The greatest statesmen, ...

The greatest statesmen, philosophers, humanitarians ... have not been able to put an end to war. Why place that demand on photography?
The greatest statesmen, philosophers, humanitarians ... have not been able to put an end to war. Why place that demand on photography?
 James Nachtwey

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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
 William Tecumseh Sherman
Feeling, in the broad sense of whatever is felt in any way, as sensory stimulus or inward tension, pain, emotion or intent, is the mark of mentality.
 Susanne Katherina Langer
In that period, we had the Cold War mentality imbued through us - the Post-war [environment] and the Cold War. I think we were reflecting some of that. This was before the Wall collapsed, etc.
 Stephen Mallinder
The kind of group mentality that we had lived under since the Second World War is starting to erupt, and the craving for individualism is now much stronger. It's not as taboo anymore, as it was when I was younger.
 Nicolas Winding Refn
I come out of a Cold War sensibility, a Cold War mentality, and during those Cold War years, I used to know, I thought, the answers to everything. And since the end of the Cold War, I'm just a dumb as everyone else.
 Jules Feiffer

Quotes from the same author

Is it possible to put an end to a form of human behavior which has existed throughout history by means of photography?
 James Nachtwey
[Photography] puts a human face on issues which, from afar, can appear abstract or ideological or monumental in their global impact.
 James Nachtwey
For me, the strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke humanity. If war is an attempt to negate humanity, then photography can be perceived as the opposite of war.
 James Nachtwey
I want my pictures to cut through political abstractions... and make a connection on a human level.
 James Nachtwey
The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I am benefiting from someone else's tragedy. This idea haunts me. It's something I have to reckon with every day because I know that if I ever allow genuine compassion to be overtaken by personal ambition, I will have sold my soul. The only way I can justify my role is to have respect for the other person's predicament. The extent to which I do that is the extent to which I become accepted by the other; and to that extent, I can accept myself.
 James Nachtwey