Tag: Tim Hetherington

Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington’s visceral documentary about the war in Afghanistan, Restrepo, just won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary.

Link: WATCH VIDEOS | Sundance Festival 2010

Showcase: The Walls Speak – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:

In 2000, a U.N. combat unit entered a deserted village near Shegbwema in eastern Sierra Leone — territory then held by the Revolutionary United Front, a rebel group infamous for its use of child soldiers and widespread amputations. The abandoned buildings were covered with cryptic and deranged drawings. Here and there were sentences, names, questions and statements — all of which made no sense to me at that time. Empty of life, the village was an eerie and suffocating place, and the drawings hinted at a deeper psychosis.

dispatches / War and Photography – Part 4:

Viewing Tim Hetherington’s “Sleeping Soldiers” film raises questions about finding new ways to communicate the experience of war, much of which is not covered by the familiar images used by the news media.

PDN says:

It may be the best photojournalism project we can’t show you: A powerful three-screen audio-visual presentation about the war in Afghanistan. The difficulty is that it requires a theater rigged with three projectors. So far, Tim Hetherington’s “Sleeping Soldiers” triptych has only been screened in one place, the 2009 New York Photo Festival.

whats the jackanory ? says:

Major festival buzz surrounding Tim Hetherington and his work. His ‘Sleeping Soldiers’ audio visual piece is one of the must see’s.