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title: "2 Photojournalist Quotes By Bill Eppridge"
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> [You are not just a photojournalist, you're a historian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-eppridge/you-are-not-just-a-photojournalist-you-re-a-historian/)

Bill Eppridge

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-eppridge/reporters-listen-photographers-look-if-you-are-doing-your-job/)

Bill Eppridge

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48a/bill-eppridge-70433_all-time_reporters-listen-photographers-look-if-y_3044090.jpg)

## More by Bill Eppridge

> [You are not just a photojournalist, you're a historian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-eppridge/you-are-not-just-a-photojournalist-you-re-a-historian/)

Bill Eppridge

> [There in front of me was the Senator on the floor being held by the busboy. There was nobody else around, and I made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-eppridge/there-in-front-of-me-was-the-senator-on-the-floor-being-held-by-the/)

Bill Eppridge

> [I think what makes a picture is a moment that is completely spontaneous and natural and unaffected by the photographer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-eppridge/i-think-what-makes-a-picture-is-a-moment-that-is-completely/)

Bill Eppridge

> [Reporters listen, photographers look. If you are doing your job seriously as a photojournalist, your sight must be the primary sense that you use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-eppridge/reporters-listen-photographers-look-if-you-are-doing-your-job/)

Bill Eppridge

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