Photojournalists know the horrors of war can only be exposed at close range. Kodak Film. — James Nachtwey Exposed Copy Share Image
The pictures that were coming from Vietnam were showing us what was really happening on the ground level. It was in contradiction… — James Nachtwey Contradiction Copy Share Image
Why photograph war? Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior, which has existed throughout history, by… — James Nachtwey Habits 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
If you make an honest picture of war, it will be an antiwar photograph. — James Nachtwey Antiwar Copy Share Image
The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I am benefiting from someone else's tragedy. This idea haunts me. It's… — James Nachtwey Accepted Copy Share Image
For me, the strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke humanity. If war is an attempt to negate humanity, then… — James Nachtwey Ability 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
Many people in this world do jobs that are dangerous and where their life is at risk and they feel that there… — James Nachtwey Dangerous Copy Share Image
And I realized that many of the people I was photographing might have been the very ones who had committed the massacres… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
I don't believe there's any such thing as objective reality. It's only reality as we experience it. — James Nachtwey Believe Copy Share Image
I want my pictures to cut through political abstractions... and make a connection on a human level. — James Nachtwey Abstraction Copy Share Image
I used to call myself a war photographer. Now I consider myself as an antiwar photographer. — James Nachtwey Antiwar Copy Share Image
While I was doing this reportage, I discovered a man who had one arm and one leg. He'd been run over by… — James Nachtwey Children Copy Share Image
It has occurred to me that if everyone could be there just once to see for themselves what white phosphorous does to… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing. — James Nachtwey People Copy Share Image
I began to do documentary photographs of poverty which is very widespread in Indonesia. There's terrible poverty. These are people who have… — James Nachtwey Better life Copy Share Image
I don't think tragic situations are necessarily devoid of beauty. — James Nachtwey Beauty Copy Share Image
I want to record history through the destiny of individuals who often belong to the least wealthy classes. I do not want… — James Nachtwey Class 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 Habits Copy Share Image
It's more difficult to get publications to focus on issues that are more critical, that do not provide people with as escape… — James Nachtwey End of the day 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
There is a job to be doneto record the truth. I want to wake people up! — James Nachtwey Jobs 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 Caught 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 Certain Copy Share Image
