James Nachtwey

♂ *1948 / United States

Works

Contacts for the work of James Nachtwey

James Nachtwey

New York
www.jamesnachtwey.com

Solo exhibitions

Memoria

Fotografiska Berlin, Berlin (DE)
31 Jan 2026 – 3 May 2026
OS INSUBMISSOS

Centro Português de , Porto (PT)
4 Mar 2023 – 30 Apr 2023
James Nachtwey

Gowen, Genève (CH)
29 Jun 2022 – 31 Aug 2022
Memoria

Fotografiska - Museum, New York (US)
6 May 2022 – 14 Aug 2022
Memoria

Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm (SE)
14 Jun 2019 – 15 Sep 2019
Memoria

Maison Européenne Photo, Paris (FR)
30 May 2018 – 29 Jul 2018
MEMORIA

Palazzo Reale, Milano (IT)
1 Dec 2017 – 4 Mar 2018
Pietas

Palazzo della Ragione, Milano (IT)
18 Nov 2016 – 5 Mar 2017
Inferno - l'occhio testimone

Seravezza Fotografia 2010

Palazzo Mediceo di Seravezza, Seravezza (IT)
30 Jan 2010 – 5 Apr 2010
Struggle to Live - The Fight Against TB

401 Projects, New York (US)
20 Jan 2010 – 25 Mar 2010
Struggle for Life

Ein Kampf für Leben

Max-Planck-Institut, Berlin (DE)
23 May 2009 – 25 Jun 2009
Anti-war photographer

Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg (LU)
12 Nov 2007 – 9 Jan 2008
Testimony

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
30 Mar 2007 – 20 Jun 2007
The Sacrifice

401 Projects, New York (US)
26 Jan 2007 – 24 Apr 2007
warphotographer

Kunstsammlung Jena, Jena (DE)
11 Mar 2006 – 21 May 2006
War photographer

Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery, Moscow (RU)
28 Mar 2006 – 10 May 2006
War

Foto&Photo

Palazzo Arese Borromeo, Cesano Maderno (IT)
24 Sep 2005 – 20 Nov 2005
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Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
8 Sep 2005 – 22 Oct 2005
War photographer

Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg (LU)
26 Jun 2005 – 27 Jul 2005
War photographer

Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia (IT)
17 Oct 2004 – 23 Jan 2005
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Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig, Leipzig (DE)
7 May 2004 – 4 Jun 2004
War Photographer

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
22 Nov 2003 – 28 Mar 2004
Testimony

Southeast Museum, Daytona Beach (US)
23 Sep 2003 – 12 Dec 2003
war photographer

Museum of Photography, Tôkyô (JP)
6 Sep 2003 – 31 Oct 2003
Kriegsfotograf . Fotos von 1990 - 2003

Literaturhaus München, München (DE)
5 Apr 2003 – 4 May 2003
l'œil témoin

Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (FR)
29 Oct 2002 – 2 Mar 2003
Testimony

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
27 Oct 2002 – 5 Jan 2003

Group

Photography in Power

Making Worlds Visible - 127 artists

Fotografiska Museum, Tallinn (EE)
6 May 2026 – 13 Sep 2026

with Bryan Adams, Refik Anadol, Richard Avedon, Omar Victor Diop, REN Hang, Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Aapo Huhta, Alison Jackson, David LaChapelle, Robert Mapplethorpe, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Sarah Moon …
15 Fotografiska years

Anniversary exhibition

Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm (SE)
18 Oct 2025 – 8 Feb 2026

with Nick Brandt, Maria Friberg, Charlotte Gyllenhammar, Paul Hansen, Inez & Vinoodh, Alison Jackson, David LaChapelle, Pixy Liao , Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Zanele Muholi, Shirin Neshat …
The Harn at 35

Recent Photography Acquisitions

Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville (US)
17 Jun 2025 – 1 Feb 2026

with Brian Branch-Price, NASA , Arnold Newman, Sarah Sense, Jamel Shabazz, Aaron Siskind
What Have We Done?

Unpacking Seven Decades of World Press Photo, curated by Cristina de Middel.

