James Nachtwey: TED Prize Wish
"Accepting his 2007 TED Prize, photojournalist James Nachtwey talks about his decades as a war photographer. A slideshow of his photos, beginning in 1981 in Northern Ireland, reveal two parallel themes in his work. First, as he says: 'The frontlines of contemporary wars are right where people live.' Street violence, famine, disease: he has photographed all these modern WMDs. Second, when a photo catches the world's attention, it can truly drive action and change. In his TED wish, he asks for help gaining access to a story that needs to be told, and developing a new, digital way to show these photos to the world. Help grant James Nachtwey's wish...."
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David Emerick
Do I understand it correctly that Nachtwey wants to photograph at some special site where he has no direct access to and asks for help to get there?
Posted by: Erwin Wien | Thursday, 14 June 2007 at 07:17 AM
Nachtwey is one of my all time favorite photographers, and yet it took me quite some time to sit down and view this; quite frankly, I resisted it. His photographs take you to places you don't necessarily want to go, and confront those situations you don't want to experience, or even wish to acknowledge. His artistry accentuates, elevates, but never deceives- and then there are the faces that never let you forget...
If only there were more like him.
Posted by: Stan Banos | Saturday, 16 June 2007 at 01:16 AM