British
The Other War
Shot in Afghanistan, October 2007
Commissioned and broadcast by ABC Nightline

WINNER: Rory Peck Award for Features 2008

Tim’s film is an eyewitness account of the daily physical and emotional struggles of American soldiers from the Second Platoon of the 173rd Airborne fighting in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan. 

It includes rare recordings of US bombing of civilian areas and attempts by the soldiers to make peace with village elders in Taliban-controlled areas.

Tim was on the frontline with the soldiers when they came under attack in a Taliban ambush during "Operation Rock Avalanche". The attack resulted in the death of three soldiers.

The judges described The Other War as "extraordinary". One said: "I haven’t seen US soldiers portrayed so clearly as vulnerable human beings. The piece completely changes your view of them."

Biography
Tim Hetherington was born in Liverpool and worked in publishing before completing a postgraduate course in photojournalism. He was based in Africa for eight years, in Liberia and Sierra Leone, working across the continent for print media and broadcasters and was cameraman on award winning films ‘Liberia: an Uncivil War ’(2004)) and ‘The Devil Came on Horseback’(2007).

Tim is currently based between London and New York, and is a contributing photographer for Vanity Fair magazine. He has won four World Press Photo prizes, including the World Press Photo of the Year 2008. 

His work in Afghanistan won the 2008 Overseas Press Club Award for best spot news. His book about Liberia – ‘Long Story Bit by Bit’ was published by Umbrage in May 2009.