Tim Hetherington ​was an

American-British photojournalist ​who was born
in Liverpool, UK​, in 1970. He grew up in Sefton
where he studied at the Catholic Primary School,
St. Patrick. He then joined the Stonyhurst
College. After his graduation, he travelled to
China, Tibet and India with the money he
received from the will of his grandmother. The
trip to these places made him understand that
photography was his destiny. So he joined a
photography school before returning to college. Afterwards, he learned
photojournalism from Colin Jacobson and Daniel Meadows in 1996, in Cardiff.
His first job was in London at ​The Big Issue​ ​as a staff photographer. Hetherington lived
around ten years in West Africa, to document the growing political turmoil and its
impact on everyday life in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and other nations. In 2004, he
was one of the people who worked on the cinematography of ​Liberia: A ​ n Uncivil War
and three years later, he made ​The Devil Came on Horseback​. In 2006, he switched to
being an investigator for a while for the ​L​iberia Sanctions Committee​ of the ​United
Nations Security Council​.
In 2007, he won the ​World Press Photo​ ​contest for an image of an exhausted American
warrior casing his face with his hands after a day of the fight in Afghanistan at the
Korangal valley. This work was produced for​ ​Vanity Fair.​ ​ With Sebastian Junger
(writer), from 2007 to 2008, he paid many visits to Afghanistan. He was well-known for
Restrepo​, the documentary film made in 2010. The film was nominated for the ​Best
Documentary Feature​ at an Academy Award ceremony, in 2011.
In 2010, in ​The New York Times​ interview, Hetherington described his time in
Afghanistan. He said the Afghan War was becoming difficult to manage, and while
working there he bumped into danger on and off. The photojournalist described how
shocked he was when he learned that 70% of bombs by America are being dropped on
the Korangal Valley. Through his photos, Hetherington wanted to make people realize
the situation of Afghanistan.
During the Libyan civil war in 2011 that spread tension
around the world – while documenting the frontlines of
Misrata, the photojournalist was killed.
In his honour post, his death the Libyan city renamed their
largest square in Ajdabiya after Tim Hetherington’s name.
Consequently, John McCain, the American Senator sent
two flags to the Hetherington’s family during the memorial
service in New York.
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1) ​Read the biography and recognize verbs in ​PAST SIMPLE​, then classify into
regular​ or ​irregular​ verbs.
 
Regular Verbs ​ ​ Irregular Verbs 
 
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2)​ ​Read the biography again and say if the sentences are TRUE (T), FALSE (F) or
DOESN'T SAY (DS).

1) Tim Hetherington was an American-Scottish photoeditor. _________

2) He studied at the Catholic Primary School, St. Sefton. ___________

3) When he finished college, he travelled to some countries around Asia. _________

4) His parents lived in Liverpool. __________

5) Hetherington lived around ten years in North-West Africa. ________

6) Restrepo was one of his best documentaries. _________

7) Tim told about his time in Afghanistan, during an interview for The New York
Time in 2011. _________

8) Idil Ibrahim was Tim's girlfriend, who is a producer and director. _________

 
 
3)​ ​Answer the questions.

1) How did Tim support his trip to China, Tibet and India?

2) What did he do after his trip? Why?

3) What was his first job?

4) When did he make “The Devil Came on Horseback”?

5) In 2007, Tim won the “World Press Photo” What was this due to?

6) What did he express about the Afghan war?

7) What happened in 2011?

8) Which is the place that takes his name?