Today we watched a documentary in class called War Photographer, which was about a man named James Nachtwey who made a living off taking pictures of war and harsh situations. James would travel to places like Africa and risk his life in the middle of a war to get pictures of the way some of these people live. It surprised me that he chose this as his career because it's so dangerous. He would literally be right beside people that were getting shot at and any second a bullet could hit him too. He was also in situations where it was hard to see and breath. He came across families of 5 and more living on the train tracks with not a lot of food to eat or water to drink. He would take pictures of sad people all day long and injured people fighting to survive. To me a job like this would just be depressing and scary. In the middle of some wars several different camera men would be in the same situation as him, and a couple would get shot or injured in the process. James sees all these people dying beside him and all it does is motivate him more to take better pictures for the world to see. I just found it so interesting that taking pictures could be so dangerous, and risking your life for career. James was great at his job and when you're good at something, you continue to do it.
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