James Nachtwey is an American photographer devoted to documenting war and social issues. He believes public awareness spurs change and that images can act for peace. He covered Europe, Balkans breakup, Chechnya, and Northern Ireland; Africa, Rwanda’s genocide, famine in Somalia and Sudan, and South Africa’s struggle; the Americas, Central American wars and Panama; and the Middle East, Lebanon, Iraq, and the Palestinian Israeli conflict. He was wounded in Iraq.