Photographer: James Nachtwey

Title: "Idomeni"

James Nachtwey: "Idomeni," Greece, 2016

Refugees from the Idomeni camp cross a raging river that was freezing cold from melting snow. Fleeing wars in Syria and Afghanistan, repression in Iran, and poverty in South Asia, refugees camped at the border between Greece and Macedonia. When the border crossing was closed, they waited for weeks in a makeshift tent encampment in the mud, the cold, and the rain. Attempting to find another way across the border, some of them set out on foot, searching for an opening.

James Nachtwey (American, b. 1948)

James Nachtwey is the world's foremost conflict photographer. Beginning with his coverage of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland, Nachtwey has documented armed conflict and social unrest across the globe for Time magazine. In 1994, he covered the first free elections in South Africa, where he was on the scene when security forces killed photojournalist Ken Oosterbroek and wounded Pulitzer Prize-winner Greg Marinovich. Nachtwey has suffered injuries while covering violent events around the world, including the Iraq War in 2004 and the 2014 political protests. On September 11, 2001, Nachtwey was near the World Trade Center when the attacks occurred and documented the aftermath. Nachtwey was the subject of the Christian Frei-directed film, "War Photographer," which was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary film. He has received the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal five times, a World Press Photo award twice, and was one of three winners of the 2007 TED Prize.

Signed by photographer

Image size: 27 x 18 inches (landscape)

Approx. framed size: 35 x 26.5 inches