Wer datete Tim Hetherington?

Tim Hetherington (* 5. Dezember 1970 in Birkenhead; † 20. April 2011 in Misrata, Libyen) war ein britischer Fotojournalist, Kriegsberichterstatter und Dokumentarfilmer. In New York war er unter anderem als Fotograf für das Magazin Vanity Fair tätig.

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

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 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011. Hetherington won various awards including the 2008 World Press Photo of the Year.

He was killed by shrapnel from either a mortar shell or an RPG fired by Libyan forces while covering the 2011 Libyan civil war.