Category: Obituaries
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Tim Hetherington in Memoriam
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/04/20/tim-hetherington-in-memoriam/ Today, the devastating news arrived that Tim Hetherington had been killed in Misratah, Libya. He was many things: a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker, an artist and friend. He recently won popular acclaim after the documentary Restrepo, which he directed, was nominated…
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R.I.P. TIM HETHERINGTON
Tim’s final Twitter post sheds a stark light on the current state of Libya: “In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO.” Link: R.I.P. TIM HETHERINGTON – Viceland Today
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Photojournalist killed, others severely injured in Libya
Photojournalist Tim Hetherington has been killed in a mortar attack in Misurata, Libya, whil
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Tim Hetherington Killed In Libya, Others Injured
Photojournalist Tim Hetherington was killed today in Libya while covering the fighting between rebel
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Photojournalist Tim Hetherington killed in Libya, 3 others injured
Reports are just coming in confirming the deaths of photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hond
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Andre Liohn reports that Tim Hetherington has been killed in Libya, Hondros and 2 others injured
You usually wait for two sources on a story like this but I know Andre. Terrible.
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R.I.P. Miroslav Tichý
A couple of years ago we featured a selection of pictures from Miroslav Tichý in our annual Photo I
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Death of Miroslav Tichy
Czech Photographer Miroslav Tichy passed away this past April 12, 2011, at the age of 85. He was born in Netcice, Moravia on November 20th, 1926. Link: Death of Miroslav Tichy | La Lettre de la Photographie
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The death of Yves Debraine
The photographer-reporter Yves Debraine passed away last Thursday in Lausanne, at the age of 85. Based in Switzerland since 1948, the Parisian-born Debraine worked for decades for diverse titles such as L’Illustré, the Schweizer Illustrierte and L’Hebdo. Link: The death of Yves Debraine | La Lettre de la Photographie
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Many Thanks To You, Brian Lanker
From the day he was a kid on a bicycle looking for a newspaper job, until now decades later when he&
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Mexico's drug war claims young photographer – Committee to Protect Journalists
Mexico’s drug war claims young photographer New York, March 29, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores the shooting death of Mexican photographer Luis Emanuel Ruiz Carrillo on Friday and calls on Mexican authorities to launch a thorough investigation into his killing. … Link: http://www.cpj.org/2011/03/mexicos-drug-war-claims-young-photographer.php The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores the shooting death of Mexican photographer…
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Reuters Freelancer Killed in Iraq
Sabah al-Bazee, an Iraqi journalist and photographer, is among the victims of an attack in Tikrit.
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Parting Glance: Michael L. Abramson, 62
Michael L. Abramson, the Brassaï of the South Side nightclub scene in Chicago, has died.
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Photojournalist Killed in Yemen, CPJ Says
Photojournalist Killed in Yemen, CPJ Says | PDNPulse Photographer Jamal al-Sharaabi of Yemen’s independent weekly Al-Masdar was killed today when security forces in Yemen opened fire on anti-government demonstrators, the Committee to Protect Journalists has reported. Al-Shaarabi was among 44 people killed i via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/03/photojournalist-killed-in-yemen-cpj-says.html Photographer Jamal al-Sharaabi of Yemen’s independent weekly Al-Masdar was…
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Parting Glance: Brian Lanker, 1947-2011
It’s hard to say for which image Brian Lanker may have been most renowned. Was it the Pulitzer-winning photo of an ebullient Lynda Coburn with her couldn’t-be-more-newly born upon her belly? Or was it the elegant portrait of Septima Poinsette Clark, looking every bit the “queen mother” of the civil rights movement, that graced the…
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Al Jazeera cameraman killed in Libya, in government ambush of news crew – Boing Boing
Al Jazeera cameraman killed in Libya, in government ambush of news crew Al Jazeera has announced that one of its cameramen, Ali Hassan Al Jaber, was killed after a reporting team for the Arabic-language channel was ambushed by government forces near the town of Benghaz… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/12/al-jazeera-cameraman.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 Al Jazeera has announced that one…
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Tom Herde, Award-Winning Boston Globe Photographer, 62
A master of feature photography, his images were clean, dramatically lit, and well composed. No one made a better group portrait. In a world of motor-driven cameras, Herde shot frugally, thinking before he pushed the button. And his captions were always impeccably neat. Photographers usually have bad handwriting. Tom Herde was an exception to the…
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RIP LeRoy "Granny" Grannis, surf photography pioneer – Boing Boing
RIP LeRoy “Granny” Grannis, surf photography pioneer Iconic images by Gannis: Mike Doyle surfing Waimea in 1967 and “Midget” Farrelly surfing Shore Break, Makaha 1968. Gannis was a master of using light to convey emotion. LeRoy Grannis, w… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/04/rip-leroy-granny-gra.html LeRoy Grannis, who along with “Doc” Ball helped revolutionize the field of surf…
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Photography curator Keith Cavanagh dies, aged 58 – British Journal of Photography
Simon James pays tribute to a man who was a tireless supporter of photography in the UK, best known for championing new talent and establishing the Tom Blau Gallery in London Link: Photography curator Keith Cavanagh dies, aged 58 – British Journal of Photography
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The death of Gita Lenz Thursday, January 20th | La Lettre de la Photographie
Gita Lenz created a body of work that withstands comparison to many of the better-known photographers. She spent much of her time making images of the people and the city around her Link: The death of Gita Lenz Thursday, January 20th | La Lettre de la Photographie