James Nachtwey

Inferno

 

Inferno. Photographs and text by James Nachtwey. Text by Luc Sante. Phaidon, London, 1999. Later print in 2010. 428 pages. Large folio. Clothbound. Hardcover. No jacket as issued. A massive monograph divided into 9 sections each showing the horrors that war, famine and indifference has on mankind. Illustrated throughout with Nachtwey's haunting and chilling black and white photographs and includes 382 tritone reproductions. Very Good.

Published to coincide with Nachtwey's first major retrospective at the ICP, Inferno revisits a career of harrowing photojournalism. From Rwanda and Somalia to Chechnya and Bosnia, Nachtwey's images close in on the human suffering that lies at the center of any conflict. Cited in Parr & Badger, Vol. II."This is the only major monograph of humanitarian and photojournalist James Nachtwey, five-time winner of the Robert Capa Medal for Photography. Featuring brutally compassionate photographs taken from 1990-99, inspired by an overwhelming belief in the human possibility of change, this volume is a definitive selection from Nachtwey's astonishing portfolio.

It documents today's conflicts and their victims, from Somalia's famine to genocide in Rwanda, from Romania's abandoned orphans and 'irrecoverables' to the lives of India's 'untouchables', from war in Bosnia to conflict in Chechnya. Inferno is an evocative visual insight into modern history, bringing it disturbingly close to our consciousness."--the publisher

Very Good. Light wear to the boards. Minor surface scratches. Little sunning. Couple of fingerprints.  Internally, clean and bright. Unmarked. Hinges sound. Binding tight. Awesome. An incredible book.