Category: Obituaries

  • Fundraising initiative launched for Anton Hammerl

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    BJP: Friends and colleagues of Anton Hammerl, the South African photojournalist who was killed in Libya in April, have launched an online benefit in aid of his children

  • SI pays tribute to photographer Lou Capozzola

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    Sports Illustrated: Sports Illustrated photographer Lou Capozzola, seen here with Kevin Durant, passed away at age 61 on Aug. 18. Lou began his career at SI in 1980 and shot countless hockey games, among other sports, for the brand. Here’s a sample of some of his most memorable photographs.

  • Parting Glance: Jerome Liebling, 1924-2011

    Parting Glance: Jerome Liebling, 1924-2011

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    Parting Glance: Jerome Liebling, 1924-2011 Jerome Liebling’s photo classes often seemed to be about everything but photography, James Estrin recalls. And that, it turns out, was exactly the point. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/parting-glance-jerome-liebling-1924-2011/ Jerome Liebling, a photographer, filmmaker and teacher, died Wednesday at 87. Obituaries appear on the Web sites of The New York Times,…

  • Mexico: another journalist killed

    Mexico: another journalist killed

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    Mexico: another journalist killed Today, another reporter was murdered in Mexico: Yolanda Ordaz, a crime reporter who was investigating the murder of her boss at Notiver, the daily newspaper where she worked. Her body “was fo… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2011/07/26/mexico-mapping-attacks-on-journalists.html Today, another reporter was murdered in Mexico: Yolanda Ordaz, a crime reporter who was investigating…

  • London memorial planned for Anton Hammerl

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    BJP: Three months after the disappearance and death of South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl, his family have announced plans for a September London memorial service

  • Montreal Media Shocked By Sudden Death Of Shaun Best

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    Shaun Best: Photographer’s death rocks Montreal media ‘He came out of Winnipeg and saw the world with his camera.’ via www.montrealgazette.com: http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Montreal+media+rocked+death+photographer+Shaun+Best/4934725/story.html “He loved what he did,” Duguay said. “He was incredibly generous. He taught himself photography and computers and then taught anybody else who wanted to know, and that included me and colleagues all…

  • Landmarks by Fay Godwin

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    When Fay Godwin died in 2005 at the age of 74, we lost one of the most sensitive and accomplished photographers of several generations. If you haven’t seen her book Land, you’ve missed one of the great quiet landscape books of all time. Link: Landmarks by Fay Godwin – LensWork Vision of the Heart

  • The death of Jean Desaunois | La Lettre de la Photographie

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    Jean Desaunois, founder of the photographic press agency Imapress, representing Camera press in Paris, died on Monday, May 23, 2011. He was 77. Link: The death of Jean Desaunois | La Lettre de la Photographie

  • Hetherington Memorialized by Family, Colleagues and Subjects

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  • South Africa Assails Libya Over Photographer's Death

    South Africa Assails Libya Over Photographer's Death

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    South Africa Assails Libya Over Photographer’s Death The family of Anton Hammerl, a South African photojournalist missing in Libya since early April, said Thursday that they believed he had been killed. via At War Blog: http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/south-africa-assails-libya-over-photographers-death/

  • Remembering Chris Hondros, Part IV

    Remembering Chris Hondros, Part IV

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    Remembering Chris Hondros, Part IV – Reading The Pictures We conclude our series remembering Chris Hondros: Tyler Hicks, Darren McCollester, Shannon Stapleton, James Pomerantz, and Bruno Stevens. Additional photos and videos by Tim Fadek, Mark Ovaska, and Alan Chin. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2011/05/remembering-chris-hondros-part-iv/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Bagnewsnotes+(BAGnewsNotes) We continue our series of posts of remembrance of our friend,…

  • Photographer Anton Hammerl Was Killed In Libya

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    ‘Hammerl cried out for help’ | IOL News South African journalist Anton Hammerl cried out for help after being shot in the stomach by Libyan forces. Link: http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/hammerl-cried-out-for-help-1.1071389 “On 5 April 2011, Anton was shot by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces in an extremely remote location in the Libyan desert. According to eyewitnesses, his injuries were such…

  • Macho Man Randy Savage Dies in Car Accident

    Macho Man Randy Savage Dies in Car Accident

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    Macho Man Randy Savage Dies In Car Accident Macho Man Randy Savage — one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time — died today in a car accident in Seminole, Florida … TMZ has learned. via TMZ: http://www.tmz.com/2011/05/20/randy-savage-car-accident-macho-man-dead-dies-died-killed-wwe-wrestler-florida/

  • Photographer Reportedly Killed in Libya

    Photographer Reportedly Killed in Libya

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    Photographer Is Killed in Libya Anton Hammerl, a 41-year-old South African photographer who has been missing in Libya more than a month, was killed in early April. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/photographer-is-killed-in-libya/ A statement on Facebook by the family of Anton Hammerl, a 41-year-old South African freelance photographer who has been missing in Libya for more…

  • Sunday Times Dedication To Chris Hondros, Tim Hetherington

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    Link: #SundayTimes we will remember them 12 pages to Chris and Tim. – fotoboogie

  • Family, friends gather to remember Tim Hetherington

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    More than a thousand relatives, friends and colleagues paid their last respects to photographer and filmmaker Tim Hetherington today, in a requiem mass held in London. Link: Family, friends gather to remember Tim Hetherington – British Journal of Photography

  • Homage to a friend Chris Hondros

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    Several days after this tragedy, you received a phone call from Paul Wolfowitz. Even though the picture revealed Bush’s military vagrancy, the Pentagon’s Deputy Secretary of Defense admired your work and invited you to lunch to ask you how to become a war photographer. Link: Homage to a friend Chris Hondros | La Lettre de…

  • Chris Hondros Remembered as Humanist, Friend

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    An estimated 800 mourners attended the April 27 memorial service for photographer Chris Hondros. The

  • Remembering Chris Hondros, Part II

    Remembering Chris Hondros, Part II

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    Remembering Chris Hondros, Part II – Reading The Pictures Alan Chin, Scout Tufankjian, and Stephanie Sinclair share their memories of Chris Hondros. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2011/04/remembering-chris-hondros-part-ii/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Bagnewsnotes+(BAGnewsNotes) During the war in Kosovo, Tyler Hicks was driving a battered old Renault we were renting, with five or six of us crammed into it lurching around the…

  • Which of Us Dies First?

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    You’d almost think it was the first time journalists had been killed in the line of duty, but it wasn’t – it was just the first time, in a long time, that western journalists with names like “Tim” and “Chris” were killed. In fact, two Arab journalists were killed in Libya last month, but their…