Bill Eppridge

A picture is a moment in time. Many moments in time are mundane and not worth remembering, but for the few moments that are life changing and earth shattering, it takes real genius to find those, and very few people have that talent. It is an essential skill to becoming a successful photojournalist, and Bill Eppridge is the perfect example of this. To say he is a successful photojournalist doesn't do him justice. He covered huge events from Woodstock to Vietnam and he was there the moment Bobby Kennedy was assassinated. Any one of those things is something to brag about, but having all three under your belt is simply unbelievable.

When he was talking through his presentation, at first I thought it must have been a team of people doing all of these things and going to all of these places, but when it finally hit me that just one man did all of this, I knew that I was staring at a master of his craft. He positioned himself in key positions and was able to identify that moment in time everybody is hunting for. He is a true example for all future journalists, whether they intend to be photojournalists or not.