R.I.P. Tim Hetherington & Chris Hondros

Yesterday afternoon while covering the front lines in the beseiged city of Misrata, Libya, photographers Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros suffered an attacked by a mortar shell or rocket-propelled grenade resulting in death. Both Hetherington and Hondros aswell as fellow photographer Guy Martin, who has suffered serious injuries from the attack but will luckily live to tell the tale. 

             Both Tim and Chris were risky pro photographers. Tim was a British-American photojournalist, best known for his documentary film Restrepo, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 2011. Chris was a Pulitzer Prize-nominated war photographer and won many international awards for his fantastic work. 

             Hetherington said his last words to the public on Tuesday when he tweeted "In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO."

              

R.I.P.

        

               

                  

Tim Hetherington - Sleeping Soldiers 

Chris Hondros - Samar Hassan Crying