Tim Hetherington, may he rest in peace

[Bill Pierce]

Tim Hetherington, an exceptional photographer who devoted much of his effort to photographing war and who was the director and producer of the film “Restrepo,” was killed in Misurata today. Three other photographers were wounded when they were all hit by an RPG. Chris Hondros and Guy Martin were severely wounded.

 

[Nigel Meaby]

Just been reported here on the BBC that Chris Hondros has also died.

 

[oldoc]

A day of great tragedy for those of us who respect the craft of reportage.
May their families find peace.
And so may we all.

 

[shimokita]

I came to know about Tim Hetherington from his connection with Sebastian Junger and their project in the Korengal Valley - read the book "War" and read about the documentary "Restrepo". Saw and liked the work of Chris Hondros... who made photos that are outstanding with out regard to the conditions.

Almost all of what I know comes via reporting of some kind and one learns to judge the quality of that reporting by the consistancy, transparency, and passion of the individuals and agencies... and hopefully thru a (relatively speaking) agenda free approach.

For the most part I prefer history or at least the distance of history, but there are some "reporters" of current events that you tend to pick up on... not many. I feel that the work of Hetherington and Hondros is in that direction.

My condolences to the family and friends.

Casey

 

[jojoman2]

I just watched the documentary about him on HBO, which way is the front line from here.

Puts a lot into perspective about why conflict photographers do their work.

Anyone else seen it?

 

[johannielscom]

Anja Niedringhaus. 2014. http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/20...ja-niedringhaus-killed-in-afghanistan/100710/

David Gilkey. 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/06/w...bihullah-tamanna-npr-afghanistan-taliban.html

 

[Bill Pierce]

Mike Kamber was a friend of Tim Hetherington. When the last American ground soldiers left Iraq at the end of 2011, Mike photographed it for the New York Times and came home. He had photographed wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, the Ivory Coast, Sudan, Somalia, Haiti, Israel, the Congo and, I’m sure, a few others. Back home he started the Bronx Documentary Center with gallery exhibits attended by the both the New York cognoscenti and the neighborhood. There are talks and panel discussions from some pretty important working stiffs and classes for both the young kids of the neighborhood and older teen agers. Some of the kids have had their work appear in the NYT and some will begin to look at photography as a possible profession. Equally important they will look at continuing their education.

The Bronx Documentary Center was the first to have an exhibit of Tim Hertherington’s work after his death. His parents have given Tim’s library to the Center. The collection now has a small reading room of its own. A lot of fairly well known folks have donated cameras, wet darkroom and computer darkroom gear to the center. If you are in the New York area, I encourage you to visit the Center. It does honor to Tim and all the others who risked their lives.

http://bronxdoc.org/

https://www.facebook.com/bronxdocumentary