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

You are not just a photojournalist, you’re a historian.
BILL EPPRIDGE

Historian Just People
There in front of me was the Senator on the floor being held by the busboy.
BILL EPPRIDGE

Eye Focus Presidential
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.
BILL EPPRIDGE

Around Everything Focus Frame Little Open Second
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.)
BILL EPPRIDGE

Close Made Presidential Situation Suddenly
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.
BILL EPPRIDGE

Jobs Looks Reporter Seriously Sight
I think what makes a picture is a moment that is completely spontaneous and natural and unaffected by the photographer.
BILL EPPRIDGE

Moment Photographer Thinking

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