On a lark, I bought the DVD War Photographer, a documentary about James Nachtwey. Wow -- really fascinating.

The filmmakers followed Nachtwey as he shot in Kosovo, Jakarta, and the West Bank, capturing him as he recorded scenes of war. The filmmakers added a twist: a small video camera mounted on Nachtwey's camera, so that you can see him framing shots, almost from the perspective of his viewfinder.

Some of the scenes captured by this miniature video camera are gut wrenching, others terrifying. The film is as close as most of us will ever get to Kosovo or the West Bank.

Interviews with Nachtwey and his colleagues are interspersed with the war footage, giving a sense of the man from his perspective, as well as from his friends and other journalists. A really excellent film; highly recommended.