RE: RE: [Leica] John John Picture

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Thanks, Bob (who has been luck enough to lead a relatively peaceful life)
McEowen, another fascinating example. You're right, of course, think of
Epperidge and you think of the RFK photo - nothing since...

B. D.

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In a message dated 2/24/00 9:49:49 AM, bdcolen@earthlink.net writes:

>It is really difficult to hit a career highpoint early on, and then see
>
>yourself as not moving, or moving down-hill there after . . . >>

For me, the ultimate example of this is Bill Epperidge. He was the boy
wonder
of the early 1960s. He won College Photographer of the Year and went
directly
to an internship at National Geographic. His early work for Life magazine
includes some of that publications best work (remember the photo story on
the
heroin addicts?). He's best known though for his photo of the Bobby Kennedy
assasination (the photo of the waiter kneeling over Bobby's body). Although
he continued to work for Life and Sports Illustrated, Bill has said many
times he's never been the same since. A year or so ago he published a book
of
his pictures from the Kennedy campaign and openly discussed the effect that
tragic night had on his life. I've met Bill several times through the
Missouri Photojournalism Workshop and have always liked him a lot. In many
ways, he's a tragic figure, though -- at least among photojournalists. It
just goes to show you how an event or incident can grab a hold of our lives
and not let go. Most of us simply don't have the tools to shake those kinds
of haunting thoughts . . .

Bob (thankfully has enjoyed a career devoid of either pinnacles or tragedy)
McEowen