by susu
幾年前，第一次看關於戰地攝影師James Nachtway的紀錄片 "War Photographer" 我寫下了：
"If we don't, who will?" -by James Nachtwey, documented in the film "War Photographer," the first person with such a monotonous voice that can give me goosebumps by one single sentence.
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沒錯，我很難相信，世界上存在一個有這麼單調、沈悶語調的人，可以只用一句話給了我滿身的雞皮疙瘩。
紀錄片中他說「如果我們不做，誰會做？」歷經同為攝影記者的朋友就在身旁死去，看到無辜生命的逝去，戰爭的殘酷無情，總是冒死工作，有時還要面對輿論說他們消費了為戰爭痛苦的人們。旁人無法理解的付出，他淡淡的一句話就帶過了。
同樣的這個演講，他劈頭就開了玩笑，他說，對一個一生都想隱身於世人之前的人要演講，大概就像靈魂出竅(完全了解...)還有鹿衝到馬路忽然發現被迎頭駛來的車頭燈照到那樣傻了，所以他必須違反TED規定念稿，哈。不過，下面這段話，又再度讓我起雞皮疙瘩了......
"In the midst of the wreckage at Ground Zero, I had a realization. I'd been photographing in the Islamic world since 1981, not only in the Middle East, but also in Africa, Asia, and Europe. At the time I was photographing in these different places, I thought I was covering separate stories. But on 9/11 history crystallized, and I understood I'd actually been covering a single story for more than 20 years. and the attack on New York was its latest manifestation." -James Nachtwey
二十多年來，他到過回教世界拍攝，不只是中東，還有非洲、亞洲、歐洲，他原以為他在拍攝報導不同的故事，但是911紐約的攻擊事件後，他才發現，原來，他一直在拍同一個故事......
多麼悲傷的體認......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mzUCKYWtP8
