Photojournalism Quotes
"The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I am benefiting from someone else's tragedy. This idea haunts me."
"I'm a messenger. I don't want people to be concerned about me. I want them to be concerned about the people in the pictures. I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing. I'm trying not to create photographs that viewers will look at and think: 'What a good photographer he is," or "Look what an interesting composition he can make.' I want the first impact, and by far the most powerful impact, to be about an emotional, intellectual and moral reaction to what is happening to these people. I want my presence to be transparent."
"I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated."
- James Nachtwey, 'Antiwar' PhotographerSource | http://www.karlgrobl.com/Quotes.htm
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