The Big Issue

Remembering a fearless photojournalist and friend

In the late 1990s, a young photographer joined the ranks at The Big Issue. Tim Hetherington had read Classics and English at Oxford then, after graduating, he used £5,000 left to him from his grandmother’s will to travel the world. Journeying through south-east Asia opened his eyes and changed his life. He returned home determined to tell stories through photography.

His first job

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