In the end, I believe, that the supreme way to honor Tim and Chris is to do my best, love my family and friends, live life to the fullest and never forget.
Link: on life and loss, death and photojournalism – Shooting from the Hip
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If you ever met Chris, the memory couldn’t help but stay with you. He was that kind of person.
Link: Remember Chris Hondros – Blog – Picture Editor : Photography Consultant : Mentor : Mike Davis
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Tim Hetherington’s Last Interview – A Photo Editor
Outside magazine called over a month ago to ask if I would interview a photographer for their summer interview issue. I immediately pitched them Tim Hetherington whose work I admired although I’d never met or spoken with him before. The body of work he cr
via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2011/04/21/tim-hetheringtons-last-interview/
Outside magazine called over a month ago to ask if I would interview a photographer for their summer interview issue. I immediately pitched them Tim Hetherington whose work I admired although I’d never met or spoken with him before.
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All the war photographers I’ve ever met had that weird light about them. They are God’s chosen ones- His angels designated to be the bearers of bad news and images of hell on earth. What kind of maniac chooses to enter a battle unarmed? I don’t believe they choose to do it. I believe they are chosen.
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In Memoriam | Tim Hetherington 1970-2011 Chris Hondros 1970-2011
Editor’s note: This post has been updated most recently on 1 May 2011. All the link additions can be found at the bottom of the post. The world lost Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros in Liby…
via P H O T O J O U R N A L I S M L I N K S: http://photojournalismlinks.com/2011/04/21/in-memoriam-tim-hetherington-1970-2011-chris-hondros-1970-2011/
I would like to dedicate this post to the memory of the two men and to their friends and family. My thoughts are with them at this very sad time. I can only imagine the pain felt by those who knew Tim and Chris personally. I hope friends and family can find some solace in the fact that neither of them lived their lives in vain. Not only did both Hetherington and Hondros spend most of their careers highlighting important issues that would have otherwise been ignored or overlooked by the general public in countries such the UK and US, but they also practiced their craft at the very top tier of our industry to a very high standard and they were setting a mark towards which the rest of us should always strive for. Tim and Chris will be greatly missed.
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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 with, excitedly said, “Look! That’s Chris Hondros, have you met him? He’s the nicest guy, just got back from Afghanistan.”
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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
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highlights of Hetherington’s photography for Vanity Fair.
Link: Tim Hetherington: A Vanity Fair Portfolio | Politics | Vanity Fair
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As of this morning, Martin was still in a Misrata hospital. BJP understands that he will only be evacuated when he recovers or stabilises further.
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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 was about halfway through his disquisition on America’s favorite sport, another passenger chimed in to question his interpretation of some arcane rule. (At least, it seemed arcane to me.) Then another passenger interrupted, with a variation of his own. Pretty soon, half the plane was consumed in a heated discussion on the finer details of baseball rules.
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LightBox | Time
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For the TIME 100 photographer Joachim Ladefoged caught up with the teen idol and his adoring fans during his world tour in Europe.
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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 this time by text message while driving in a blinding rainstorm, that my friend and next door neighbor Tim Hetherington had been killed in Libya along with colleague Chris Hondros. Mike Brown , who lives just upstairs and featured here with his Libya work was thankfully spared…So, two men who hang with me at home, stop by for a beer from time to time, were caught in the same mortar attack and one of them gone forever. I did not know Chris Hondros, but was an admirer of his work. I write here only of my friend Tim.
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Opening at the National Museum of Kenya, Alixandra Fazzina’s photo exhibition, A Million Shillings – Escape from Somalia, tells the story of the dangerous journey taken by Somalis in a desperate attempt to escape their volatile homeland.
Link: Alixandra Fazzina Escape from Somalia | La Lettre de la Photographie
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Haiti/Japan: Similar Disaster, Different Pictures – Reading The Pictures
When we look West to Japan we see something rather like ourselves. When we look South, however, we see something altogether different.
via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2011/04/haitijapan-similar-disaster-but-different-pictures/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Bagnewsnotes+(BAGnewsNotes)
Japan is a modern society with a technologically advanced infrastructure, Haiti is an economically undeveloped country mired in massive poverty. And yet for all of that, the disparity of visual representation is telling
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Photographer and curator, Astor Morgan, presents the second I SPY with My Plastic Eye (2) exhibition and book, which opens tonight, April 21st, at the 5th and Sunset Studios in Los Angeles from 7-10pm. Proceeds from the sale of prints and the book will benefit weSpark Cancer Support Center. Astor states, “Paying homage to images created by the plastic lens, the iSpy exhibit is a testament to the unique qualities of toy cameras. Each artist approaches their imagery with a singular voice, using a variety of film types, techniques, and cameras.”
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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 tweed blazer with elbow patches. A taste for martinis. A love of Mahler. And a passion for chess.
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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.
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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 at Hikma Hospital after rumors of his passing circulated in the States for several hours.
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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.
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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 injuries he sustained in Misrata, Libya earlier today, his agency, Getty Images, has confirmed.