Noorderlicht, Groningen (NL)
19 Sep 2025 – 26 Oct 2025

with Eddie Adams, Harry Benson, Eric Bouvet, David Chancellor, William Daniels, Corinna Dufka, Horst Faas, Johanna-Maria Fritz, Robin Hammond, Mustafa Hassouna, Don McCullin, Steve McCurry …
THE HUMAN COST: AMERICA’S DRUG PLAGUE

Bronx Documentary Center, New York (US)
5 Jun 2021 – 5 Jul 2021

with Paul Moakley, Jeffrey Stockbridge, Mark E. Trent
ZEIT-ZEUG*INNEN

Ikonen des Bildjournalismus 1932 – 1986

f³ - freiraum für fotografie, Berlin (DE)
23 May 2020 – 2 Aug 2020

with Eve Arnold, Micha Bar-Am, Bruno Barbey, Rene Burri, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, Leonard Freed, Jean Gaumy, Burt Glinn, Ernst Haas, Josef Koudelka …
Striking Moments in Photojournalism

1932-1989

Photobastei, Zürich (CH)
28 Nov 2019 – 8 Mar 2020

with Abbas, Eve Arnold, Micha Bar-Am, Bruno Barbey, Ian Berry, Werner Bischof, Rene Burri, Cornell Capa, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bruce Davidson, Raymond Depardon …
Beyond the Air We Breathe

Addressing causes and effects of climate change

Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok (TH)
28 Jun 2018 – 2 Sep 2018

with Sebastian Copeland, Hossein Farmani, Tom Jacobi, Steve McCurry, Benedikt Partenheimer, Nat Sumanatemeya
THE LIGHTNESS OF BEING

Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg (LU)
16 Jun 2018 – 21 Jul 2018

with Edward Burtynsky, Lucien Clergue, Bert Danckaert, Marie et Ghislain David de Lossy, Giovanni Gastel, William Klein, Yvon Lambert, Hiroyuki Masuyama, Michel Medinger, Helmut Newton, Martin Parr, Raoul Ries …
The Photograph as Witness: Documents of Conflict

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
1 Sep 2017 – 30 Sep 2017

with Harold E. Edgerton, Sebastiao Salgado, Ivan Shagin, W. Eugene Smith, Yosuke Yamahata
Minne mich gewaltig/Ah, Lord love me passionately

Teutloff Museum, Online (DE)
20 Mar 2013 – 31 Aug 2013

with Abbas, Dieter Appelt, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Aziz + Cucher, Katharina Bosse, Mario Cravo Neto, Monika Czosnowska, Danica Dakic, Brian Finke, Margi Geerlinks, Nan Goldin, Richard Hamilton …
W. Eugene Smith and James Nachtwey

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (US)
14 Oct 2012 – 1 Jan 2013

with W. Eugene Smith
L'ombre de la guerre

Maison Européenne Photo, Paris (FR)
29 Jun 2011 – 25 Sep 2011

with Abbas, Eddie Adams, Linsey Addario, Dimitry Baltermants, Micha Bar-Am, Bruno Barbey, Gabriele Basilico, Werner Bischof, Philip Blenkinsop, Jean-Marc Bouju, Alexandra Boulat, Margaret Bourke-White …
Immagini Inquietanti / Disquieting Images

Palazzo della Triennale, Milano (IT)
18 Oct 2010 – 9 Jan 2011

with Diane Arbus, Letizia Battaglia, Nina Berman, Elena Dorfman, Nan Goldin, Philip Jones Griffiths, Pieter Hugo, Alfredo Jaar, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Mary Ellen Mark, Richard Misrach …
Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography since the Sixties

