Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Dies Oscar-nominated photographer Tim Hetherington during the fighting in Misrata

The documentary photographer Tim Hetherington has killed today during fighting between rebels and troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. Three other journalists were injured, one seriously. Initially reported the death of photographer Chris Hondros, although he later qualified that he was seriously injured.

The news of the death of Tim Hetherington, 41 years, later this afternoon the specializing in photography British Journal of Photography. The publication quoted a source at the French photographer André Liohn he wrote in his Facebook profile: "Sad news. Tim Hetherington Misrata now dead, while covering the front lines.

Chris Hondros is in serious condition. Michel Brown and Guy are injured but not in danger. " Soon after, this post had been deleted from the network. Hetherington, photographer and documentarian, is the author of the documentary Restrepo, who narrates the daily life of U.S. troops in the Korengal Valley, and was nominated for best documentary at last year's Academy Awards.

In 2007 he won the World Press Photo Award for a photograph of an exhausted soldier during fighting in Afghanistan. The photographer Chris Hondros, that several American media was dead, would be seriously injured. Hondros, American photographer of 41 years and nominated for a Pulitzer, has several severe injuries to his head and his condition is extremely serious, reports the New York Times.

Information on the health status of Hondros Getty has not been confirmed, the agency for which he worked. Hetherington on Twitter yesterday denounced the failure of the allied forces' indiscriminate bombing Gaddafi's troops in the besieged city of Misrata. No signs of NATO. "

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