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War Photos To Commemorate Fallen Photojournalist David Gilkey
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An award-winning photographer from National Public Radio was killed while on assignment in Afghanistan Sunday.
Gilkey and interpreter Zabihullah Tamanna were traveling with an Afghan army unit when a rocket propelled grenade hit their Humvee and killed both of them as well as their driver, NPR reports. Gilkey had won several awards including the George Polk Award, a News and Documentary Emmy, 2011 Still Photographer of the Year and recognition from the White House.
“I cannot think of a better person to face danger with than Gilkey,” Joe Swickard, who went with Gilkey to Iraq in 2006, told The Detroit Free Press. “He was at home on a battlefield under fire, in military situations. He kept his cool, and never lost his artist’s eye.”
Gilkey’s impact will not soon be forgotten.
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