Best James Nachtwey Quotes
- Every situation is different than the next. A lot of it was instinct, a lot of it is knowledge and absorbing information and coming to… Absorbing
- Fear is not what's important; it's how you deal with it. It would be like asking a marathon runner if they feel pain. It's not… All
- And I realized that many of the people I was photographing might have been the very ones who had committed the massacres that I had… Been
- The main purpose of my work is to appear in the mass media. It's not so much that I want my pictures to be looked… Accomplished
- It's more difficult to get publications to focus on issues that are more critical, that do not provide people with as escape from reality but… Attempt
- Why photograph war? Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior, which has existed throughout history, by the means of… Behavior
- In a way, if and individual assumes the risk of placing himself in the middle of a war to communicate to the rest of the… Assumes
- We must look at it. We're required to look at it. We're required to do what we can about it. If we don't, who will? Look
- There has always been war. War is raging throughout the world at the present moment. And there is little reason to believe that war will… Become Ever
- Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior which has existed throughout history by means of photography? The proportions of… Balance
- It has occurred to me that if everyone could be there just once to see for themselves what white phosphorous does to the face of… Alone
- I attempt to become as totally responsible to the subject as I possibly can. The act of being an outsider aiming a camera can be… Accept
- But everyone cannot be there, and that is why photographers go there, to show them, to reach out and grab them and make them stop… Attention
- I dont use the formal elements of photography for their own sake. I dont use whats happening in the world to make statements about photography,… Dont
- I'm a messenger. I don't want people to be concerned about me. I want them to be concerned about the people in the pictures. I… Composition