"VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER" "VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER" IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A "VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER" IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT THROUGH THE RALPH GENEROUS GRANT THROUGH THE RALPH M. PARSONS FOUNDATION.

M. PARSONS FOUNDATION.

[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY KCET PUBLIC TELEVISION] KCET PUBLIC TELEVISION] WELL, HELLO.. WELL, HELLO, EVERYBODY.

I'M HUELL HOWSER AND, OF COURSE, I'M HUELL HOWSER AND, OF COURSE, THIS LITTLE DEVICE NEEDS NO THIS LITTLE DEVICE NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION.

INTRODUCTION.

IT'S AN iPHONE.

IT'S AN iPHONE.

THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE TAKE THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS WITH.

PHOTOGRAPHS WITH.

YOU CAN INSTANTLY PUT IT ON YOU CAN INSTANTLY PUT IT ON FACEBOOK OR SEND IT TO FRIENDS FACEBOOK OR SEND IT TO FRIENDS OR RELATIVES ALL OVER THE WORLD.

OR RELATIVES ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THIS IS THE PRESENT.

THIS IS THE PRESENT.

THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE USE TODAY.

THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE USE TODAY.

BUT WE ARE NOT HERE TO TALK BUT WE ARE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY AND WE ARE NOT HERE ABOUT TODAY AND WE ARE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO TAKE TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO TAKE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE FUN OF THESE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE ..

IT.

WE ARE HERE TO TALK WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND ABOUT THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE AND, MORE THE FUTURE AND, MORE SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT INDIVIDUALS SPECIFICALLY, ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TAKEN AND CONTINUE TO WHO HAVE TAKEN AND CONTINUE TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR A LIVING.

TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR A LIVING.

THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS.

PHOTOGRAPHERS.

WE ARE HERE ON THE "QUEEN MARY" WE ARE HERE ON THE "QUEEN MARY" FOR THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOR THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES, AND OF GREATER LOS ANGELES, AND HERE--EVERYBODY WHO'S A HERE--EVERYBODY WHO'S A PROFESSIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER PROFESSIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER PUT YOUR HANDS UP.

PUT YOUR HANDS UP.

THEY'RE ALL PROFESSIONALS RIGHT THEY'RE ALL PROFESSIONALS RIGHT HERE.

HERE.

[LAUGHING] [LAUGHING] HAPPY PROFESSIONALS, TOO.

HAPPY PROFESSIONALS, TOO.

BUT LET'S GO BACK IN TIME A BUT LET'S GO BACK IN TIME A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE HERE IS LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE HERE IS ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL RIGHT OVER ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL RIGHT OVER HERE.

HERE.

HE'S HOLDING UP HIS CAMERA.

HE'S HOLDING UP HIS CAMERA.

I WANT TO TAK..

I WANT TO TAKE YO.. HUELL.

CAN I?

OH, I'M.. OH, I'M SORRY.

OK, THIS--JUST DON'T BLINK, OK, THIS--JUST DON'T BLINK, THOUGH, PLEA..

THOUGH, PLEASE.

WE ONLY GET ONE SHOT AT A TIME.

WE ONLY GET ONE SHOT AT A .. THAT'S IT.

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE.

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE.

SMILING.

SMILING!

SMILING.

SMILING!

OH!

OH!

HA HA!

HA HA!

YOU REALLY TOOK ONE!

YOU REALLY TOOK ONE!

JUST ONE MORE.

JUST ONE MORE.

THERE'S--THERE'S ANOTHER ONE?

THERE'S--THERE'S ANOTHER ONE?

WELL, WE ONLY S.. WELL, WE ONLY SHOT 2.. A TIME.

WOW.

YOUR NAME, SIR, IS?

WOW.

YOUR NAME, SIR, IS?

GARRY.. GARRY WATSON.

OK, YOU'RE ONE OF THE FAMOUS OK, YOU'RE ONE OF THE FAMOUS WATSON BROTHERS OF HOLLYWOOD.

WATSON BROTHERS OF HOLLYWOOD.

YEAH, YEAH,.. YEAH, YEAH, WE'VE BEEN IN MOVIES AND BEEN HIT AND RUN ON MOVIES AND BEEN HIT AND RUN ON STOR..

STORIES, YOU KNOW?

ONE OF T.. ONE OF THOSE-- YOU'VE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL YOU'VE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER FOR HOW MANY PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER FOR HOW.. YEARS NOW?

45.

45.

AND WHEN YOU STARTED OUT, AND WHEN YOU STARTED OUT, THIS IS WHAT YOU USED.

THIS IS WHAT YOU USED.

EXPLAIN THIS TO EVERYBODY.

EXPLAIN THIS TO EVERYBODY.

WELL,.. WELL, THIS IS A SPE.. GRAPHIC.

UH, LATER--WELL, I STARTED WITH UH, LATER--WELL, I STARTED WITH AN OLDER ONE IN HIGH SCHOOL, AN OLDER ONE IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHOOTING ALL THE PICTURES DURING SHOOTING ALL THE PICTURES DURING THE WAR IN HIGH SCHOOL 'CAUSE THE WAR IN HIGH SCHOOL 'CAUSE THEY HAD NO FILM OR CA..

