"The main purpose of my work is to……" — James Nachtwey
"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 upon as art objects as it is a form of communication. Whatever I did that accomplished something, I'm glad for it. But there's always so much more to do. I've never felt complete; I've never felt satisfied. I wouldn't say I could use the word 'happy' about it because its always involved other people's tragedies and other people's misfortunes. At best, there's a kind of grim satisfaction that perhaps I brought some attention, and focused people's attention on these problems. Perhaps it brought some relief. But its shifting sand that keeps moving."
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James Nachtwey
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40 Quotes by James Nachtwey
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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 try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing.
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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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