National Geographic
01 January, 1985
A little boy hiding behind a soldier in Nicaragua, a country scourged by civil war. Fifty percent of its GNP is spent on the war effort.
James Nachtwey
Photographs of the Vietnam War and the American Civil Rights movement inspired him to become a photographer. While teaching himself photography, he worked as truck driver and as ...
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