"Hard-Boiled Photog Blends the Old With the New"
November 15, 2011 | Source: Monroe Gallery of Photography
Be sure to check out the just-posted article about photojournalist Bill Eppridge on Raw File."Bill Eppridge knows the rules of photography have changed. The ways of the ’60s, when he was a staff photographer at LIFE magazine, are long gone: Staff photo positions are near extinct, everyone with an iPhone now claims to be a photographer and film seems to be a four-letter word of antiquity.
That said, Eppridge, who has shot many of the historic events of the last half-century, believes the power of documentary photography will always live on, no matter how many photos are out there in however many formats.
“The best still images, they just nail you, you remember them,” he says, as is evidenced by his iconic work."
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