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> [As journalists, because you don't carry a gun, you sort of become this observer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/as-journalists-because-you-don-t-carry-a-gun-you-sort-of-become-this/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

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## More by Tim Hetherington

> [The best way to get Americans to focus on what's happening in Afghanistan is by using the example of their own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/the-best-way-to-get-americans-to-focus-on-what-s-happening-in/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [As journalists, because you don't carry a gun, you sort of become this observer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/as-journalists-because-you-don-t-carry-a-gun-you-sort-of-become-this/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [I'm very open to any visual conceits and any possibilities at my disposal to be better explain to people the ideas I'm exploring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/i-m-very-open-to-any-visual-conceits-and-any-possibilities-at-my/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [The military has a very prickly relationship with the press.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/the-military-has-a-very-prickly-relationship-with-the-press/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [We're journalists, so our default position is we're not writing editorial. We're trying to bring information to readers, viewers, so that they can make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/we-re-journalists-so-our-default-position-is-we-re-not-writing/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [It's funny, the old media idea is very segmented, like "this is my territory and this is yours." But media is changing. You're at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/it-s-funny-the-old-media-idea-is-very-segmented-like-this-is-my/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [With soldiers, their wives are so fundamental in their relationships, and yet there's this kind of other war happening back in the States, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/with-soldiers-their-wives-are-so-fundamental-in-their-relationships/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [You can construct whatever story you want to. Documentaries are constructions, as is all journalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/you-can-construct-whatever-story-you-want-to-documentaries-are/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [Making an independent documentary film is so hard that usually, the usual model is that your film becomes a model for advocacy, so you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/making-an-independent-documentary-film-is-so-hard-that-usually-the/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [I'm a documentary image maker, still and moving, because keeping the real world on the agenda is really important at a time when we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/i-m-a-documentary-image-maker-still-and-moving-because-keeping-the/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [I don't go to war for the adrenaline rush. I cover wars because that's what I've ended up doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/i-don-t-go-to-war-for-the-adrenaline-rush-i-cover-wars-because-that-s/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [I have a set of images that go around the world in an art gallery installation. Each of them have different audiences, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/i-have-a-set-of-images-that-go-around-the-world-in-an-art-gallery/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [I think it's really important that we understand that we share this world and we're connected to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/i-think-it-s-really-important-that-we-understand-that-we-share-this/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [The funny thing about war is that people feel you need to be morally outraged. I feel morally outraged about it, and I've been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/the-funny-thing-about-war-is-that-people-feel-you-need-to-be-morally/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

> [Brotherhood means laying down your life for somebody, really willing to sacrifice yourself for somebody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-hetherington/brotherhood-means-laying-down-your-life-for-somebody-really-willing/)

[Tim Hetherington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-hetherington/)

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