We don't really know all that much about HCB. Even the recent biography of him by Assouline was full of strange gaps. For example, it mentions his wives but never talks about how they met, married and divorced.
Nachtwey did come across as somebody who has trouble fitting in at home, but that seems to be true of a lot of people who have been through similar experiences, by choice or by draft. I remember from reading about him elsewhere that it was never his ambition to be a photographer. Only a war photographer. If I remember correctly, he was inspired by Don McCullen. McCullen is another person who was never quite at home away from wars. However, since he has retired from it, re-remarried, and now spends his time on a wider form of humanitarian photography he seems to have cheered up a bit. Perhaps he doesn't go around humming medleys from Kylie's greatest hits, but he seemed chirpy enough when I met him and he has a dry humour. Perhaps little Jimmy Nachtwey just needs a girl (or boy) friend and a nice holiday. -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 April 2006 15:37 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: OT: War Photographer Documentary > > And their lives were quite full, with interests outside of > photography: > family, friends, hobbies, art, and so on. > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Shel Belinkoff > > > If you think about some of the other great photographers of > the same > > and similar genre - Lange, Smith, Capa, HCB, Salgado, etc., you > > realize that > we > > know a lot about them and their history and lives before, > during, and > > outside of their craft. > > > > >
