James Nachtwey

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Nepal’s Man-Made Disaster

A year after a devastating quake, politics has kept the country in ruins

By James Nachtwey and Nikhil Kumar

James Nachtwey: The Journey of Hope

From the wine-dark waters of the Aegean Sea to the back roads of the Balkans, James Nachtwey documents the dangerous passage

By James Nachtwey

Photographing the Exodus

From the wine-dark waters of the Aegean Sea to the back roads of the Balkans, documenting the dangerous passage

By James Nachtwey

James Nachtwey’s Latest Dispatches From Nepal

TIME contract photographer James Nachtwey reports from the quake-devastated country

By James Nachtwey

James Nachtwey's Dispatches From Nepal

TIME contract photographer James Nachtwey reports from the quake-devastated country

By James Nachtwey

James Nachtwey: How Photography Can Change the World

Watch the TIME photographer's moving acceptance speech as he receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Magazine Editors

By James Nachtwey

On the Set of Selma with James Nachtwey

Paramount Pictures commissioned photojournalist James Nachtwey

By James Nachtwey

James Nachtwey: 30 Years in TIME

To celebrate James Nachtwey’s 30 years as a contract photographer for TIME, we have organized an exhibit of 54 layouts that have appeared in the magazine featuring his work from Chechnya to Somalia and from...

By James Nachtwey

Syrian Refugees by James Nachtwey

The state of being a refugee is temporary, in theory, but without a place to go back to — a nation, a city, a home — limbo begins to look permanent, a designated space carved...

By James Nachtwey

Thailand's Drug Scourge: Photographs by James Nachtwey

TIME contract photographer James Nachtwey documents the rising drug trade in Thailand—and the controversial rehabilitation programs.

By James Nachtwey

Dispatch from Afghanistan: The Eyes of War

Flight medic Sgt. Billy Raines has witnessed more than his share of the grim consequences of war. But a recent casualty etched a mask of resignation and pity on his young face and transformed his eyes into laser beams of compassion. TIME contract photographer James Nachtwey reports from southern Afghanistan.

By James Nachtwey

The Lost Souls of Kabul: Photographs by James Nachtwey

Afghanistan is the leading producer of opium poppy, the raw ingredient of heroin. But lost amid U.S. and NATO efforts to halt drug exports—and remove a lucrative source of revenue for the Taliban— is the alarming growth of addiction within the country.

By James Nachtwey

When the World Turned Its Back: James Nachtwey's Reflections on the Rwandan Genocide

In 1994 TIME photographer James Nachtwey witnessed the devastating effects of the Rwandan genocide. On the 17-year anniversary, the photographer looks back on the tragedy.Humans make war, and we make peace. We make love, and...

By James Nachtwey

Wings of Mercy

TIME contract photographer James Nachtwey documents the cruelty of war in Afghanistan while embedded with men of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 214th Regiment.

By James Nachtwey
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