Remembering Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington

Remembering Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington

Nearly two years ago, photographers Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington were killed in Misratah, Libya. Tim had just taken a photo of a helmet punctured by a bullet hole when the mortar blast took him. Like much of his work, Hetherington’s last photo is ominous without being overtly brutal — suggesting violence rather than graphically showing it. In the wake of the explosion he was conscious but bleeding heavily. The wound probably could have been treated successfully if the rebels and journalists that accompanied him knew first aid. Meanwhile, Chris lay a few feet away, unresponsive and dying from his own grievous injuries. In video filmed by Libyan rebels and posted on YouTube, doctors frantically try to resuscitate the photographers in Misratah’s hospital. Both Tim and Chris died shortly after.

Chris Hondros in MemoriamPhotographer Chris Hondros who was killed while on assignment in Misratah, Libya on Wednesday April 20, 2011

Liberia Monrovia july 25, 2003

Liberia Monrovia july 25, 2003

Liberia Monrovia July 30, 2003

Liberia Monrovia August 2, 2003

Liberia Monrovia January 2005

Iraq Al-Kut April 16 2003

Iraq Tal Afar January 18, 2005

Iraq Fallujah June 24, 2005

Iraq Baghdad January 7, 2005

Iraq Khaldiyah February 1, 2006

Iraq Ramadi February 8, 2006

Iraq Gazaliyah neighborhood of Baghdad February 16, 2007

Iraq in the mixed ethnic neighborhood of Gazaliyah in Baghdad February 15, 2007

Iraq Baghdad February 27, 2007

Iraq Dora neighborhood of Baghdad June 18, 2007

Iraq Dora neighborhood of Baghdad November 18, 2007

Iraq Baghdad July 13, 2007

Afghanistan Paktika Province October 15, 2009

Afghanistan Khan Neshin March 9, 2010

Afghanistan Belanday south of Kandahar June 8, 2010

Afghanistan Zor Mashur south of Kandahar June 9, 2010

Afghanistan Herat Province June 24, 2010

Libya Ajdabiyah April 14, 2011

Libya west of Ajdabiyah April 14, 2011

Libya west of Ajdabiyah April 14, 2011

Libya west of Ajdabiyah April 14, 201

Libya Benghazi April 15, 2011

Libya Misratah April 18, 2011

Libya Misratah April 18, 2011

Libya Misratah April 20, 2011

Libya Misratah April 20, 2011

Libya Misratah April 20, 2011

Libya Misratah April 20, 2011

Libya Misratah April 20, 2011

Libya Misratah April 20, 2011

Libya Misratah April 20, 2011

In this photo provided by Getty Images, Getty photographer Chris Hondros stands in front of a burning building while on assignment on Monday, April 18, 2011, in Misrata, Libya. Hondros, 41, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011 after being seriously wounded while on assignment in Misratah, Libya, according to Getty's director of photography, Pancho Bernasconi. (APPhoto/Getty Images)

Tim Hetherington in MemoriamTim Hetherington, photographer and director of the film Restrepo, was killed in the besieged city of Misratah on Wednesday April 20, 2011.

Liberia Greenville September 2005

Liberia Vai Town Monrovia March 2004 

Liberia Tubmanburg June 2003.

Liberia Tubmanburg June 16th, 2003

Liberia Monrovia June 25th, 2003

Liberia Monrovia May 2004

Liberia Monrovia October 2005

Liberia Monrovia 2006

Afghanistan Korengal Valley 2007

Afghanistan Korengal Valley 2007

Afghanistan Korengal Valley. 2007

Afghanistan Korengal Valley 2007

Afghanistan Korengal Valley 2007

Afghanistan Korengal Valley 2007

Afghanistan Korengal Valley 2007

Afghanistan Korengal Valley July 2008

Libya Ajdabiya April 14, 2011.

Libya Western Gate of Ajdabiya April 2011

Libya Near Adjdabyia Mid April, 2011

Libya Misuratah April 20, 2011

Libya Misuratah April 18, 2011

Libya Misuratah April 20, 2011

Libya MisuratahApril 20, 2011

Libya Misratah Tim Hetherington's last photograph April 20, 2011

Photographer and filmmaker Tim Hetherington takes pictures at a rally in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in eastern Libya, in this March 25, 2011 file photo. Reuters/Finbarr O'Reilly/Files

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