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
29 Jun 2010 – 14 Nov 2010

with Leonard Freed, Lauren Greenfield, Philip Jones Griffiths, Mary Ellen Mark, Susan Meiselas, Sebastiao Salgado, W. Eugene Smith, Larry Towell
Taboo

photomeetings luxembourg 2009

Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg (LU)
9 Sep 2009 – 26 Sep 2009

with Peter Arnold, Matteo Basile, Roman Bezjak, Peter Bialobrzeski, Giacomo Costa, Michel Medinger, Michael Najjar, Roman Pfeffer, Marla Rutherford, Abel Szalontai, Andreas Weinand, Simon Welch
Taboo

photomeetings luxembourg 2009

Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg (LU)
9 Sep 2009 – 26 Sep 2009

with Peter Arnold, Matteo Basile, Roman Bezjak, Peter Bialobrzeski, Giacomo Costa, Michel Medinger, Michael Najjar, Roman Pfeffer, Marla Rutherford, Abel Szalontai, Andreas Weinand, Simon Welch
Photographic Figures

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (US)
19 Nov 2008 – 10 May 2009

with Lee Friedlander, Man Ray , Herb Ritts, Alfred Stieglitz
Humankind

by members of the photo agency VII

Hasted Kraeutler, New York (US)
14 Apr 2008 – 7 Jun 2008

with Marcus Bleasdale, Alexandra Boulat, Lauren Greenfield, Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Joachim Ladefoged, Christopher Morris, Franco Pagetti, John Stanmeyer
NEWTON NACHTWEY LA CHAPELLE : MEN, WAR & PEACE

Newton Foundation, Berlin (DE)
3 Dec 2006 – 20 May 2007

with David LaChapelle, Helmut Newton
Pioneers in Photography

HOST Gallery, London (GB)
16 Apr 2007 – 4 May 2007

with Gary Knight, Eadweard J. Muybridge, Eugene Richards
BLUE STAG HYPE

Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg (LU)
15 Mar 2007 – 28 Apr 2007

with Dieter Appelt, Peter Bialobrzeski, Giacomo Costa, Stéphane Couturier, Roland Fischer, Franco Fontana, Gisele Freund, Daniel & Geo Fuchs, Juergen Klauke, Michael Najjar, Helmut Newton, Edward Steichen …
In Our Time: The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers

Portland Museum of Art, Portland (US)
6 Apr 2006 – 4 Jun 2006

with Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Susan Meiselas, George Rodger, Sebastiao Salgado, David (Chim) Seymour
The Sixth International Photography Month in Moscow: Photobiennale 2006

Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (RU)
23 Mar 2006 – 14 May 2006

with Guido Argentini, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Blue Noses, Patrizia Bonanzinga, Brassai, Sergey Bratkov, Stéphane Couturier, Raphael Dallaporta, XING Danwen, Alla Esipovich, WENG Fen, Gilbert Garcin …
To the Human Future - Flight from the Dark Side

Art Tower Mito (ATM) , Mito (JP)
25 Feb 2006 – 7 May 2006

with Magdalena Abakanowicz, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Michael Light, Shirin Neshat, W. Eugene Smith, Bill Viola
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Forgotten War

The VII Photo Agency and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
16 Mar 2006 – 6 May 2006

with Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Joachim Ladefoged
VII

Hasted Kraeutler, New York (US)
15 Oct 2005 – 23 Dec 2005

with Alexandra Boulat, Lauren Greenfield, Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Joachim Ladefoged, Christopher Morris, John Stanmeyer
El Salvador: Work of Thirty Photographers

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
16 Sep 2005 – 27 Nov 2005

with Aslak Aarhus, Mike Goldwater, John Hoagland, Henry Mattison, Susan Meiselas, Eli Reed, Eugene Richards, Chris Steele-Perkins
Double Vision - 1st Lianzhou International Photo Festival

Lianzhou Photo Festival, Lianzhou (CN)
20 Nov 2005 – 26 Nov 2005

with Olivo Barbieri, Philip Blenkinsop, Bai Chuan, LU Chunsheng, XING Danwen, Stephen Dupont, WENG Fen, Paul Fusco, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Yves Gellie, WANG Gongxin, Mark Greenberg …
FOTO & PHOTO 2005

Città di Cesano Maderno, Cesano Maderno (IT)
24 Sep 2005 – 20 Nov 2005

with Gabriele Basilico, Chris Jordan, Douglas Kirkland, Rafael Navarro
WELT-BILDER

