Chris Hondros in Afghanistan. Hondros, who was 41, has died after being seriously wounded while on assignment in Misrata in Libya.

Our thoughts are with the families, friends, and colleagues of Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington, who were killed yesterday while covering the war in Lybia. Chris was a contributor to a book we published with the Columbia Journalism Review, Reporting Iraq: An Oral History of the War by the Journalists Who Covered It, which also contains five of Hondros’ haunting photographs.

In a 2007 essay on the book in the London Review, Jeremy Harding singled out Hondros’ contribution to the book in particular, recounting his bravery and independence while covering the Iraq war. The critic Amitava Kumar has also written movingly about Hondros’ testimony in Reporting Iraq.

New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks, a friend and colleague, wrote: “Chris made sacrifices in his own life to bring the hardships of war into the public eye, and that dedication created award-winning photographs that shaped the way people viewed the world… He was a close friend for nearly 20 years. The tragedy of his death had brought so many memories to the surface, and I’m grateful to be among the many people who were lucky enough to know him. He will be missed.”