Starvation and disease are the original weapons of mass destruction. When you burn fields and kill animals, people are left vulnerable.
James NachtweyI try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing.
James NachtweyYou are never freer than in that moment when you decide to expose yourself to sniper fire.
James NachtweyI want my pictures to cut through political abstractions... and make a connection on a human level.
James NachtweyThe worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I am benefiting from someone else's tragedy. This idea haunts me. It's something I have to reckon with every day because I know that if I ever allow genuine compassion to be overtaken by personal ambition, I will have sold my soul. The only way I can justify my role is to have respect for the other person's predicament. The extent to which I do that is the extent to which I become accepted by the other; and to that extent, I can accept myself.
James Nachtwey