War Photographer Tim Hetherington Killed in Libya [UPDATED]
War photographers help us witness pain, discover injustice and make sense of abstractions that are fed to us by our governments and leaders. They are the front line of image creators and they capture frightening, incredible, tender and unthinkable pictures that shock and enlighten us. Their jobs are
War photographers help us witness pain, discover injustice and make sense of abstractions that are fed to us by our governments and leaders. They are the front line of image creators and they capture frightening, incredible, tender and unthinkable pictures that shock and enlighten us. Their jobs are very difficult but they are often soo good at it.
Today, it was reported that photographer Tim Hetherington was killed in Misurata, Libya.
Here is his final tweet, dated yesterday:
In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO.
— Tim Hetherington (@TimHetherington) April 19, 2011
For more information visit BBC, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and The New York Times for the complete story of how the photographer and documentarian died.
UPDATE: As our readers have correctly noted, Hetherington was not the only one who died today. Another victim of the war in Libya is Pulitzer Prize-nominated war photographer Chris Hondros, who was killed, and two other photographers were injured, one seriously. There are more details on the Washington Post.
