Taken from the Toronto Star: TheStar Two photographers killed in Libya, including ‘Restrepo’ director.
“British-born Tim Hetherington, co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Restrepoabout U.S. soldiers on an outpost in Afghanistan, was killed inside the only rebel-held city in western Libya.
Chris Hondros, a Pulitzer Prize nominated photographer for Getty Images, died hours later.
Two other photographers — Guy Martin and Michael Christopher Brown — were treated for shrapnel wounds, doctors said.
Hetherington, 41, was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2010 documentary filmRestrepo. The film was co-directed by Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm.
Restrepo tells the story of the 2nd Platoon of Battle Company in the 173rd Airborne Combat Team on its deployment in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008. The title refers to the platoon outpost, named after a popular soldier, Juan Restrepo, who was killed early in the fighting.
Hetherington also won the 2007 World Press Photo Award for his photos of American soldiers in Afghanistan for Vanity Fair.”
Photo journalism can be a risky business at the best of times, the loss of these two amazing photographers shows just how risky it can be…
