Whether you like it or not, we as creative people are a community and when one of our soldiers falls in the line of battle we have an obligation to band together and take particular observation and show remembrance for someone who gave his life to the honest art of telling the genuine story.

As many of you may already know, Chris Hondros, a Getty photography who specialized in capturing the most extreme human experiences, was killed by a rocket propelled grenade while covering the Libyan rebellion. It is important for us to completely understand the kind of risk and ultimate sacrifice a member of our creative community has willfully committed himself to in the name of photography and the integrity of well composed communication. War photographers are an extremely rare breed. The levels of compositional skill, technical ability, balls of steel and ethical integrity are astronomical. Loosing one as talented as Chris is a devastating blow. Please take some time to check out the two links below that detail his work as well as his life. And make sure that as the countless battles and wars the we declare and enact against one another unfold that we take the time to not only honor the brave soldiers that risk their lives with weapons in hand but also the unarmed, abundantly brave photographers and writers that risk theirs to tell the story.

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Foreign Policy article remembering the extraordinary life and work of an FP contributor and friend:
A Life Less Ordinary: The Photographs of Chris Hondros

New York Times article displaying the gripping battle photographs that were taken the day of his death:
Chris Hondros, at Work in Libya

New York Times essay and photographs about Chris on his home turf in Brooklyn:
Chris Hondros in New York

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