Helmhaus, Zürich (CH)
4 Sep 2005 – 30 Oct 2005

with Guido Baselgia, Axel Huette, Daniela Keiser, Marianne Mueller, Boris Mikhailov, Cat Tuong Nguyen, Shirana Shahbazi, Wolfgang Tillmans
Heroes

MARTa Herford, Herford (DE)
7 May 2005 – 14 Aug 2005

with Marina Abramovic, Barbara Klemm, August Sander
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Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg (LU)
27 Jun 2005 – 27 Jul 2005

with Rodrigo Braga, Stéphane Couturier, Roland Fischer, Franco Fontana, Michel Medinger, Aitor Ortiz, Marie Taillefer
World Press Photo

Fondazione Sozzani, Milano (IT)
5 May 2005 – 29 May 2005

with Jodi Bieber, David Burnett, Jan Grarup, David Høgsholt, Christopher Morris, Isabel Munoz, Lars Tunbjoerk
The Pain of War

Mead Art Museum, Amherst (US)
28 Oct 2004 – 19 Dec 2004

with Larry Burrows , Robert Capa, Mona Hatoum, Joel Meyerowitz, Lee Miller, Sebastiao Salgado, Richard Serra, W. Eugene Smith, Nick (Huynh Cong) Ut
Photography for Amnesty

Netherlands Photo Museum, Rotterdam (NL)
6 Nov 2004 – 21 Nov 2004

with Diane Arbus, Anton Corbijn, Sally Mann, Helmut Newton
War – New York, Kabul, Baghdad

Visual Gallery Photokina, Köln (DE)
28 Sep 2004 – 3 Oct 2004

with Christopher Anderson, Alexandra Boulat, Lauren Greenfield, Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Joachim Ladefoged, Christopher Morris, John Stanmeyer
En Guerra

Centre de Cultura Cont., Barcelona (ES)
18 May 2004 – 26 Sep 2004

with Robert Capa, Harold Chapman, George Grosz, Alfredo Jaar, Barbara Kruger, Fernand Leger, Adi Nes, Simon Norfolk, Martha Rosler
WAR by VII | USA - AFGHANISTAN - IRAQ

Photographs by Agency VII

War Photo Limited, Dubrovnik (HR)
25 Jul 2004 – 17 Sep 2004

with Christopher Anderson, Alexandra Boulat, Lauren Greenfield, Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, John Stanmeyer
Intercontinental

OMC Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Düsseldorf (DE)
13 May 2004 – 30 Jun 2004

with Tom Baril, Alvin Booth, Harold Chapman, Lauren Greenfield, Djani Ivancevic, Gudrun Kemsa, Brooke Lydecker, Renate Scherra, Kris Scholz, Dale Yudelman
INVIATI DI GUERRA - otto reportages fotografici 1991 - 2003

Scavi Scaligeri, Verona (IT)
19 Feb 2004 – 18 Apr 2004

with Christopher Anderson, Alexandra Boulat, Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, John Stanmeyer
60 Exhibitions: Breda Photo 2003

Breda Photo, Breda (NL)
20 Sep 2003 – 19 Oct 2003

with Paul den Hollander, Paul Kooiker, Marie-Paule Nègre, Cas Oorthuys, Igor Savchenko, Peter Schloer, Claudette van de Rakt, Bart van Leeuwen
Unveiled / Enthüllt

OMC Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Düsseldorf (DE)
28 Mar 2003 – 10 May 2003

with Luciana Gilardoni, Guy Tillim

Events

XII Siena Photo Awards Festival 2026

Siena Awards, Siena (IT)
10 Oct 2026 – 29 Nov 2026

with Saher Alghorra, Cinzia Canneri, Jasper Doest , Uğur Gallenkuş, Pierpaolo Mittica
What Have We Done?

Unpacking Seven Decades of World Press Photo, curated by Cristina de Middel.

