Category: Obituaries

  • When it turns sour – Greg Marinovich

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    I flinch from making too much of the deaths of journalists in conflicts, even that of friends. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that in the same counterattack that killed Hetherington and Hondros, seven rebels had been killed as well as a doctor about to leave for work at the overwhelmed local hospital. His wife,…

  • Remembering Chris Hondros, Part I

    Remembering Chris Hondros, Part I

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    Remembering Chris Hondros, Part I – Reading The Pictures Tim Fadek, Spencer Platt, Nicole Tung, and Gary Fabiano share their thoughts on Chris Hondros. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2011/04/remembering-chris-hondros-part-i-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Bagnewsnotes+(BAGnewsNotes) I’ve often felt that being a photojournalist traveling to far away and troubled places was one of the loneliest things anyone could subject themselves to voluntarily.…

  • Memorials Planned for Photographers Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington

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    Memorials Planned for Photographers Chris Hondros, Tim Hetherington (Update) | PDNPulse The families of two photojournalists killed in a rocket attack on Misrata, Libya, on April 20 are organizing memorials. Dean Hondros, brother of photographer Chris Hondros, announced that a memorial service will take place Wednesday, April 27, at 1 pm at via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/04/memorials-planned-for-photographers-chris-hondros-and-tim-hetherington.html…

  • The Media Equation: War, in Life and Death

    The Media Equation: War, in Life and Death

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    War, in Life and Death Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, who were killed last week covering the fighting in Libya, used their cameras to communicate the human suffering of war. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/business/media/25carr.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Tim and Chris were very different men who died because they had something in common: each thought it important to bear witness, to…

  • Service Held for Combat Photographers and Doctor Killed in Misurata

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    This is an e-mail sent this morning from C.J. Chivers to the editors at Getty Images and Vanity Fair, describing events in Benghazi, Libya, since the remains of Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros arrived at the Benghazi port Thursday night. Mr. Hetherington, the conflict photographer and director of the Afghan war documentary “Restrepo,” and Mr.…

  • RIP Chris & Tim

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    So much has already been written about the deaths of Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros. With all th

  • Sebastian Junger Remembers Tim Hetherington | The Magazine | Vanity Fair

    Sebastian Junger Remembers Tim Hetherington | The Magazine | Vanity Fair

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    Sebastian Junger Remembers Tim Hetherington The death of an incomparable photojournalist, killed on April 20 while covering the conflict in Libya, is recounted by his collaborator, confrère, and friend. via Vanity Fair: http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2011/04/sebastian-junger-remembers-tim-hetherington-201104 You had a very specific vision for your work and for your life, and that vision included your death. It didn’t have…

  • Journalists Killed in Libya, News Breaks on Facebook

    Journalists Killed in Libya, News Breaks on Facebook

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    Journalists Killed in Libya, News Breaks on Facebook When the first Western photojournalists covering the conflict in Libya were killed Wednesday, the world found out about it through Facebook and Twitter. Now the Facebook page of one of the photographers has become a defacto memorial for the online communi via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/04/journalists-killed-in-libya-news-breaks-on-facebook/ When the first…

  • Remember Chris Hondros

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    Chris Hondros and Jamie Rector played pool against Evan Nisselson and myself during an after-awards

  • In Memory of Chris Hondros

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    There’s a quote from the movie Apocalypse Now that always stuck with me, when Willard speaks of Colo

  • In Memoriam | Tim Hetherington 1970-2011 Chris Hondros 1970-2011

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    The world lost yesterday in Libya, two not only great photojournalists, but based on tributes I’ve

  • Hetherington and Hondros, In Memoriam

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    I first met Chris while I was a sports intern at Getty last October. On the day I met him I was meeting with news editors, showing them my book. Hondros tried to quietly slipped through the office’s glass doors, but his presence was immediately known. As he entered, Sandy, the editor I was working…

  • RIP Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros

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    It is a terrible day for photography as we have lost two of our own. Link: RIP Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter

  • Chris Hondros in Memoriam

    Chris Hondros in Memoriam

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/04/21/chris-hondros-in-memoriam/#1 We were meant to be flying into Baghdad, and the flight was delayed over and over again by sandstorms. To kill time, Chris and I made a deal: He’d explain baseball to be, and I’d help him understand cricket. When he…

  • only the good die young..

    only the good die young..

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    only the good die young.. I am totally not up to this…Writing obits is not what I do…This will not be my best of anything. Yet, it is all I can do at the moment. I found out yesterday, at exactly this time by te… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/dialogue/2011/04/only-the-good-die-young/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+burnmag I found out yesterday, at exactly…

  • Parting Glance: Chris Hondros

    Parting Glance: Chris Hondros

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    Parting Glance: Chris Hondros Chris Hondros of Getty Images had an ability to draw viewers deeply into his images. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/parting-glance-chris-hondros/ Conjure a combat photographer in your mind’s eye — fatigues, a whiskey flask and a fondness for rude pastimes. Now discard the cliché and conjure Chris Hondros of Getty Images instead. A…

  • Chris Hondros Dies of Injuries in Libya

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    He won numerous photojournalism awards, including the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award in 2006, and multiple awards from the World Press Photos and Pictures of the Year International Competition. Link: Chris Hondros Dies of Injuries in Libya

  • Tim Hetherington, Chris Hondros Killed In Libya

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    A contributing photographer for Vanity Fair, Hetherington died shortly after arriving at hospital in Misrata. Hondros clung to life for several hours in a coma before he died from what Italian doctors said was an irreversible brain trauma. Reports are Hondros was revived at least two times, but Getty Images has now confirmed his death…

  • Parting Glance: Tim Hetherington

    Parting Glance: Tim Hetherington

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    Parting Glance: Tim Hetherington Tim Hetherington was a great photographer. That was just the starting point. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/parting-glance-tim-hetherington/ To call Tim Hetherington a great photographer would be a mistake. That’s not how he saw it.

  • Chris Hondros Killed in Libya

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    Chris Hondros Killed in Libya | PDNPulse Award-winning photographer Chris Hondros has died of injuries he sustained in Misrata, Libya earlier today, his agency, Getty Images, has confirmed. Getty released the following statement: “Getty Images is deeply saddened to confirm the death of Staff Pho via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/04/chris-hondros-killed-in-libya.html Award-winning photographer Chris Hondros has died of…