Picture of author.

James Nachtwey

Autor(a) de Inferno

11+ Works 219 Membros 5 Críticas 1 Favorited

About the Author

Includes the name: James Nachtwey

Obras por James Nachtwey

Associated Works

National Geographic, Vol. 168, No. 6, December 1985 (1985) — Fotógrafo — 33 exemplares
National Geographic Magazine 1991 v179 #6 June (1991) — Fotógrafo — 27 exemplares
National Geographic Magazine 1988 v173 #6 June (1988) — Fotógrafo — 26 exemplares
War Photographer [2001 film] (2003) 10 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1948-03-14
Sexo
male
Prémios e menções honrosas
TED Prize (2007)

Membros

Críticas

 
Assinalado
World_Press_Photo | Apr 12, 2022 |
Afghanistan 1996
Review of the Stern Magazine Portfolio paperback (1998)

The recent (August 2021) re-takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban led me to take another look at photojournalist James Nachtwey's views of Afghanistan towards the end of the Afghan Civil War (1992-1996) when the Taliban first came to rule the country. James Nachtwey: Civil Wars was an early (Issue #6) publication of the German language Stern Magazine's Portfolio Bibiothek der Fotographie limited edition series which published quarterly from 1996 to 2014.

Civil Wars includes an introductory article "Der Augenzeuge" (The Eyewitness) by Hans-Hermann Klare with an initial portfolio of Nachtwey's work documenting conflicts and famines in Somalia (1992), Bosnia (1993), Sudan (1993), Rwanda (1994), Zaire (1994), and Chechnya (1995-1996) from pages 3 to 27. This is followed by the central portfolio with the epigram "Die Gotteskrieger haben uns in Afghanistan lebendig Begraben" - (Malalai, Ärztin in Kabul) [English translation: "The warriors of God buried us alive in Afghanistan" - Malalai, A doctor in Kabul] from pages 28 to 61. A further article, "Afghanistans endloser Krieg: Zwischen Kalaschnikow und Koran" [Afghanistan's Endless War: Between the Kalashnikov and the Koran] by Gabriel Grüner, and a further portfolio concludes the book on pages 63 to 91.

Nachtwey's work is always harrowing and disturbing but is extremely important for understanding the brutal impacts of inhumanity and conflict throughout the world. This is even more so at a time when we are even more doubtful about the propaganda and self-serving nature of corporate media and politicians and war profiteers.

See image at https://i.pinimg.com/564x/10/34/44/103444f07481b4f0cacf6208d015b487.jpg
An outtake photograph similar to the cover photograph of "Civil Wars" by James Nachtwey, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1996. Image sourced from Pinterest.

See image at https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d1/d4/fc/d1d4fcd11cf3ac5cab669fe89fcd482b.jpg
Ruins of Kabul, Afghanistan, 1996 by James Nachtwey. Image sourced from Pinterest

I had not been previously familiar with the photojournalism of James Nachtwey (1948-) until I saw the documentary film War Photographer (2001) by director Christian Frei at the 2001 Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto. Afterwards I was able to source several published collections of Nachtwey's work and James Nachtwey: Civil Wars (1998) was one of them.
… (mais)
 
Assinalado
alanteder | Aug 19, 2021 |
Heartsick, reeling, gasping, weeping. Human, flawed, broken, unable to atone, unable to understand, unable to explain.

This book exists. You exist. Therefore you have a responsibility to look at it, to bear witness, to take something of hope away from it.

Know, going into it, that nothing can ever be the same again. The seen cannot be unseen. These images will sear themselves into your psyche to simmer, and you will not be unchanged.
 
Assinalado
satyridae | 1 outra crítica | Apr 5, 2013 |
"Inferno" is met afstand het meest confronterende fotoboek dat ik ooit heb gezien. Het bevat foto's van mensonterende ellende, zoals in de weeshuizen in Roemenië, oorlogsgeweld en hongersnood. De wereldberoemde Amerikaanse oorlogsfotograaf James Nachtwey, die zichzelf liever anti-oorlogsfotograaf noemt, heeft twee keer de World Press Photo award gewonnen, eenmaal met een foto uit Somalië op blz 124-125 en eenmaal met een foto uit Rwanda op blz 256-257. Nachtwey is altijd op zoek naar die ene perfecte foto die alles duidelijk maakt, maar in dit boek toont hij meerdere foto's van een onderwerp om zo het verhaal te vertellen, meestal een verhaal waar je niet vrolijk van wordt. In dit boek staan foto's uit Roemenië, Somalië, India, Soedan, Bosnië, Rwanda, Zaïre, Tsjetsenië en Kosovo.
Behalve dat het het meest confronterende fotoboek is, is het ook het mooist uitgevoerde fotoboek dat ik ken. Het boek bevat alleen maar zwart-witfoto's met de verticale foto's steeds een foto per blz en bij de horizontale foto's soms twee foto's per blz en ook soms 1 foto per dubbele blz. De foto's zijn alle omhuld door een zwarte lijn om aan te geven dat het hele negatief is gebruikt.
… (mais)
 
Assinalado
erikscheffers | 1 outra crítica | Mar 11, 2013 |

Prémios

You May Also Like

Associated Authors

Estatísticas

Obras
11
Also by
4
Membros
219
Popularidade
#102,099
Avaliação
½ 4.5
Críticas
5
ISBN
16
Línguas
3
Marcado como favorito
1

Tabelas & Gráficos