James Nachtwey

  "When one group of people hates another group of people so profoundly that they can torture and murder babies and children, we have a serious problem on our hands"  Hogg & Vaughan 2005

Being discriminated quite many times, I developed an interest to study the nature of prejudice, discrimination, and the role of society. During my studies I noticed the works of James Nachtwey and they really impressed me.

For over twenty years James Nachtwey is sharing with us the darkest, the most evil recesses of our world and the horror and pain of human existence. I can’t even imagine how many people are actually not aware of what is happening in the world. Recent years have witnessed monstrous violence in Somalia, Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Chechnya, Afghanistan and Iraq. The last century was by far the bloodiest in systematic human Slaughter and James Nachtwey has been first in line to witness those events. “What allows me to overcome the emotional obstacles inherent in my work is the belief that when people are confronted by images that evoke comparison, they will continue to respond, no matter how exhausted, angry or frustrated they may be.” James Nachtwey

A remarkable speech by James Nachtwey accepting his 2007 LED prize is worth watching. 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGKZhNK_pHw

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Hogg, A. M., Vaughan, M. G. (2005). Social Psychology. (4). Essex. Pearson Education Limited.   

http://www.jamesnachtwey.com (Accessed: 1 April 2012)

Tagliaventi, A., Leonelli, L., Mauro, A., Zanot, F., Curti, D. (2009) Foto: Box. Translated by Jimena Bargados, Catriona Cappleman, Clare Costa, Grace Crerar-Bromlow and Luisa Nitrato Izzo. Reprint, London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2009.  

TEDtalksDirectror (2007) James Nachtwey: TED Prize wish: Share a vital story with the world. Availiable at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGKZhNK_pHw (Accessed: 1 April 2012). 

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Nachtwey, J. (1994). Survivor of a Hutu death camp, Rwanda [Online]. Available at: http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/ (Accessed: 1 April 2012)