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
Category: Obituaries
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The death of Jean Desaunois | La Lettre de la Photographie
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South Africa Assails Libya Over Photographer's Death
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/
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Remembering Chris Hondros, Part IV
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, comrade, and brother on another sad day.
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Photographer Anton Hammerl Was Killed In Libya
‘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 that he could not have survived without medical attention.
“Words are simply not enough to describe the unbelievable trauma the Hammerl family is going through,” the statement read.
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Macho Man Randy Savage Dies in Car Accident
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.
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Photographer Reportedly Killed in Libya
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 than a month, said the family learned Thursday that he had in fact been killed on April 5 by the forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
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Family, friends gather to remember Tim Hetherington
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
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Homage to a friend Chris Hondros
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 la Photographie
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Chris Hondros Remembered as Humanist, Friend
Chris Hondros Remembered as Humanist, Friend | PDNPulse
An estimated 800 mourners attended the April 27 memorial service for photographer Chris Hondros. The service was held at the Sacred Hearts St. Stephens Church in Brooklyn, where Hondros and his fiancée had planned to hold their wedding this August. Hondr
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/04/chris-hondros-remembered-as-humanist-friend.html
In his homily, Father Anthony J. Sansone described Hondros as a “prophetic humanist.” Sansone, who had recently counseled Hondros and his fiancée, Christina Piaia, in preparation for their wedding, said Hondros worked to document “the suffering and the heartbroken” out of a sense of conscience and a commitment to making the public aware of perspectives beyond their own.
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Remembering Chris Hondros, Part II
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 streets of Pristina. Hondros was holding Tyler’s bag with computer and camera inside. Suddenly a faulty lock popped the door open and the bag flew out and thudded onto the cobblestones. Tyler asked, “What was that?” and Chris responded, “Oh, I think that was your Leica, man.” Luckily we backtracked and found everything intact. That’s how I first met Chris Hondros twelve years ago.
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Which of Us Dies First?
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 names, Mohammed al-Nabbous, and Ali Hassan al-Jaber, haven’t gotten a glimmer of the attention that Tim and Chris have seen.
Link: Which of Us Dies First?
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When it turns sour – Greg Marinovich
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, a nurse, lost both her legs. They were unnamed.
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Remembering Chris Hondros, Part I
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. We know sometimes that’s required to make photographs which matter. It allows us to have empathy and compassion for the people we photograph. But I am grateful to know that this was one time Chris did not have to be alone. Knowing that he had friends by his side as he prepared for his next journey will help us move forward, processing an enormous tragedy.
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Memorials Planned for Photographers Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington
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 family of Tim Hetherington have created a web page, Timhetherington.org/condolences, where remembrances of their son are being posted.
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The Media Equation: War, in Life and Death
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 make images that communicated human suffering and send them out to the world.
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Service Held for Combat Photographers and Doctor Killed in Misurata
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. Hondros, one of the top war photographers of his generation, were killed Wednesday in Misurata, Libya.
Link: Service Held in Benghazi for Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros – NYTimes.com
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RIP Chris & Tim
In lieu of flowers, the loved ones of Chris Hondros kindly request donations be made to The Chris Hondros Fund. This fund will provide scholarships for aspiring photojournalists and raise awareness of issues surrounding conflict photography.
The Chris Hondros Fund
c/o Christina Piaia
50 Bridge Street #414
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Sebastian Junger Remembers Tim Hetherington | The Magazine | Vanity Fair
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 to, but that’s how it turned out. I’m so sorry, Tim. The conversation we could have had about this crazy stunt of yours! Christ, I would have yelled at you, but you know that. Getting mad was how we kept each other safe, how we kept the other from doing something stupid.