THEY HAD NO FILM OR CAMERAS THEN.

THEN.

AND THEN, WE GOT TO MOVING, UH, AND THEN, WE GOT TO MOVING, UH, FROM HIGH SCHOOL INTO DOING FROM HIGH SCHOOL INTO DOING AP NEWS PICTURES, AP NEWS PICTURES, WHICH WE TRANSMITTED FILM WHICH WE TRANSMITTED FILM PICTURES OVER THE WIRE PICTURES OVER THE WIRE TO ALL THE STATES, AND TO ALL THE STATES, AND THAT'S W.. THAT'S WHERE I GOT MY STAR..

THERE.

AND THEN, I MADE PICTU.. AND THEN, I MADE PICTURES, AC..

ACTED, DIRECTED, AND EVERY..

ELSE.

WERE THESE THE KIND OF WERE THESE THE KIND OF CAMERAS THAT PROFESSIONAL CAMERAS THAT PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS-..

PHOTOGRAPHERS--NEWS PHOTOGRA..

PHOTOGRAPHERS-- THE ONLY KIND..

THE ONLY KIND, AND THESE-- W.. WOULD HAVE USED?

THE POLICE RECOGNIZED THIS THE POLICE RECOGNIZED THIS CAMERA RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE IT WAS CAMERA RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE COULD SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE COULD HANDLE, COULD SHOOT, COULD WORK HANDLE, COULD SHOOT, COULD WORK WITH, AND THEN, YOU HAD .. WITH, AND THEN, YOU HAD TO HAVE PROCESSING DONE AND THERE WAS NO PROCESSING DONE AND THERE WAS NO PLACE EXCEPT THE NEWSPAPERS TO PLACE EXCEPT THE NEWSPAPERS .. HAVE IT PROCESSED.

SO, THESE WERE THE CAMERAS SO, THESE WERE THE CAMERAS THAT TOOK THE PICTURES, WHAT?

THAT TOOK THE PICTURES, WHAT?

IN THE..

IN THE TWENTIES?

THIRTIES?

THIRTIES?

FORTIES?

FORTIES?

FIFTIES?

FIFTIES?

I STARTED 1948 THROUGH THE I STARTED 1948 THROUGH THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES.

FIFTIES AND SIXTIES.

AND THEY ALL HAD THESE BULBS AND THEY ALL HAD THESE BULBS THAT WERE SO BRIGHT WHEN THEY THAT WERE SO BRIGHT WHEN THEY FLASHED, WHEN YOU SAW ONE.

FLASHED, WHEN YOU SAW ONE.

THEY HAD ..

THEY HAD TO BE.

AND WHEN YOU WERE OUT TAKING AND WHEN YOU WERE OUT TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS, YOU WERE TAKING A PHOTOGRAPHS, YOU WERE TAKING A LOT OF PHOTOGRAPHS, ONE RIGHT LOT OF PHOTOGRAPHS, ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER, SO YOU HAD TO AFTER THE OTHER, SO YOU HAD TO BE PUTTING IN AND TAKING OUT BE PUTTING IN AND TAKING OUT BULBS ALL THE TIME.

BULBS ALL THE TIME.

YEAH, WELL,.. YEAH, WELL, YOU ONLY CARRIED 10 OR 12 HOLDERS.

10 OR 12 HOLDERS.

THAT'S 24 SHOTS, AND WE--I WAS THAT'S 24 SHOTS, AND WE--I WAS SHOOTING VICE PRESIDENT SHOOTING VICE PRESIDENT .. HUMPHREY.

HE WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND HE WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND HE WAS JUST A--WELL, A SENATOR, HE WAS JUST A--WELL, A SENATOR, I GUESS, AND HE BLINKED.

I GUESS, AND HE BLINKED.

WE HATED THAT BECAUSE WE HAD TO WE HATED THAT BECAUSE WE HAD TO CHANGE THE HOLDER, SEE?

CHANGE THE HOLDER, SEE?

WE HAD TO PULL IT OUT AND TURN WE HAD TO PULL IT OUT AND TURN IT OVER.

IT OVER.

LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS VERY COMPLICATED.

THIS IS VERY COMPLICATED.

AND RECOCK THE SHUTTER AND AND RECOCK THE SHUTTER AND PUT THE BULB IN, DRAW THE SLIDE, PUT THE BULB IN, DRAW THE SLIDE, TURN IT OVER, STAND IT UP AND TURN IT OVER, STAND IT UP ..

SHOOT.

FOR EACH PICT.. FOR EACH PICTURE?

YEAH,.. YEAH, EACH PICTURE.

AND IF HE BLINKED, THAT MEANT WE AND IF HE BLINKED, THAT MEANT WE DIDN'T HAVE A PICTUR..

DIDN'T HAVE A PICTURE TO SHOOT.. MAYBE OF A TRAIN WRECK OR.. SOMETHING.

BUT YOU REALLY DIDN'T EVEN BUT YOU REALLY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT HE BLINKED FOR SURE.

KNOW THAT HE BLINKED FOR SURE... OH, YEAH, WE DID.

