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James Nachtwey (born March 14, 1948) is an American photojournalist and war photographer.

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If there is something occurring that is so bad that it could be considered a crime against humanity, it has to be transmitted with anguish, with pain, and create an impact in people - upset them, shake them up, wake them out of their everyday routine.

Against, Impact, Occurring, Pain, People, Photography

I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were critical social issues. From the very beginning this was my goal.

Became, Issues, Order, Social, War

If you want to connect with people who are in distress and great grief and scared, you need to do it in a certain way. I move kind of slow. I talk kind of slow. I let them know that I respect them.

Grief, Moving, People, Certain, Talk, Kind

I dont think tragic situations are necessarily devoid of beauty.

Beauty, Photography, Situations, Think, Thinking, Tragic

If you make an honest picture of war, it will be an antiwar photograph.

Antiwar, Honest, Photograph, War

Many people in this world do jobs that are dangerous and where their life is at risk and they feel that there is some kind of value to their job I guess that's how I feel about what I do. There is a social function to documentary photography that is very important and it requires people to take risks.

Jobs, People, Photography, Risks, Social, World

I want my pictures to cut through political abstractions. . . and make a connection on a human level.

Abstractions, Cutting, Level, Make, Photography, Political

I want to record history through the destiny of individuals who often belong to the least wealthy classes. I do not want to show war in general, nor history with a capital H, but rather the tragedy of a single man, of a family.

Classes, Destiny, History, Individuals, Photography, War

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 that notion seem ridiculously out of balance. Yet, that very idea has motivated me.

Photography, Mean, Ideas, Possible, Idea

If Im feeling outraged, grief, disbelief, frustration, sympathy, that gets channeled through me and into my pictures and hopefully transmitted to the viewer.

Disbelief, Frustration, Grief, Hopefully, Photography, Transmitted

None of the editors I've worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They've never asked me to give them anything other than my own interpretation of events.

Asked, Editors, Give, Giving, Interpretation, Photography

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

Antiwar, Call, Photographer, Photography, War

If I can upset people, if I can ruin their day, then I have done my job.

Day, Done, Job, Jobs, People, Upset

I began after college, about 1972. I began to teach myself photography. I went to work for a local newspaper for four years as a kind of basic training.

College, Local, Photography, Training, Work, Years

I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.

Events, Forgotten, Photography, Pictures, Recorded, Torn Apart

I don't believe there's any such thing as objective reality. It's only reality as we experience it.

Photography, Believe, Reality, Experience

The greatest statesmen, philosophers, humanitarians. . . have not been able to put an end to war. Why place that demand on photography?

Photography, War, Demand, Statesmen, Philosophers

For me, the strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke humanity. If war is an attempt to negate humanity, then photography can be perceived as the opposite of war.

Ability, Humanity, Lying, Negate, Photography, War

Unfortunately, the world continues, history continues to produce tragedies. And it is very important that they be documented in a humane way, in a compelling way.

Continues, Documented, Humane Way, Important, Tragedy, World

Starvation and disease are the original weapons of mass destruction. When you burn fields and kill animals, people are left vulnerable.

Animal, Burn, Fields, Mass Destruction, People, Weapons

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