Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard. As a journalist by profession I agree that pictures like these are a necessary record and proof that these events occured-- evidence that could or should lead to a "solution" of some kind or even help to prove guilt when it can be located. . I don't have a problem with looking at them, exactly. I "love" great war photography like Capa and (my favorite) Don McCullin. What I was trying to say about Nachtwey, as opposed to some others, is that I see something intangible in his photos that I distrust and dislike. Unlike McCullin, for example, Nachtwey seems to hold himself superior to his subjects; like one critic said, it's difficult to distinguish the living from the dead. He seems a cold fish who might even enjoy, in some sense, his grizzly work. Perhaps this is unfair; but I don't buy into his self-described sainthood. He may be doing the Lord's work, but I think he may be working for the devil. I will agree, however, that he is a great photojournalist. Arthur