Chris Hondros was an American war photographer who covered conflicts in Liberia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya. His photos aimed to show different perspectives of war. Reception theory, which asserts that audiences can interpret media in different ways, applies to Hondros' work. For example, his photo of a Liberian teenager celebrating firing a rocket-propelled grenade could be seen as celebrating violence, documenting reality, or something in between. Hondros wanted viewers to draw their own conclusions. He was killed in 2011 while photographing clashes in Libya.