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...have experienced all their lives. As we debate U.S. involvement in Sudan, perhaps we can spare a few minutes to consider the plight of those innocent souls pictured so well by Time's reporting. Richard B. Lawson Mountlake Terrace, Washington, U.S. I am worried about the impact of James Nachtwey's photos of grieving, anguished Congolese. There is a heroism about the images, but there is also a romantic artistry that blunts the pain, and they suggest too strongly the presence of attentive and receptive helpers. We Americans know far too little about Africa and pay too little attention...
...worried about the impact of�James Nachtwey's photos of anguished Congolese. There is a heroism about the images, but there is also a romantic artistry that blunts the pain, and they suggest too strongly the presence of attentive helpers. We Americans know far too little about Africa and pay too little attention. But would we turn so blind an eye to the death, in less than a decade, of 6% of our own population at the hands of warring parties? I hope not. DOUG WATSON Shawnee, Okla...
Meanwhile, James Nachtwey, the celebrated photographer of war and famine, set off on his own marathon quest, traveling to five countries in eight weeks. The result is the haunting portfolio of patients and caregivers that fills 14 pages of this issue. "It's difficult to edit Jim's photographs because they bring tears to your eyes," says picture editor MaryAnne Golon. "They're more than photographs--they give a voice to those who most need to be heard...
...Alexander Gardner's "staged" photographs - he was not above placing a rifle next to a corpse for dramatic effect - from Gettysburg. And Witness does not make fussy distinctions between "art" photography and "news" photography. Social documentarians Lewis Hine and Dorothea Lange mingle with Gilles Peress, James Nachtwey and Luc Delahaye, who made their names on battlefronts during the 1980s and '90s. Nachtwey's picture of a man staring up at one of the smoking World Trade Center towers perfectly renders the initial astonishment before it turned to horror. Letizia Battaglia, who risked her life to photograph the Mafia in Sicily...
Assistant District Attorney Patrick Haggan said during the trial that Nachtwey screamed “at the top of her lungs” after Davenport allegedly stabbed her with a 10-inch knife and that Luis Vasquez then repeatedly beat her with nunchucks before they dumped her body into the Charles River, according...