Gallery: Hard-Boiled Photog Blends the Old With the New

  • RFK shot
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    Busboy Juan Romero tries to comfort Presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy after he was shot on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. *Photo: Bill Eppridge*
  • RFK AND THE FEARSOME FOURSOME
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    Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Fearsome Foursome of the Los Angeles Rams football team, in Indianapolis, 1968. *Photo: Bill Eppridge*
  • James Chaney
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    The Chaney family as they depart for the burial of James Chaney, Meridian, Mississippi, Aug. 7, 1964. *Photo: Bill Eppridge*
  • Mrs. Cheney and Ben
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    Mrs. Chaney and young Ben, James Chaney funeral, Meridian, Mississippi, 1964. *Photo: Bill Eppridge*
  • Chaney Funeral March
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    Mourners in Mississippi march to the funeral of James Chaney, August 1964. *Photo: Bill Eppridge*
  • The Beatles
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    John Lennon on the train from New York to Washington for the Beatles' concert at Washington Coliseum, Feb. 11, 1964. *Photo: Bill Eppridge*
  • The Beatles
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    Beatles fans scramble for Jelly Beans, Washington Coliseum, 1964. *Photo: Bill Eppridge*
  • Drug Addict
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    Drug addict Karen shooting up in NYC, 1964. *Photo: Bill Eppridge*
  • Barbra Streisand
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    Barbra Streisand with Marlene Dietrich and Elsa Martinelli (Wearing Chanel Suits), Chanel Fashion Show, Paris, 1966. *Photo: Bill Eppridge*
  • Woodstock 1969
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    Woodstock Music Festival, August 1969. *Photo: Bill Eppridge*
  • Motorcycle Race
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    Motorcycle race, Mojave desert, 1971. *Photo: Bill Eppridge*
  • Eagle Exxon Valdez oil spill
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    Dead eagle, Exxon Valdez oil spill, Alaska, 1989. *Photo: Bill Eppridge*
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