Capturing War In Pictures

Weekend Edition Sunday:

Just a few months before his death, Hetherington was nominated for an Oscar for Restrepo, the Afghan War documentary he co-directed with journalist Sebastian Junger.
Hetherington started shooting the film in 2007, while embedded with members of the 2nd Platoon Battle Company of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade. The unit was posted in the Korengal Valley, one of the most remote and volatile parts of Afghanistan.
Some of the photographs Hetherington took over the many months he spent living with American soldiers in the Korengal are currently on display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Besides the still photographs, there's also a video installation Hetherington put together, which he called Sleeping Soldiers. In it, scenes of combat flash next to still images of soldiers sleeping, grenade blasts and the voices of soldiers create a surreal, dream-like soundtrack.

The photos with the story are pretty cool.