List of James Nachtwey Quotes

If Im Feeling Outraged, Grief, Disbelief, Frustration, Sympathy, That Gets Channeled Through Me And Into My Pictures And Hopefully Transmitted To The Viewer.

Starvation And Disease Are The Original Weapons Of Mass Destruction. When You Burn Fields And Kill Animals, People Are Left Vulnerable.

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.

Photojournalists Know The Horrors Of War Can Only Be Exposed At Close Range. Kodak Film.

Do We Really Need Another Picture Of Paris Hilton Or Naomi Campbell?

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.

Photography Can Be Perceived As The Opposite Of War.

I Dont Think Tragic Situations Are Necessarily Devoid Of Beauty.

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.

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.

I'm Half Deaf. I Have Nerve Damage And A Constant Ringing In Both Of My Ears, And There Are Certain Times And Conditions When I Can Hardly Hear At All.

Is It Possible To Put An End To A Form Of Human Behavior Which Has Existed Throughout History By Means Of Photography?