World Press Photo, Johannesburg (ZA)
20 Sep 2025 – 19 Oct 2025

with Eddie Adams, Harry Benson, Eric Bouvet, David Chancellor, William Daniels, Corinna Dufka, Horst Faas, Johanna-Maria Fritz, Robin Hammond, Mustafa Hassouna, Don McCullin, Steve McCurry …
photo basel 2025

switzerland's first international art fair dedicated to photography

photo basel, Basel (CH)
16 Jun 2025 – 22 Jun 2025

with Will Adler, Albarran Cabrera, Sarfo Emmanuel Annor, Mark Arbeit, Roger Ballen, Oľga Bleyová, Rownak Bose, Edward Burtynsky, Gilles Caron, Guillaume Chamahian, Jeffrey Conley, Carlie Consemulder …
artgenève 2022

artgeneve, Genève (CH)
3 Mar 2022 – 6 Mar 2022

with Vito Acconci, Carlos Aires, Miles Aldridge, Brook Andrew, Valerie Belin, Abdelkader Benchamma, Werner Bischof, Matt Black, Daniel Blaufuks, Guillaume Bresson, Rene Burri, Lisetta Carmi …
Paris Photo 2018

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
8 Nov 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Jun Abe, Adou, Nobuyoshi Araki, Mustapha Azeroual, Ilit Azoulay, Jared Bark, Mary Ellen Bartley, Peter Beard, Renate Bertlmann, Viktoria Binschtok, LIU Bolin, Anais Boudot …
Women: Powerful and Powerless

Frauen zwischen Macht und Ohnmacht

Teutloff Museum, Online (DE)
19 Jan 2015 – 19 Jul 2015

with Lili Almog, Nobuyoshi Araki, Aziz + Cucher, Nina Berman, Christian Boltanski, Jewgeni Chaldej, Anetta Mona Chisa, Tracey Emin, Valie Export, Gloria Friedmann, Regina Jose Galindo, Anna Gaskell …
Werkschau photo15

Schweizer Werkschau für Fotografie

Werkschau Fotografie, Zürich (CH)
9 Jan 2015 – 13 Jan 2015

with Iris Brosch, Constanze Kratzsch
Rage / Compassion

Werkschau Fotografie, Zürich (CH)
8 Jan 2011
Das Bild in der Gesellschaft. Neue Formen des Bildgebrauchs

ZKM | Zentrum Kunst Medien, Karlsruhe (DE)
20 Jan 2006 – 22 Jan 2006

with Oliviero Toscani
II Edição do Photofesta - Festival Internacional de Fotografia

Associação Moçambicana de Fotografia (AM, Maputo (MZ)
14 Oct 2004 – 15 Nov 2004

with Elina Brotherus, Päivi Eronen, Inês Gonçalves, John Hogg, Ritva Kovalainen, Raakel Kuukka, Peter Magubane, António Muchave, Tsvangirai Mukwazhi, Marja Pirilae, Ricardo Rangel, Ilha Reunião …
Visual Gallery 2004

Visual Gallery Photokina, Köln (DE)
28 Sep 2004 – 3 Oct 2004

with Peter Badge, HAI Bo, Anton Corbijn, Elliott Erwitt, Lauren Greenfield, CHEN Lingyang, MA Liuming, CHI Peng, Walter Schels, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, Jonathan Torgovnik, Alberto Venzago …
Der Kriegsfotograf James Nachtwey

ORF 2 . TV, Funk & Fernsehen (AT)
26 Feb 2003 – 27 Feb 2003
Kriegsfotograf

arte TV, Funk & Fernsehen (DE)
Photography for Amnesty

Sotheby's Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)

with Diane Arbus, Anton Corbijn, Sally Mann, Helmut Newton
James Nachtwey, Kriegsfotograf

DOKUMENTATION Dauer: 96 Min.

arte TV, Funk & Fernsehen (DE)
war photographer

Akademie der Künste, Berlin (DE)
James Nachtwey in Baghdad

Vortrag von Otto Karl Werckmeister

Forum für Fotografie, Köln (DE)
Kriegsfotograf

arte TV, Funk & Fernsehen (DE)
War Photographer - Dokumentarfilm von Christian Frei

3sat . TV, Funk & Fernsehen (DE)