 james nachtwey (born march 14, 1948) is an american photojournalist and war photographer. he grew up in massachusetts and graduated from dartmouth college, where he studied art history and political science (1966â70). he has been awarded the overseas press club's robert capa gold medal five times. in 2003, he was injured by a grenade in an attack on his convoy while serving as a time contributing correspondent in baghdad, from which he has made a full recovery. on february 1, 2014, nachtwey was grazed by a bullet on his left leg whilst photographing the thailand political protests.http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/01/3906382/fear-of-violence-grips-thai-capital.html ==photography== nachtwey started working as a newspaper photographer in 1976 at the albuquerque journal. in 1980, he moved to new york and began working as a freelance photographer. in 1981, nachtwey covered his first overseas assignment in northern ireland illustrating civil strife. he has documented a variety of armed conflicts and social issues, spending time in south africa, latin america, the middle east, russia, eastern europe, the former soviet union shooting pictures of war, conflict and famine, and images of socio-political issues (pollution, crime and punishment) in western europe and the united states. he currently lives in new york city. in 1994, nachtwey was covering the upcoming elections in south africa, the first non-racial ones in decades. as an associate of the bang-bang club, he was at the scene when ken oosterbroek was killed and greg marinovich was seriously injured. nachtwey had been injured previously in his work, but it was during his extensive coverage of the united states invasion of iraq that he received his first combat injury. as nachtwey, along with time correspondent michael weisskopf rode in the back of a humvee with
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