‘Restrepo’ Director Is Killed in Libya

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BENGHAZI, Libya — Tim Hetherington, the Oscar-nominated film director and conflict photographer who produced the film “Restrepo,” was killed in the besieged city of Misurata on Wednesday, and three photographers working beside him were wounded.

The wounds to two of the photographers — Chris Hondros and Guy Martin — were grave, according to a colleague at the triage center where they were being treated Wednesday night. Their prospects for survival were not immediately clear.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/world/africa/21photographers.html

[xchrom]

1. very sad. nt

[pokerfan]

3. Yeah

I had no idea they were in Libya. I thought Restrepo was powerful and was very deserving of the Oscar nomination.

[NotThisTime]

12. Unbelievably sad... just unbelievable.....

[EFerrari]

2. This is so horrible. Also, it seems that the very gifted war photographer

Chris Hondos didn't make it. He took amazing 9/11 pictures of the WTC and also did work in Iraq that was so good, the Pentagon kicked him out of the unit he was embedded with.

:(

[pokerfan]

4. Just saw that

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/110420/photojournalists-tim-hetherington-chris-hondros-reportedly-

:(

[EFerrari]

5. Reports on Hondos go back and forth. NYTs is saying

he may still be alive.

[pokerfan]

7. Until we have confirmation

I'm assuming Hondros is still alive.

[NotThisTime]

15. It has sadly now been confirmed, both died in the attack

[pokerfan]

16. The Photographs of Chris Hondros

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/20/a_life_less_ordinary_the_photographs_of_chris_hondros

[nashville_brook]

6. holy shit.

[demmiblue]

8. Very sad, indeed.

:cry:

[pokerfan]

9. In Memoriam from the NewYorker...

The photographer Tim Hetherington was killed today in Misurata, Libya; three of his colleagues were also wounded, with Chris Hondros and Guy Martin in grave condition. Last year, on the Photo Booth blog, Whitney Johnson looked back on Hetherington’s career, republished below.

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/04/tim-hetherington.html

[florida08]

10. What a loss

My heart goes out to his family and friends. Quite a dedicated artist. Born in Liverpool. He did receive the Grand Jury Prize for best doc.,Restrepo, at the Sundance Film Festival.

He will be sorely missed

[EFerrari]

11. Kick

[EFerrari]

13. Family statement here:

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/04/hetherington-family-releases-statement-on-tims-death.html

[pokerfan]

14. Afghanistan slide show

In 2009, Hetherington worked with CNN.com to produce this audio slideshow with photos he shot during his coverage of the the war in Afghanistan.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2011/04/world/slideshow.hetherington/?hpt=T1