Bill Eppridge

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William E. Eppridge , born Guillermo Alfredo Eduardo Eppridge (born March 20, 1938 in Buenos Aires , Argentina , † October 3, 2013 in Danbury , Connecticut ) was an American photojournalist .

He became famous for his photo of the fatally wounded man on the floor of the hotel kitchen, seconds after the assassination attempt on Robert F. Kennedy on the night of June 5, 1968 at the Hotel Ambassador in Los Angeles. Eppridge had accompanied the then candidate for the nomination as a presidential candidate for the Democrats, whose personality he had been enthusiastic about since his first meeting in 1966, on part of his campaign trip for Life magazine .

Life

Eppridge, the son of a chemical engineer, wanted to be a photojournalist from childhood after meeting a traveling photographer. He first attracted attention in 1959 with the award-winning photo of a white horse against the dark background of a hurricane. In 1960 he received a bachelor's degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri and initially worked for National Geographic . In 1964 he moved to Life. He became internationally known in 1965 with a report for Life magazine about the so-called Needle Park in New York City , populated by drug addicts , which inspired the film Panik im Needle Park .

He was also there for Life when the Beatles first set foot on American soil in 1964, accompanied the young Barbra Streisand with his camera for several days , photographed Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan at his first appearance at the Newport Folk Festival and documented the funeral of vom Ku -Klux Klan murdered civil rights activist James Earl Chaney .

He brought pictures of revolutions in Latin America, the Vietnam War and the Woodstock Festival into the magazine, was allowed to visit the wife of astronaut Jim Lovell as the only photographer when he was circling the earth in the wrecked Apollo 13 , got unlimited access to the celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the Russian October Revolution in Leningrad and was the first Westerner to photograph the entire Soviet Baltic fleet assembled on the Neva .

After Life was discontinued in 1972, Eppridge worked for various magazines such as Time and Sports Illustrated . Among other things, he reported on several Summer and Winter Olympic Games, the America's Cup , the eruption of the Mount St. Helens volcano and the environmental impact of the oil tanker Exxon Valdez .

Eppridge's work has been honored with numerous important prizes and some of his photos have been shown in renowned museums.

Eppridge died of complications from sepsis following an injury to his hand.

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  1. ↑ Ben Cosgrove: 'Two Lives Lost to Heroin': A Harrowing, Early Portrait of Addicts. Retrieved January 29, 2018 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Eppridge, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eppridge, William E .; Eppridge, Guillermo Alfredo Eduardo (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American photojournalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 2013
Place of death Danbury , Connecticut