Mohamed Amin, a photographer whose images of famine victims in Ethiopia stirred world reaction, was among those killed in the crash of a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines flight. He was 53.
Amin, of Nairobi, Kenya, was returning home from Addis Ababa. His colleague, Brian Tetley, who often wrote the text for Amin's photo books, was killed as well. Tetley, 61, was a veteran journalist who for many years wrote an acerbic, witty column for the East African Standard newspaper.Amin's photographs during the 1984 famine were shown worldwide and resulted in an outpouring of food aid. An estimated 1 million people died in the famine.
"Many millions are alive today because Mohamed Amin risked his life time and time again," said former President George Bush, who was vice president at the time of the famine.
Amin lost his left arm in 1991 in the explosion of an ammunition dump during the Ethiopian civil war, but he continued to film and take pictures.
"No news cameraman in recent history has had a greater impact than Mohamed Amin," said Tony Hall, chief executive for BBC news. "His pictures from Ethiopia 12 years ago moved the world. He was a warm, witty and generous man."
Known to friends and colleagues as "Mo," Amin was the chief executive officer of the London-based Camerapix Publishers International. He is survived by his wife, Dolly, and son, Salim, who works for Camerapix.
Tetley is survived by a wife and several children.