First of all, James Nachtwey is not for the faint-hearted. In my opinion, he is the best war photographer of the past several decades. He makes tough photographs of horrible conditions all over the world.
“When James Nachtwey was awarded the TED Prize in 2007, he was given $100,000 and one wish to change the world. He wished for our help in telling a vital story to the world, using powerful photos taken around the globe. This photography project and this site are the result of his wish.” – XDRTB.org/
Here, he speaks about his wish:
Today was, supposedly, the final day of operation for Astroland the famous Coney Island amusement park. Molly and I decided to pay a final visit today and the weather couldn’t have been nicer.
In “Photographers’ Journal : Capturing History at the Conventions” The New York Times has a great slide show of great photographs from Todd Heisler, Damon Winter, Stephen Crowley, and Ozier Muhammad and a discussion with Heisler, Winter and David Scull on photographing the conventions.
If you don’t watch it full screen, you can see the caption info as well as the name of each person as they speak, which is nice. here
Here’s a great multimedia video by the Rocky Mountain News and Media Storm – produced from their 24 hour, round the clock, coverage of the Democratic National Convention..
It’s running time is about 20 minutes – I believe it’s worth the time when you have it, and suggest allowing the clip to load completely before viewing as it will help prevent some choppiness and streaming issues that may occur otherwise.
“At last, at last, a dream fulfilled.” – here- or below
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