Christian Frei produced a stellar movie in War Photographer. James Nachtwey's photographs are truly heart/gut wrenching and although he doesn't care, this film proves that he is by far the best war photographer ever. He aims at taking photos that people here in the United States don't necessarily want to see because they make you feel terrible when you're out here having a good time spending money rather carelessly, while people all over the world are struggling. Not only struggling but being tortured, dying of starvation, and hoping that they will make it through tomorrow. A great quote from his website, "I attempt to become as totally responsible to the subject as I possibly can. The act of being an outsider aiming a camera can be a violation of humanity. 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
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