Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, two world-renowned war photographers, were killed on Wednesday while on assignment in Libya.Hetherington, a long-time contributing photographer for Vanity Fair, co-directed the Oscar-nominated documentary Restrepo. Pulitzer-prize nominated Hondros had photographs on page one of The New York Times and on the cover of Newsweek.console.log("catid body is "+catID);if(catID==120){document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){ document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }Both men were in Misrata covering the conflict between rebels and pro-Muammar Gaddafi forces. Photographer André Liohn confirmed their deaths Wednesday on his Facebook account.
