Tim Hetherington

Tim Hetherington
Tim Hetherington
	Hetherington in 2011
Born	Timothy Alistair Telemachus Hetherington; 5 December 1970; Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
Died	20 April 2011 (aged 40); Misrata, Libya
Cause of death	Ballistic trauma
Burial place	Brompton Cemetery, London, England
Citizenship	British
Alma mater	Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford; Cardiff University;
Occupation	Photojournalist
Years active	1996–2011
Known for	Restrepo (2010)

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]}

^ Siddle, John (21 April 2011). "Merseyside-Born Photographer Tim Hetherington Killed in Libya". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
^ "Tim Hetherington" (Obituary), The Times, 22 April 2011, p. 70.
^ "This Man Is Not a Photojournalist". Photo District News. 2 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
^ Cite error: The named reference guardobit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Contributing Photographer: Tim Hetherington"^{[permanent dead link]}. Vanity Fair (magazine). Retrieved 2 November 2010.
^ Tourtellotte, Bob (31 January 2010). ""Winter's Bone", "Restrepo" Win Top Sundance Awards". Reuters. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
^ Brooks, Xan (21 April 2011). "Tim Hetherington: one of the finest photojournalists on the planet". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
^ "Tim Hetherington, World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Photo of the Year Archived 27 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine"

[Echo-1] Siddle, John (21 April 2011). "Merseyside-Born Photographer Tim Hetherington Killed in Libya". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 24 April 2011.

[2] "Tim Hetherington" (Obituary), The Times, 22 April 2011, p. 70.

[3] "This Man Is Not a Photojournalist". Photo District News. 2 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

[guardobit-4] Cite error: The named reference guardobit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] "Contributing Photographer: Tim Hetherington"^{[permanent dead link]}. Vanity Fair (magazine). Retrieved 2 November 2010.

[reuters-sundance-6] Tourtellotte, Bob (31 January 2010). ""Winter's Bone", "Restrepo" Win Top Sundance Awards". Reuters. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

[brooks-guardian-7] Brooks, Xan (21 April 2011). "Tim Hetherington: one of the finest photojournalists on the planet". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2015.

[world-press-photo-of-the-year-8] "Tim Hetherington, World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Photo of the Year Archived 27 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine"

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