From the Daily Beast:
Prize-winning photojournalist Tim Hetherington died in Misrata, Libya on Wednesday, Vanity Fair has confirmed. The news was broken on fellow photographer Andre Liohn’s Facebook page, and Liohn is reportedly at the hospital. Chris Hondros, a photographer with him, died hours later from a severe head injury.
Hetheringon, 41 and born in Britain, shot both still photos and video, and worked from Liberia, Sudan, and other war zones. In 2010, he made the documentary Restrepo with journalist Sebastian Junger. The film, which chronicled a year in the life of an American infantry platoon stationed deep in the remote, dangerous Korengal Valley, was nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary. Hetherington wrote about the experience for The Daily Beast in 2010. His last Tweet, sent Tuesday, was: "In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO."
Hondros shoot this image of a soldier in Liberia just after he fired off a rocket. I had it pinned to my door for years.
Prize-winning photojournalist Tim Hetherington died in Misrata, Libya on Wednesday, Vanity Fair has confirmed. The news was broken on fellow photographer Andre Liohn’s Facebook page, and Liohn is reportedly at the hospital. Chris Hondros, a photographer with him, died hours later from a severe head injury.
Hetheringon, 41 and born in Britain, shot both still photos and video, and worked from Liberia, Sudan, and other war zones. In 2010, he made the documentary Restrepo with journalist Sebastian Junger. The film, which chronicled a year in the life of an American infantry platoon stationed deep in the remote, dangerous Korengal Valley, was nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary. Hetherington wrote about the experience for The Daily Beast in 2010. His last Tweet, sent Tuesday, was: "In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO."
Hondros shoot this image of a soldier in Liberia just after he fired off a rocket. I had it pinned to my door for years.
