James Nachtwey interview on CBS 60 Minutes website, with extra video

[Trask]

The well-known and respected photo-journalist James Nachtwey, known in particular for his work in war zones and disaster areas, was interviewed by Anderson Cooper on last evening's "CBS 60 Minutes" broadcast here in the U.S. I'm a great admirer of his work and approach to his craft, so found it very interesting. The interview is available on the CBS 60 minutes website at https://www.cbs.com/shows/60_minutes/ and on the same page there is a second non-broadcast interview that takes up aspects of his work not seen in the broadcast segment. Well worth a look, IMHO. I can also recommend his early-2000's DVD "War Photographer" -- I seem Amazon has new copies for sale, or you can watch it (and lots of other very good movies etc, including Criterion Collection and foreign movies) for free on the Kanopy streaming channel (U.S. only, AFAIK), which most people access by using their library account number, so your local library has to be a participating library. So even if Nachtwey isn't your cup of tea, do check out Kanopy for interesting free movies.

 

[Rob Skeoch]

I watched the 60 Minutes segment. One of the greatest photojournalists of all time. You can't say you love his images because they tend to show mankind at their worse, but the images are important to see and he was really dedicated to go get them. It's worth watching.

 

[mshchem]

I hope he's on the US-Mexico border right now.

 

[pentaxuser]

I hope he's on the US-Mexico border right now.

Why? What's happening there. As a Brit such news hasn't reached me.

Thanks

pentaxuser

 

[mshchem]

Why? What's happening there. As a Brit such news hasn't reached me.

Thanks

pentaxuser

Nope, not going to take the bait. Just the same as the UK end of the chunell.

 

[Alex Benjamin]

Nachtwey has been off my radar for way too long. I've got to correct that.