Today in class we looked at the artist James Nachtwey at www.jamesnachtwey.com
His first encounter with photographs were from the Vietnam war as a child and that started it all.
Whose decision is it to have violent/government/war photos out in the public?
He shows images of war, human struggle, the suffering, and industrial pollution.
He is a very simple and organized man, is known to be very cleanly.
No time for a relationship. Committed life to his work and how could he have relationship when _no one could relate.
Some of the pieces I that left an impression in my mind:
Young Men Rite of Passage
Somalia Famine Victims
Prisoner of a Chain Gang
-important to have pictures including United States so we can relate to other images.
Indonesia- Homeless Washes children
He studied art history and political science.
Vietnam made him want to be photo journalist.
Art is gritty-How would you go about showing this? What if physical location for images being _displayed wasn't welcoming? What if the location of shoot had actual guns slinging bullets __everywhere?
I don't know how he can be there witnessing all these horrible things and how has he still made _out alive?
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