Harry Koundakjian (July 11, 1930 – April 21, 2014) was an Armenian news photographer, photojournalist and photo editor.
Koundakjian, who worked for the AP out of the Middle East and New York City, covered the Lebanese Civil War, the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the coronation of the Shah of Iran, and the 1978 wedding of King Hussein of Jordan to Queen Noor.
He later died from complications of open heart surgery at a hospital in Manhattan, New York City, on April 21, 2014, at the age of 83.
[1] In September 2015, Harry's nephew, Dr. Sam Allen, who was present at 9/11 Ground Zero in 2001 as an emergency medic, wrote a book about his exploits working for 9 days near the scene and used a special collection of iconic photographs taken and compiled by Harry as reminder that we should never forget.
The images were sent to Sam before Harry died with a request from him to pass on so that we never forget the day that changed our lives.