Truly an inspiration!!!
Very well deserved!!! One of the 2007 TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) prize winners was James Nachtwey; Photojournalist. His images are very powerful, I am TRULY INSPIRED and want to share his wish.
Accepting his 2007 TED Prize, photojournalist James Nachtwey talks about his decades as a war photographer. A slideshow of his photos, beginning in 1981 in Northern Ireland, reveal two parallel themes in his work. First, as he says: "The frontlines of contemporary wars are right where people live." Street violence, famine, disease: he has photographed all these modern WMDs. Second, when a photo catches the world's attention, it can truly drive action and change. In his TED wish, he asks for help gaining access to a story that needs to be told, and developing a new, digital way to show these photos to the world.
Help grant James Nachtwey's wish.
Accepting his 2007 TED Prize, photojournalist James Nachtwey talks about his decades as a war photographer. A slideshow of his photos, beginning in 1981 in Northern Ireland, reveal two parallel themes in his work. First, as he says: "The frontlines of contemporary wars are right where people live." Street violence, famine, disease: he has photographed all these modern WMDs. Second, when a photo catches the world's attention, it can truly drive action and change. In his TED wish, he asks for help gaining access to a story that needs to be told, and developing a new, digital way to show these photos to the world.
Help grant James Nachtwey's wish.
posted by Tem at 3/28/2008 01:47:00 PM
1 Comments:
Wow.
I had seen many of these images before, and each of them had stopped me in my tracks. Little did I realize all of these moments of pause, were the work of one man. One very gifted and passionate man of the times.
His wisdom and imagery are a legacy and record of humanity in the modern epoch.
It makes me feel small, but also gives me hope that there are people with such vision and drive among us.
Thank you for the reminder Scott & Tem.
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