Tim hetherington photographer biography examples

British photojournalist

Timothy Alistair Telemachus Hetherington (5 December 1970 – 20 April 2011)^[2] was a British photojournalist.^[3] He produced books, films and other work that "ranged from multi-screen installations, to fly-poster exhibitions, to handheld device downloads"^[4] and was a regular contributor to Vanity Fair.^[5]

He was best known for the documentary film Restrepo (2010), which he co-directed with Sebastian Junger.

Restrepo won the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at Sundance Film Festival 2010^[6] and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011.^[7] Hetherington won various awards including the 2008 World Press Photo of the Year.^[8]

He was killed by shrapnel from either a mortar shell or an RPG fired by Libyan forces while covering the 2011 Libyan civil war.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and education

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