RIP - Hetherington & Hondros
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:12 pmPhotographer, film maker and artist Tim Hetherington was killed yesterday in Misrata, Libya while covering a battle between rebel forces and the Libyan Government Forces.
Hetherington is best known for his work filming Restrepo, which follows a platoon of US soldiers on a lonely and dangerous outpost in Afghanistan.
He was a very talented and well respected photographer and film maker, and the world is a poorer place without him. It is afterall, this type of person who lets the public see what the real cost of war is, rather than the diluted, and sanitised 6pm news version.
More info here
Killed in the same incident was pulitzer price nominee and getty photographer Chris Hondros. He sustained significant injuries in the attack, dying soon after the attack.
A sad day indeed.
Hetherington is best known for his work filming Restrepo, which follows a platoon of US soldiers on a lonely and dangerous outpost in Afghanistan.
He was a very talented and well respected photographer and film maker, and the world is a poorer place without him. It is afterall, this type of person who lets the public see what the real cost of war is, rather than the diluted, and sanitised 6pm news version.
More info here
Killed in the same incident was pulitzer price nominee and getty photographer Chris Hondros. He sustained significant injuries in the attack, dying soon after the attack.
A sad day indeed.
