Tim Hetherington

Tim Hetherington was a British – American photo journalist, who was born in 5 December 1970 and he passed away in 20 April 2011 while covering the conflict in Misrata, Libya. He was best known for his work in Afghanistan, much of it shot for Vanity Fair. In 2007, he won the much sought-after World Press Photo of the Year for his coverage of American soldiers in the Korengal Valley-one of four World Press Prizes he received. His film Restrepo, which he co-directed with Sebastian Junger about a platoon of soldiers in Afghanistan, was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2011 for Best Documentary Feature.Tim Hetherington photographed the experience of war from the perspective of the individual, mostly in West Africa and the Middle East.

Through his photographs, writing and films, Tim gave us new ways to look at and think about human suffering. Shortly after graduation he received £5,000 from his grandmother's will, which enabled him to travel for two years in India, China and Tibet. That trip made him realize he "wanted to make images", so he "worked for three to four years, going to night school in photography before eventually going back to college." He then studied photojournalism under Daniel Meadows and Colin Jacobson in Cardiff in 1996. 

Bibliography
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-DjqR6OucBc

http://www.timhetherington.com/

http://www.timh-images.com/