James Nachtwey

Q&A With Lisa Kristine, Photographer of Slaves

Joshua Kors | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Oakland, Photojournalist, Slavery, Peace Summit in Vancouver, Ghana, Nepal, Gold Mining, Brick Kilns, Brong Ahafo, New York Times, San Francisco, India, Lisa Kristine, Photographer, Photos, Photography, War Photographer, Free the Slaves, James Nachtwey, World News
Joshua Kors

2011-08-26-slaves.pngThe most pernicious lie still taught in elementary school is that slavery ended in 1865 with the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment. Today, 146 years later, slavery is rampant, both in the U.S. and abroad.

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Reading the Pictures: Big Media Sends Three Top War Photographers to Afghanistan Only to Bring Back the Near-Same Medevac Shots

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Embedding, Afghanistan War, Afghan War Medevac Helicopter Photos, Afghanistan War Photography, Tyler Hicks, James Nachtwey, Louie Palu, Injured Marine, Black Hawk, Media News
Michael Shaw

2011-01-18-medevav.jpgIs this pure coincidence? Or, does it illustrate (too well, in this case) the acumen of the Pentagon in the mediating of war access?

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HuffPost Review: Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi

Katya Wachtel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daniele Mastrogiacomo, Christian Parenti, Afghanistan, Mullah Omar, Kabul, Fixer Documentary, Shia, Taliban, James Nachtwey, Pashtun, Afghanistan War, Kalashnikov, Kandahar, Mullah Dadullah, NATO Afghanistan, Nato, Taliban Beheading, Fixer, Ian Olds, Ajmal Naqshbandi, Rolodex, Northern Pakistan, Occupation Dreamland, Journalists, Foreign Correspondents, Journalists Afghanistan, World News
Katya Wachtel

This is the story of one of the thousands of silhouettes who roam war-zones every day so that we, thousands of miles away, can grasp what is happening on the front-line of wars that affect life on this continent too.

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Help Us Break a Vital Story

Amy Novogratz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ted, Photography, TED Prize, James Nachtwey, Orphanages, Orphans, Romanian Orphanages, Romania, Healthy Living News
Amy Novogratz

When photographer Nachtwey heard about a crisis in Romanian orphanages, and couldn't find an editor who'd send him there to cover it, he paid his own way to shoot the story.

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