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Chris Hondros was born on 14 March, 1970 in New York City, US, is an American photographer (1970–2011). Discover Chris Hondros's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 41 years old?

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Occupation Photojournalist
Age 41 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 14 March 1970
Birthday 14 March
Birthplace New York City, US
Date of death 20 April, 2011
Died Place Misrata, Libya
Nationality United States

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1970

Chris Hondros (March 14, 1970 – April 20, 2011) was an American war photographer.

Hondros was a finalist twice for a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.

Chris Hondros was born in New York City to immigrant Greek and German parents who were child refugees after World War II.

1988

He spent most of his childhood in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he graduated from Terry Sanford High School in 1988.

Hondros studied English literature at North Carolina State University where he also worked for the Technician, the campus newspaper.

1990

From his base in New York, Hondros worked in most of the world's major conflict zones since the late 1990s, including Kosovo, Angola, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Kashmir, the West Bank, Iraq, and Liberia.

1991

In 1991, Hondros submitted his portfolio and was invited to attend the Eddie Adams Workshop.

1993

After graduating from State in 1993, Hondros moved to Athens, Ohio, and earned a master's degree at Ohio University School of Visual Communications.

1996

He began his career at the Troy Daily News in Ohio as an intern and later chief photographer before returning to Fayetteville in 1996 to begin a career with The Fayetteville Observer and to be close to his father who died of cancer in 2000.

1998

Hondros left his job at The Fayetteville Observer in 1998 to return to New York and concentrate on international reporting.

1999

Hondros was awarded the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Photojournalism Grant in 1999.

2001

In 2001, Hondros was selected for the Pew Fellowship for International Reporting through Johns Hopkins University.

Following the September 11 attacks, Hondros took photographs at ground zero.

2003

Hondros went to cover the Liberian Civil War in 2003.

It was here that Hondros photographed Joseph Duo in an image that graced the front cover of publications worldwide.

2004

Hondros also followed Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign in 2004.

2005

When Hondros returned to cover the Liberian election in 2005, he was able to meet Joseph Duo again to discuss the progress that had been made in Liberia since his last visit.

Hondros's images from Iraq, especially a January 2005 picture series detailing the shooting of an Iraqi family by U.S. troops, were published extensively and garnered worldwide acclaim and criticism.

On January 18, 2005, an Iraqi family was traveling in a car in Tal Afar.

Thinking it was a suicide bomber, U.S. troops opened fire, murdering both parents and paralyzing one of their five children sitting in the back seat.

As a result of the worldwide interest in his case generated by Hondros's pictures, the boy, Rakan Hassan, was later flown to the United States for treatment in a Boston hospital, but was murdered in a bombing by insurgents shortly after his return.

Hondros won dozens of international awards for the images.

One of his pictures of this tragedy is likely to become "one of the few photos from the Iraq war that could stand out in history" according to Liam Kennedy, from University College Dublin.

In an interview, Hondros stated:

Almost every soldier in Iraq has been involved in some sort of incident like that or another, I would say.

Their attitude about it was grim, but it wasn't the end of their world.

It was, "Well, kind of wished they'd stopped. We fired warning shots. Damn, I don't know why the hell they didn't stop. What're you doing later, you want to play Nintendo? Okay."

Just a day's work for them.

That stuff happens in Iraq a lot.

2006

His photography was featured in the documentary film, Liberia: A Fragile Peace (2006).

2008

The United States presidential election in 2008 found Hondros photographing Governor and Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

His work appeared as the covers of magazines such as Newsweek and the Economist, and on the front pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.

Photographer Tyler Hicks described Hondros as a "sensitive photographer," adding that "He never was in it for himself or for the vanity of what the job brings with it. He really believes in his work."

2010

His work included disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

2011

It was reported on April 20, 2011, that Hondros had been fatally wounded in a mortar attack by government forces in Misrata while covering the 2011 Libyan civil war.

Photojournalist Tim Hetherington was also killed in the attack, which wounded two other photographers.

Photojournalists Guy Martin said that the group was traveling with rebel fighters.

According to The New York Times, Hondros died from his injuries as a result of severe brain trauma.

The Chris Hondros Fund is a nonprofit organization established in 2011 in the memory of Hondros and his life's work.

The fund's mission is to provide non-profit institutions with grants to advocate for photojournalists.