Twenty-two minutes with James Nachtwey

If you have twenty-two minutes to spare and care to watch James Nachtwey’s 2007 TED Prize acceptance speech, I believe you’ll find it time well spent.

The speech–framed by photographs taken during the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer’s 30-plus year career–touches on everything from his time in North Ireland during the 1981 IRA hunger strike to his work documenting the struggle of disabled Iraq war veterans in 2007.

For three decades, James Nachtwey has covered many of the most important military, political and humanitarian events in the world. And in twenty-two minutes, he somehow manages to present an entire career as though it were a single, purposeful moment.

See also:

• The TED biography of James Nachtwey and his wish.
• Biographies of Nachtwey’s fellow 2007 recipients, Bill Clinton and E. O. Wilson.