Posted on 07/27/2011 9:24:10 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
Three months ago, photographer Tim Hetherington was killed by Gaddafi’s forces in Libya. These are his final images.
Nine days after Tim Hetherington was killed, I received an email from him. It was sent on April 20, the day he died, but for whatever reason, spent a week in digital purgatory. I read it at 2 a.m. on a Friday morning, still feeling numb and confused by his death. “Hey man, just checking in,” he wrote. “Crazy day today. Full on city fight. It’s an incredible story . . . and hardly anyone here.” In some strange way I felt that Tim was still reaching out to me, reminding me of the importance of his final story.
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Too late. I’ve already watched Restrepo twice.
Ping.
I did not know that. Wow, that was a great documentary. Those two have done great work in the past.
What a loss.
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