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Photojournalism to Me

Photojournalism to me is capturing events as they happen for the rest of the world to see. It is to keep the public informed through imagery.

Photo by: James Nachtwey

West Bank, 2000 - Palestinians fighting the Israeli army.

http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/

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