Tim Hetherington

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Tim Hetherington (February 2011)

Tim Hetherington (born December 5, 1970 in Birkenhead , † April 20, 2011 in Misrata , Libya ) was a British photojournalist , war correspondent and documentary filmmaker . In New York he worked as a photographer for Vanity Fair magazine, among other things .

Life

After studying literature at Oxford , he studied photojournalism there. With his work he repeatedly pointed out the consequences of war, poverty and globalization . For example, he accompanied US soldiers during their deployment in the Iraq war , took pictures of the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia , as well as street photographs from Manhattan or of people in Africa .

In addition to being a photographer, Tim Hetherington also worked as a film producer and cameraman . Noteworthy is his 2004 film about the Civil War in Liberia , Liberia: an Uncivil War . In January 2010, his new film Restrepo was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City , Utah . It is a documentary about the soldiers of a military unit in the Korengal Valley in eastern Afghanistan . The film, produced in collaboration with Sebastian Junger , was awarded the Jury's Grand Prize for best documentary and received an Oscar nomination in 2011 . Hetherington was engaged to the American filmmaker and producer Idil Ibrahim. They had planned their wedding for 2011.

Hetherington was in the civil war in Libya during a street fight in Misrata in April 2011 American US together with the photojournalist Chris Hondros by a grenade basement of gaddafitreuen killed troops. Shortly before his death, he posted the following tweet on Twitter :

“In defeated Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO. "

“In the besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Ruthless shell fire by Gaddafi's armed forces. Nothing to see from NATO. "

The photo agency Magnum Photos published his last pictures. In June 2011, Hetherington became the first person to be posthumously appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

Publications

Hetherington in Angola (2002)

Awards

photography

  • Fellowship from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (2000-4)
  • Hasselblad Foundation grant (2002)
  • Press Photo of the Year 2000: Second Prize in Sport Stories
  • Press Photo of the Year 2002: First Prize in Portraits Stories
  • Press photo of 2007
  • 2007 Press Photo: Second Prize in General News Stories
  • Rory Peck Award for Features 2008
  • Dupont Award 2009

Movie

Web links

Commons : Tim Hetherington  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stuart Oldham, Pat Saperstein: Tim Hetherington: A life on the front lines. Award-winning photojournalist was working on media project in Misurata. In: variety.com. Variety , April 20, 2011; archived from the original on April 21, 2011 ; accessed on April 21, 2011 (English).
  2. ^ Libya: Tim Hetherington 'was planning to slow down and start family' ( Telegraph , April 21, 2011)
  3. ↑ Oscar-nominated war reporter dies in fighting in Misurata. In: Spiegel Online . April 20, 2011, accessed November 17, 2013 .
  4. ↑ twitter @TimHetherington
  5. ↑ Magnum Photo: Recent Photos
  6. ↑ Nastassja Kinski new to the Oscar Academy . In: kleinezeitung.at . Retrieved June 17, 2011
  7. ↑ British photographer Tim Hetherington wins premier award. In: worldpressphoto.org. World Press Photo, February 7, 2008; archived from the original April 21, 2011 ; accessed on April 21, 2011 (English): "US soldier resting at" Restrepo "bunker"
personal data
SURNAME Hetherington, Tim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English photojournalist
DATE OF BIRTH 5th December 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Birkenhead , Merseyside, England, UK
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2011
Place of death Misrata , Libya