Award winning photographers shine a light on untold stories
A protester yells anti-government slogans in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,June 9, 2019. Protesters denouncing corruption paralyzed much of the capital as they demanded the removal of President Jovenel Moise. © Dieu-Nalio Chery
Photojournalist Chris Hondros served as witness to war-torn areas in the world including Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, Liberia, Kosovo and Libya for over a decade. He was killed on April 20, 2011 while on assignment for Getty Images in Misrata, Libya. After his death, the Getty Images and Chris Hondros Fund Award was established to honor his legacy and recognize photojournalists documenting untold stories around the world. The 2022 award recipients are Israeli-American visual journalist Tamir Ben Kalifa and Haitian photojournalist Dieu Nalio Chery.