James Nachtwey is an American photographer and war photographer. He has received the Robert Capa Gold Medal 5 times from the Overseas Press Club and 2 World Press Photo Awards. In 2003, Nachtwey was injured in a grenade attack on his convoy while working in Baghdad, after which he made a full recovery. Nachtwey has been with Time as a contract photographer since 1984. He works for Black Star, is a member of Magnum Photos and VII Photo Agency of which he is a founding member.
| Born | March 14, 1948, Syracuse, New York, USA |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Notable credit(s) | See Awards, honors and films |
Photographer James Nachtwey was born on March 14, 1948 in New York, United States (He's 75 years old now).
This notable photojournalist documented hostilities in Northern Ireland, the Middle East, the Soviet Union, South Africa, and other political hot spots, and was the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary named War Photographer in 2001.
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James Nachtwey was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1948 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rat (鼠).
He studied political science and art history at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He began his career as a photojournalist for the Albuquerque Journal in New Mexico.
During an assignment in Iraq, he was wounded by an insurgent's grenade while riding in a US military vehicle.
He was born in Syracuse, New York, and raised in Massachusetts, and he traveled and worked all over the world before settling in New York City.
He was awarded the Dan David Prize and three Photographer Robert Capa Gold Medals, among other accolades.
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