"I used to call myself a war photographer.……" — James Nachtwey

I used to call myself a war photographer. Now I consider myself… - James Nachtwey

"I used to call myself a war photographer. Now I consider myself as an antiwar photographer."

— James Nachtwey

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40 Quotes by James Nachtwey

James Nachtwey has 40 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

For me, the strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke humanity. If war is an attempt to negate…
If Im feeling outraged, grief, disbelief, frustration, sympathy, that gets channeled through me and into my pictures and hopefully transmitted…
There is a job to be doneto record the truth. I want to wake people up!
[Photography] puts a human face on issues which, from afar, can appear abstract or ideological or monumental in their global…
I want my work to become part of our visual history, to enter our collective memory and our collective conscience.…
Unfortunately, the world continues, history continues to produce tragedies. And it is very important that they be documented in a…
I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten…
I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were…
I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing.
I dont think tragic situations are necessarily devoid of beauty.
If you make an honest picture of war, it will be an antiwar photograph.
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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More Antiwar Quotes

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The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why? — Wystan Hugh Auden
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. — Marcus Aurelius
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. — Francis Bacon
The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies… — Edward Abbey
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man… — John Adams
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. — John Adams
Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction. — Bernard Baruch
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. — Simone de Beauvoir
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own… — Joseph Addison
All war represents a failure of diplomacy. — Tony Benn
It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. — Alfred Adler

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