Chris Hondros

January 10, 2024
American Photographer

Quick Facts

Chris Hondros
Full Name Chris Hondros
Occupation American photographer
Date Of Birth Mar 14, 1970(1970-03-14)
Age 54
Date Of Death April 20, 2011, Misrata, Libya
Birthplace New York
Country United States
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Chris Hondros Biography

Name Chris Hondros
Birthday Mar 14
Birth Year 1970
Place Of Birth New York
Birth Country United States
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Chris Hondros is one of the most popular and richest American photographer who was born on March 14, 1970 in New York, United States.

Chris Hondros was born in New York City to immigrant Greek and German parents who were child refugees after World War II. He spent most of his childhood in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he graduated from Terry Sanford High School in 1988.

Hondros studied English literature at North Carolina State University where he also worked for the Technician, the campus newspaper. In 1991, Hondros submitted his portfolio and was invited to attend the Eddie Adams Workshop. After graduating from State in 1993, Hondros moved to Athens, Ohio, and earned a master’s degree at Ohio University School of Visual Communications. He began his career at the Troy Daily News in Ohio as an intern and later chief photographer before returning to Fayetteville in 1996 to begin a career with The Fayetteville Observer and to be close to his father who died of cancer in 2000.

Chris Hondros Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income American photographer
House Living in own house.

Chris Hondros is one of the richest American photographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chris Hondros 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Chris Hondros (March 14, 1970 – April 20, 2011) was an American war photographer. Hondros was a finalist twice for a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.

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Hondros’s images from Iraq, especially a January 2005 picture series detailing the shooting of an Iraqi family by U.S. troops, were published extensively and garnered worldwide acclaim and criticism.

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Chris Ranked on the list of most popular American photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Chris Hondros celebrates birthday on March 14 of every year.

The Chris Hondros Fund is a nonprofit organization established in 2011 in the memory of Hondros and his life’s work. The fund’s mission is to provide non- profit institutions with grants to advocate for photojournalists. One fellowship for attendance to the Eddie Adams Workshop will be offered annually along with one other fellowship awarded by application.

Is Chris Hondros still alive?

April 20, 2011

Who did Chris Hondros work for?

Hondros, a staff photographer for Getty Images since 2000, was a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography: in 2004, for his work in Liberia, and posthumously in 2012, for his coverage of the Arab Spring.

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