life:
Today is a sad day for photojournalism— we lost not one, but two of the greats: Tim Hetherington & Chris Hondros. Here, in a gallery that will have to serve as both tribute and eulogy to a colleague who will be deeply missed, LIFE.com offers some of Chris’ last photos — a graphic record of a man doing a job he loved, and doing it exceptionally well, in circumstances that, too often, were absolutely hellish.
