8: James nachtwey

James Nachtwey grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Dartmouth College, where he studied art history . Images from the Vietnam War and the American civil rights movement had a powerful effect on him and were instrumental in his decision to become a photographer.

In 1976 Nachtwey started work as a newspaper photographer in New Mexico. In 1980 he moved to New York to begin a career as a freelance magazine photographer.  

  Nachtwey has devoted himself to documenting wars, conflicts, and critical social issues. He has worked on  photographic essays in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, South Africa, Russia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Romania, Brazil, and the United States.

Nachtwey has been a contract photographer with Time magazine since 1984. In 2001, he became one of the founding members of the photo agency VII. He has held many solo exhibitions around the world. 

I l have not known of james s work long but since i have known him his images are impossible to forget , In  a world were the media are normally one sided his work tips the balance by showing both sides or the side that is not always shown his images are striking and powerful yet theres a sentiment to them that not many  photo journalists can show .He has gone above and beyond to pursue his dream and its shows in the images he captures . i  admire and respect him and he is one of my favorite photographers top three anyway and i dont reckon that will change as his images are relevent to the last.