Bill Eppridge

Bill Eppridge has seen many things in his life. As a photographer for LIFE and Sports Illustrated, he was able to experience and see many things that seem so long ago to most of the people he presented his “Epic Poem” to. Eppridge had many stories to tell. He seemed to relive his memories through his photographs, whether they were of Woodstock, his cat, or Vietnam. He captured the attention of everyone in the room. As Bill Eppridge told the stories of each of his photographs, he had his audience laughing at the pictures of current day Woodstock, his cat, and of other such things, then had them clinging to every word as he told his story about Robert Kennedy. Bill Eppridge was there to see the Beatles arrive for the first time in the United States and he photographed horses. It did not seem to matter to him what he was shooting, as long as it resulted in a photo with a story to tell. He said that he never wanted to do the same thing twice. I am pretty sure that he didn’t. Bill Eppridge captured exactly what he wanted in his photographs, and he instilled many of those memories in the heads of those listening to him tell the stories of his life by way of a roll of film