-as-a-photographer-i-am-benefiting/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/)

> [For me, the strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke humanity. If war is an attempt to negate humanity, then photography can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/for-me-the-strength-of-photography-lies-in-its-ability-to-evoke/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/)

> [If Im feeling outraged, grief, disbelief, frustration, sympathy, that gets channeled through me and into my pictures and hopefully transmitted to the viewer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/if-im-feeling-outraged-grief-disbelief-frustration-sympathy-that-gets/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/)

> [Many people in this world do jobs that are dangerous and where their life is at risk and they feel that there is some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/many-people-in-this-world-do-jobs-that-are-dangerous-and-where-their/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/)

> [And I realized that many of the people I was photographing might have been the very ones who had committed the massacres that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/and-i-realized-that-many-of-the-people-i-was-photographing-might-have/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/)

> [I don't believe there's any such thing as objective reality. It's only reality as we experience it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/i-don-t-believe-there-s-any-such-thing-as-objective-reality-it-s-only/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/)

> [I want my pictures to cut through political abstractions... and make a connection on a human level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/i-want-my-pictures-to-cut-through-political-abstractions-and-make-a/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/)

> [I used to call myself a war photographer. Now I consider myself as an antiwar photographer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/i-used-to-call-myself-a-war-photographer-now-i-consider-myself-as-an/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/)

> [While I was doing this reportage, I discovered a man who had one arm and one leg. He'd been run over by a train…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/while-i-was-doing-this-reportage-i-discovered-a-man-who-had-one-arm/)

[James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/)

> [It has occurred to me that if everyone could be there just once to see for themselves what white phosphorous does to the face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/it-has-occurred-to-me-that-if-everyone-could-be-there-just-once-to/)

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