Tamir has been selected as the 2022 Getty Images & Chris Hondros Fund Awardee. This award recognizes exceptional photojournalists who bring shared human experiences into the public eye. In selecting the recipient, we seek a photojournalist committed to this craft in the spirit of Chris and his continuous drive to tell a story. The Fund is honored to celebrate Tamir’s distinctive ability to connect us through his storytelling and compassion. Tamir’s work embodies the rare ability to capture the complexities of our shared experiences with unyielding commitment and intellectual curiosity.
“It is truly an honor to be selected as this year’s Getty Images & Chris Hondros Fund awardee.” said Tamir upon receiving the award, “Chris’s ethos has been a guiding star throughout my career and I have looked to his work not just for inspiration, but to better understand how to exercise care in the most difficult spaces. This recognition brings a great responsibility and it deepens my resolve to pursue work that highlights our shared humanity and invokes empathy for others. I believe we have an ethical and moral imperative to work with compassion and a duty to use the camera as a tool for good. Those are values that Chris stood by and I am committed not only to upholding those values myself, but to passing them on to others.”
Tamir Ben Kalifa is a visual journalist that has documented devastating natural disasters, flash points at the U.S. - Mexico border, civil unrest, the consequences of mass violence, dire environmental issues, presidential campaigns and more around the world.
