Black Star for Time
01 January, 1984
A young boy looks out from the ruins of a house, after a guerilla attack during the civil war in El Salvador.
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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