Bill Eppridge

Bill Eppridge has had a long and storied career in photojournalism. He has spent the better part of his life not only to seeing some of the world's most shocking events but also having a hand in how they were shown to the world. Working with Life Magazine from its heyday to its demise, allowed Eppridge to photograph some of the world's most challenging moments. From Woodstock to Vietnam to the explosion of Mount. St. Helen's, he saw it all. But, as he recounted in detail, the project that most affected him was the assassination of Robert Kennedy. Although most of the people in the room were too young to remember Kennedy, his pictures and his stories of the event captured the attention of everyone present. His life's work (which he calls an Epic Poem) is simply, something to be envied. It makes me wonder what major events I will be around to see and if I could only be so lucky to be a part of their story.