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    Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer
    Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer
    Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer
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    Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer

    By Alan Huffman

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    “Not only does Huffman bring Tim back to life . . . but he also leads us through some of the most harrowing combat of our generation” (Sebastian Junger, New York Times–bestselling author of Tribe).
     
    Tim Hetherington (1970–2011) was one of the world’s most distinguished and dedicated photojournalists, whose career was tragically cut short when he died in a mortar blast while covering the Libyan Civil War. Someone far less interested in professional glory than revealing to the world the realities of people living in extremely difficult circumstances, Hetherington nonetheless won many awards for his war reporting, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his critically acclaimed documentary, Restrepo.
     
    In Here I Am, Alan Huffman tells Hetherington’s life story, and through it analyses, what it means to be a war reporter in the twenty-first century. Huffman recounts the camerman’s life from his first interest in photography and war reporting, through his critical role in reporting the Liberian Civil War, to his tragic death in Libya. Huffman also traces Hetherington’s photographic milestones, from his iconic and prize-winning pictures of Liberian children, to the celebrated portraits of sleeping US soldiers in Afghanistan.
     
    “A powerfully written biography . . . This is poignant imagery and metaphor for the entire body of this extraordinary artist and humanist’s life.” —The Huffington Post
     
    “Huffman excels at heightening the drama, depicting the rapid-fire action and constant danger of working among soldiers and guerrillas engaged in battle.” —The Boston Globe
     
    “Huffman vividly chronicles the short life of a man drawn to danger zones to capture the horrors of modern warfare.” —Los Angeles Times
     
    “Celebrate[s] Tim Hetherington’s life . . . Recount[s] his last days in Libya in excruciating detail.” —Time
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMar 12, 2013
    ISBN9780802193667
    Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer
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    Alan Huffman

    Alan Huffman is a freelance journalist and author of several nonfiction books including Lines Were Drawn: Rembering Court-Ordered Integration at a Mississippi High School, Mississippi in Africa: The Saga of the Slaves of Prospect Hill Plantation and Their Legacy in Liberia, and Ten Point: Deer Camp in the Mississippi Delta, all published by University Press of Mississippi. He has appeared on NPR and numerous other radio shows, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, PBS, Fox News, and other national TV shows.

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