Last month, a photographer who was in Libya taking pictures was killed. His name was Chris Hondros and I think that everyone should view his work at www.chrishondros.com - His pictures put what is happening overseas in persecutive. Just a warning, his pictures are war images and are at times disturbing, so clear the kiddies out of the room before you look. I find his work to be very moving- he was clearly extremely talented. He was widely known among reporters and photographers and you may even recognize his pictures from the newspaper.
In my news photography class, every week we need to shoot a news event so I went to his candle light vigil which was held by family and friends on the west end overlook in Pittsburgh. The memorial was very nice and I'm very happy I decided to cover it. It was humorous to me that three quarters of those who attended were toting a professional camera. Not only because of the amount of them but who takes a camera to a memorial service? It was basically a second funeral.
It was pretty easy to shoot without feeling like you were intruding because Chris was a reporter himself who took pictures of people facing tragedy often. If the person wasn't a reporter I feel like I wouldn't have been as comfortable.
Okay, I'm finished talking, here are the pictures.
At the end of the night I was able to make this beautiful panorama of the Pittsburgh skyline. Breathtaking! It's very wide so unless you have a very large monitor like the one I'm using right now at school, you'll have to scroll to the right to see the whole pictures =P. I'm still working on editing it but I was just so excited I had to share it now!
Love the panoramic!..
ReplyDeleteThe photo with the camera on the cross really hit me hard for some reason..That's just so sad :(
Definitely. It's like that's all that's left of him. His camera and his images. He was one of those photographers who used his gift to make a real difference. He deserves the most absolute respect. I'm very sad that he is gone.
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