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Summary: Into the Fire
Review: A book that is not for everyone, yet everyone should see it. These are the faces of death and despair, the tears of anti-war, the bravery of war, the fear of not living another day, the fear of living yet another day...the courage, the persistance, the failure to give up...the hurt, the pain, the tears, the anger..in the lives that nightmares are made of... When you look at the photographs, you will never be the same. Study them. Let them go to your heart. Cry for them. Then reach out to them. And never, never forget......when I went into the Inferno, I never realized the impact it would have. We can be so distant to the people, but in this book...they come into our lives, making us aware that the world can be a living hell. James Nachtwey did a fantastic job catching the lives that we so often want to pretend don't exist. I highly recommend this book to all. Step into the fire. We all need to see........
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Summary: Oh Lord how could this be your will . . .
Review: A shocking collection of atrocities during the past decade. I am temporarily comforted knowing this profound documentation will be available for future generations. The size of the heavy cloth book, a whopping 15" x 11" is a clever touch because it makes the book that much more difficult to ignore. The photos of Rwanda,Zaire, Somalia and Romania are especially gruesome. These images, which are like a swinging skillet hitting you in the face, are dripping with humanity.
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Summary: Oh Lord how could this be your will . . .
Review: A shocking collection of atrocities during the past decade. I am temporarily comforted knowing this profound documentation will be available for future generations. The size of the heavy cloth book, a whopping 15" x 11" is a clever touch because it makes the book that much more difficult to ignore. The photos of Rwanda,Zaire, Somalia and Romania are especially gruesome. These images, which are like a swinging skillet hitting you in the face, are dripping with humanity.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: As a photojournalist I am in awe of the content of this book. The power of these photographs are unmistakable. Everyone should see what is going on in these countries.
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Summary: Il lato peggiore dell'uomo
Review: E' impossibile trovare le parole per descrivere queste immagini. Sono fotografie che parlano da sole e colpiscono duro, lasciandoti solo, con mille domande, a cercare una risposta che è solo sussurrata nel vento....
Dedicato a tutti coloro che pensano che la guerra possa portare a qualcosa di buono.
Un grosso grazie a James Nachtwey che per fare quello che fa deve essere parecchie spanne sopra tutti noi...
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Summary: Il lato peggiore dell'uomo
Review: E' impossibile trovare le parole per descrivere queste immagini. Sono fotografie che parlano da sole e colpiscono duro, lasciandoti solo, con mille domande, a cercare una risposta che è solo sussurrata nel vento....
Dedicato a tutti coloro che pensano che la guerra possa portare a qualcosa di buono.
Un grosso grazie a James Nachtwey che per fare quello che fa deve essere parecchie spanne sopra tutti noi...
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Summary: Great photo-journalism
Review: Every rare once in a while you see or read something so powerful that you feel not just emotionally touched, but physically as well.This book left me feeling like someone hit me in the chest.
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Summary: Honest Photographs
Review: I am priviledged to have had the opportunity to speak with Mr. Nachtwey about his book inferno. Speaking with him made me feel much better about looking at the book. As a documentary photographer myself, I am aware of how people could be taken advantage of by the photographer. It comforted me to hear Mr. Nachtwey speak in length and in detail about the empathy he has for the people in the photographs. What is most important, is that he is making these photographs for the people in them, not for himself.
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Summary: 5-star pre-review
Review: I don't know if you'll accept a review from someone who hasn't seen the entire collection yet, but I'm giving this book your highest rating. I recently witnessed "War Photographer", a documentary about Mr. Nachtwey and his work at The Human Rights Film Festival at New York's Lincoln Center and can't get his images out of my mind. He should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Summary: A Terrible Beauty
Review: I find that the words "a terrible beauty" sum up this masterpiece by James Nachtwey. These pictures deeply affected me beyond the written word. Sometimes a simple picture can portray so much. As a student of economic and international relations these images are what keeps me going, I want to be the idealist that believes that I can make a change too. Every time I see Nachtwey's images I can feel his appeal to the reader to make a difference or at the very least to be aware of global issues. People get so caught up in their own pain that one forgets the harsh reality imposed upon others in countries ravaged by war, ethnic genocide and famine. The picture plate of the skeletal man crawling on his hands and knees left a deep impact on me as well as the plate of the Rwandan man ravaged and violated by a machete from his own people. Indeed, as the Italian poet Dante described in "Inferno" these images describe the nine cirlces of hell.
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