James Nacthwey Picks YouTube Videos

October 22, 2008 |  by  |  News  | 

On the heels of the announcement of his latest project on TB, Nachtwey was a guest editor on YouTube.

Nachtwey has selected compelling examples from other YouTube users that exhibit the power of film to relate a story and spread the word.

To my surprise, my slideshow on HIV in rural America was one of the videos selected.

These YouTube users — by turning their cameras on subjects like the conflict in Africa, the human rights violations in Myanmar, and the HIV crisis in rural America — are following Nachtwey’s lead and, ultimately, are changing the world through the force of their efforts and film-making expertise.

The project completed in Spring 2007 was my first multimedia project. HIV/AIDS has been a subject I focus a lot of my efforts on and the stories of four people with HIV in rural Ohio started my series in the US.


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