--- title: Photos: James Nachtwey Exhibition Shows War's Tragic Effects description: The exhibition is on at the Currier Museum of Art in New Hampshire canonical: https://time.com/4068832/nachtwey-currier-exhibition/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-09T21:17:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:40:05.669Z article:section: World og:title: New James Nachtwey Exhibition Shows War's Tragic Effects og:description: The exhibition is on at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, N.H., og:url: https://time.com/4068832/nachtwey-currier-exhibition/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d51948ac27194a8/698867b85f570f166db1dca7/nachtwey_pismobeach.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Nachtwey_PismoBeach og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New James Nachtwey Exhibition Shows War's Tragic Effects twitter:description: The exhibition is on at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, N.H., twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d51948ac27194a8/698867b85f570f166db1dca7/nachtwey_pismobeach.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New James Nachtwey Exhibition Shows War's Tragic Effects by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Oct 9, 2015 9:17 PM CUT  Derek McGinnis, who lost a leg in Iraq, tries surfing for the first time, in Pismo Beach, Calif., October 2006. Derek McGinnis, who lost a leg in Iraq, tries surfing for the first time, in Pismo Beach, Calif., October 2006.James Nachtwey by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Oct 9, 2015 9:17 PM CUT An exhibition of some of TIME contract photographer James Nachtwey’s most iconic photographs has opened at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, N.H. Bringing together images shot in Afghanistan before and after the 9/11 attacks, as well as in Iraq and at Ground Zero, the exhibition reveals war’s tragic effects on combatants and civilians alike. “James Nachtwey’s photographs have been the standard-bearers for documentary photography for more than 30 years,” says Kurt Sundstrom, the exhibition’s curator. “While most war photography exhibitions focus on combat photography, _Witness to History_ reminds everyone of the struggles our troops face when they come back to the States.” “His photographs have the capacity to change a stubborn mind, open a closed heart and motivate the indifferent,” he adds. The Currier Museum of Art acquired the original prints with support from the Henry Melville Fuller Acquisition Fund. [Witness to History: James Nachtwey](http://www.currier.org/ "undefined") _is open until December 14, 2015._  Mourning a brother killed by a Taliban rocket, Afghanistan, 1996 James Nachtwey  Collapse of the South Tower, Church of St. Peter on Church St. and Barclay, September 22, 2001 James Nachtwey  Firefighters at Ground Zero, 2001 James Nachtwey  Sign in Times Square, 2001 James Nachtwey  Statue of Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein toppled in Firdos Square, Baghdad, April 9, 2003 James Nachtwey  Soldier holding bank robber at gunpoint, Baghdad, 2003 James Nachtwey  Derek McGinnis, who lost a leg in Iraq, tries surfing for the first time, in Pismo Beach, Calif., October 2006. James Nachtwey  Staff Sgt. 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