James Nachtwey was born on March 14,1948 and is an American photojournalist and war photographer.
19 Facts About James Nachtwey
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James Nachtwey has been awarded the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal five times and two World Press Photo awards.
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In 2003, Nachtwey was injured in a grenade attack on his convoy while working in Baghdad, from which he made a full recovery.
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James Nachtwey has worked with Time as a contract photographer since 1984.
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James Nachtwey worked for Black Star, was a member of Magnum Photos and VII Photo Agency where he was a founding member.
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James Nachtwey grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Dartmouth College, where he studied art history and political science.
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James Nachtwey started working as a newspaper photographer in 1976 at the Albuquerque Journal.
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James Nachtwey has documented a variety of armed conflicts and social issues, spending time in South Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Russia, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union shooting pictures of war, conflict and images of socio-political issues in Western Europe and the United States.
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James Nachtwey is not married and currently lives in New York City.
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In 1994, James Nachtwey was covering the upcoming elections in South Africa, the first non-racial ones in decades.
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James Nachtwey had been injured previously in his work, but it was during his extensive coverage of the United States invasion of Iraq that he received his first combat injury.
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James Nachtwey managed to take several photographs of medic Billie Grimes treating Weisskopf before passing out.
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James Nachtwey recovered sufficiently to return overseas to cover the tsunami in Southeast Asia of December 2004.
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James Nachtwey has worked with Time as a contract photographer since 1984.
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James Nachtwey worked for Black Star from 1980 until 1985 and was a member of Magnum Photos from 1986 until 2001.
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James Nachtwey was present during the September 11,2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, and produced a well known related body of work.
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James Nachtwey compiled a photo essay on the effects of the Sudan conflict on civilians.
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On February 1,2014, James Nachtwey was grazed by a bullet while photographing political protests in Thailand.
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James Nachtwey is one of three winners of the 2007 TED Prize.