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Bill Eppridge Biography

William E. "Bill" Eppridge (March 20, 1938 − October 3, 2013) was an American photographer and photojournalist for Life magazine, known for his photography of the dying Robert F. Kennedy, taken in June 1968.

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There in front of me was the Senator on the floor being held by the busboy. There was nobody else around, and I made my first frame, and I forgot to focus the camera. The second frame was a little more in focus. . . then just for a second, while everything was open, the busboy looked up, and he had this look in his eye. I made that picture, and then suddenly the whole situation closed in again. And it became bedlam. (On the 1968 shooting of U. S. presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy. )

Busboy, Eye, Focus, Look, Presidential

Reporters listen, photographers look. If you are doing your job seriously as a photojournalist, your sight must be the primary sense that you use at all times.

Job, Jobs, Listen, Looks, Sight

I think what makes a picture is a moment that is completely spontaneous and natural and unaffected by the photographer.

Moments, Photographer, Picture, Spontaneous, Thinking, Unaffected

You are not just a photojournalist, you're a historian.

Historian, Photojournalist, Photojournalists

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