martes, 26 de abril de 2011

Luto por la muerte de Tim Hetherington & Chris Hondros

Tim Hetherington

La guerra en Libia también afecta a los que van a cubrir la guerra, con sus fotos con sus reportajes, Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros


Fuente: Social Documentary


SDN Mourns the Deaths of Tim Hetherington and
Chris Hondros



Photo by Tim Hetherington/Panos Pictures. Afghanistan. 2007. Restrepo base, Korangal Valley.



SDN is saddened to learn today of the death of two brave and immensely talented photographers, Tim Hetheringon and Chris Hondros, who were killed in action on Wednesday while covering the war in Libya. Two other photojournalists, Guy Martin and Michael Christopher Brown, were also injured in the rocket propelled grenade attack launched from pro-Qaddafi forces.

Reporting in the New York Times website, New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks paid a tribute in an e-mail, "Chris made sacrifices in his own life to bring the hardships of war into the public eye, and that dedication created award-winning photographs that shaped the way people viewed the world," he wrote.

Hetherington is known for his documentary reporting from Liberia and Afghanistan, and especially his Oscar-winning documentary film, Restrepo, created with Sebastian Junger, on the lives of soldiers in the war in Afghanistan.

Hetherington was between assignments for Vanity Fair and working on his own when he was struck by the grenade. He was in Libya to continue his ongoing multimedia project to highlight humanitarian issues during time of war and conflict.

For an in-depth articles on Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, see the New York Times Lens blog at: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com

SDN is saddened to learn today of the death of two brave and immensely talented photographers, Tim Hetheringon and Chris Hondros, who were killed in action on Wednesday while covering the war in Libya. Two other photojournalists, Guy Martin and Michael Christopher Brown, were also injured in the rocket propelled grenade attack launched from pro-Qaddafi forces.

"Hetherington and Hondros are among the best photographers working today on the front lines of battle while making meaningful photographs our of the fog and chaos of war," said SDN founder Glenn Ruga.

Reporting in the New York Times website, New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks paid a tribute in an e-mail, "Chris made sacrifices in his own life to bring the hardships of war into the public eye, and that dedication created award-winning photographs that shaped the way people viewed the world," he wrote.

Hetherington is known for his documentary reporting from Liberia and Afghanistan, and especially his Oscar-winning documentary film, Restrepo, created with Sebastian Junger, on the lives of soldiers in the war in Afghanistan.

Hetherington was between assignments for Vanity Fair and working on his own when he was struck by the grenade. He was in Libya to continue his ongoing multimedia project to highlight humanitarian issues during time of war and conflict.

For an in-depth articles on Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, see the New York Times Lens blog at: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com


The picture, he told me, was the light. That’s the story, he said. Light.

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Tim Hetherington at rebel headquarters in Tubmanberg, Liberia.

Lens: Parting Glance: Tim Hetherington

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