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    Remembering David Gilkey: His NPR buddies share stories about their favorite pictures

    It is the 7th anniversary of the death of NPR photographer David GIlkey, who was killed by a grenade attack while on assignment in Afghanistan. His colleagues talk about his life and work.
    by NPR Staff Jun 05, 2023 7 minutes
    A woman walks between tents that house the hospital wards at a camp for displaced persons in South Sudan. The photo was taken in February.

    How do you cover an incomprehensible disaster and make people connect with the real lives behind the headlines?

    David Gilkey knew how.

    His photos have helped define our coverage of global health and development at Goats and Soda. They have a tremendous warmth and humanity that reflects his own compassionate heart and soul.

    Gilkey was killed on Sunday, June 5, 2016, on assignment for NPR in Afghanistan. His interpreter Zabihullah "Zabi" Tamanna died as well during a rocket-propelled grenade attack on their Humvee. Today marks the seventh anniversary of his death.

    We asked his NPR colleagues, present and past, to pick a favorite photo and share a memory.

    What A Funny Man

    They all laughed when they saw him. What a funny man, with his sunburned cheeks and baseball cap. Cameras dangling off both shoulders. So tall! The 6- and 7-year-olds were most impressed. They moved around the trunks of his legs, cautious at first and then, when he looked down at them, all crinkly eyes and conspiratorial smile, a bit more daring. They pulled on his pants legs, jumped in front of the camera. Boys in front, girls around the edges. And he just waited and looked down

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