"I try to use whatever I know about……" — James Nachtwey
"I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing."
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40 Quotes by James Nachtwey
James Nachtwey has 40 quotes on this site.
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For me, the strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke humanity. If war is an attempt to negate…
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If Im feeling outraged, grief, disbelief, frustration, sympathy, that gets channeled through me and into my pictures and hopefully transmitted…
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There is a job to be doneto record the truth. I want to wake people up!
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[Photography] puts a human face on issues which, from afar, can appear abstract or ideological or monumental in their global…
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I want my work to become part of our visual history, to enter our collective memory and our collective conscience.…
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I used to call myself a war photographer. Now I consider myself as an antiwar photographer.
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Unfortunately, the world continues, history continues to produce tragedies. And it is very important that they be documented in a…
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I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten…
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I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were…
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I dont think tragic situations are necessarily devoid of beauty.
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If you make an honest picture of war, it will be an antiwar photograph.
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The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I'm benefiting from someone else's tragedy. This idea haunts me.…
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Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of…
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I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.
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As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people…
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress…
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As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
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I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we…
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Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
— Aristophanes
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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
— Aristotle
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