James Nachtwey cut his teeth as a correspondent photographer during the Vietnam War. For the past thirty plus years he has risked his life and sanity documenting wars, conflicts, and social issues throughout the world. He is considered by many to be the greatest war photographer of our time. Simply put, his photographs have moved the world to change. Really. This past March 2007, he was rewarded with the TED Prize (which itself is an interesting story), in Monterey, California. His speech was essentially — Nachtwey narrating a slideshow of photographs from selected projects. These are moving, and thought-provoking images. Many of these projects were self-funded. The magazines he shoots for wouldn’t buy the stories he wanted to expose.

This is 20 minutes you will be glad you spent. It’s the power of the internet at it’s best. It’s the power of photography at it’s best. It’s the power of James Nachtwey at his best. Check it out — you won’t be sorry

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