TEHRAN -- “Inferno”, a book documenting war and strife during the 1990s by the American photojournalist and war photographer James Nachtwey, is now available in Iran. 

The Arad Publications accompanied by the Pargar Publishing has released the 480-page book.

Known as one of the most honored contemporary war photographers, James Nachtwey calls himself an “antiwar photographer”.  His “Inferno” is a collection of 382 war-crime photos. 

He depicted brutally abused Romanian orphans, Rwandan genocide victims, a rat-hunter family of Indian Untouchables barbecuing dinner, skeletal dehydration victims in Sudan, the miserable in Bosnia, Chechnya, Zaire, Somalia, and Kosovo in his book. 

The book, which was published to coincide with an exhibition of Nachtwey’s work at the International Centre of Photography, New York in 1999, includes an essay by the author Luc Sante. 

Nachtwey is arguably one of the world’s greatest contemporary photojournalists. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including an unprecedented five Robert Capa Gold Medals from the Overseas Press Club. 

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