Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The only negative thing I saw in print was a review in the Village Voice newspaper. But there was much discussion on the web on the subject; also in private conversation with the former director of one of the top photo agencies who knows Nachtwey personally. The upshot of the Voice article was that Nachtwey seems to place himself as superior to his subjects, who were treated coldly. This is my personal opinion as well. When you compare Nachtwey to someone like Don McCullin (my favorite war photographer), the lack of humanity comes through rather clearly. It's difficult for me not to see Nachtwey's silent complicity in the suffering he documents. Arthur