Documentary Description
A film about the American photographer James Nachtwey, about his
motivation, his fears and his daily routine as a war photographer. If
we believe Hollywood pictures, war photographers are all hard-boiled
and cynical old troopers. How can they think about ‘exposure time’ in
the very moment of dread?
Swiss author, director and producer
Christian Frei followed James Nachtwey for two years into the wars in
Indonesia, Kosovo, Palestine… Christian Frei used special micro-cameras
attached to James Nachtwey’s photo-camera.
We see a famous photographer looking for the decisive moment. We
hear every breath of the photographer. For the first time in the
history of movies about photographers, this technique allowed an
authentic insight into the work of a concerned photo-journalist.
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