I was sad to hear that war photographer Chris Hondros died while covering the fighting in Libya. He took amazing photographs of some of the rawest human events imaginable. I admire journalists who are still willing to go where the action is and bring it back to us. Sometimes that means putting one’s life in danger. It looks like Chris’s luck simply ran out.
I was thinking earlier today that I would’ve probably liked Chris had I met him, but upon reading more about him I realized I might have actually had my chance. Chris was photo editor at the Technician around the time of my week as a Technician photographer. He obviously took his photography more seriously than I did!