YOU COULD TELL LIVE .. YOU COULD TELL LIVE WHETHER HE WAS..

HE WAS BLINKING OR NOT?

WATCH THE EYES.

WATCH THE EYES.

THE EYES HAVE IT, AND IF THE EYES HAVE IT, AND IF THEY--IF THEY BLINKED, YOU'RE, THEY--IF THEY BLINKED, YOU'R.. "UGH!

DON'T DO THAT AGAIN, PLEASE."

DON'T DO THAT AGAIN, PLEASE."

A.. ALL RIGHT, NOW, LISTEN, WE'RE STANDI..

STANDING IN FRONT OF THEIR EXHIBITS OF THESE WONDERFUL EXHIBITS OF THESE WONDERFUL AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS ALL AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS ALL OVER THE WALLS HERE.

OVER THE WALLS HERE.

THIS IS ONE OF YOURS.

THIS IS ONE OF YOURS.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW WH.. NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY, CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY, BUT IT SURE MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT IT SURE MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE SMILE, DIDN'..

SMILE, DIDN'T IT?

IT--HONESTLY, I MADE IT AS A IT--HONESTLY, I M..

FLUKE.

I DROVE BY IT AND I SAID, "GEE, I DROVE BY IT AND I SAID, "GEE, THAT'S FUNNY.. THAT'S FUNNY."

THE GUY WAS SQUIRTING WATER ON IT.

SQUIRTING WATER ON IT.

SEE TH.. SEE THE HOSE?

AND I CAME BACK AND BY THE TIME AND I CAME BACK AND BY THE TIME WE CAME BACK, HE WAS BRUSHING, WE CAME BACK, HE WAS BRUSHING, AND HE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS THERE, AND HE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS THERE, AND HE STARTED--.. AND HE STARTED--I STARTED..

LAUGHING.

I COULDN'T HOLD THE CAME..

I COULDN'T HOLD THE CAMERA, AND HE SAID,..

HE SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?"..

AT?"

'CAUSE I WAS LAUGHING A..

HIM.

I SAID, "COME DOWN HERE.

I SAID, "COME DOWN HERE.

LOOK."

AND THEN HE SAW, AND I LOOK."

AND THEN HE SAW, AND I TOOK IT BA..

TOOK IT BACK AND [INDISTINCT..

SENT IT TO "LIFE."

MY BRO.. MY BROTHER DIDN'T THINK IT W..

THINK IT WAS FUNNY.

HE S..

HE SAID-- YOU SENT .. YOU SENT IT TO "L.. MAGAZINE?

YEAH.

YEAH.

I SAID--I KNEW I..

I SAID--I KNEW IT'D MAKE THE MISCELLANY PAGE ANYW.. MISCELLANY PAGE ANYWAY, I TH..

THOUGHT.

AND THEY PRINTED IT, AND YOU AND THEY PRINTED IT, AND YOU GOT RICH OFF THAT PHOTOGRAPH.

GOT RICH OFF THAT PHOTOGRAPH.

WELL, YES.

$200.

WELL, YES.

$200.

BUT THIS PICTURE WAS BOUGHT AND BUT THIS PICTURE WAS BOUGHT AND THEY..

THEY PUT IT IN "THE BEST OF 'LIFE'" AND 4 OR 5 OTHER BOOKS, 'LIFE'" AND 4 OR 5 OTHER BOOKS, BUT IT WENT ALL OVER THE WORLD.

BUT IT WENT ALL OVER THE WORLD.

I FOUND ..

I FOUND OUT THEY WERE--I GOT MAGAZINES FROM POLAND, MAGAZINES FROM POLAND, CZECHOSLOVAKIA--'CAUSE "LIFE," CZECHOSLOVAKIA--'CAUSE "LIFE," YOU KNOW, WAS VERY BIG OVER YOU KNOW, WAS VERY BIG OVER THERE AND THEY WANTED IT.

THERE AND THEY WANTED IT.

THE LAST ONE I SENT IT TO ..

THE LAST ONE I SENT IT TO WAS JAPAN.

JAPAN.

HOW MANY PHOTOGRAPHS DO YOU HOW MANY PHOTOGRAPHS DO YOU FIGURE YOU'VE TA..

FIGURE YOU'VE TAKEN IN YOUR CAREER?

CAREER?

HOW MANY THOUSANDS?

HOW MANY THOUSANDS?

OR TENS OF THOUSANDS?

OR TENS OF THOUSANDS?

MAYBE--MAYBE 20,000.

MAYBE--MAYBE 20,000.

20,000.

20,000.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THEY HAVEN'T ALL BEEN WINNERS THEY HAVEN'T ALL BEEN WINN.. LIKE THIS ONE.

NO,.. NO, NO.

I MISSED A LOT, TOO.

I MISSED A LOT, TOO.

BUT THEY'VE BEEN PICTURES, BUT THEY'VE BEEN PICTURES, PHOTOGRAPHS, OF LIFE IN LOS PHOTOGRAPHS, OF LIFE IN LOS ANGELES, THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE ANGELES, THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY, THE FUNNY, THE SAD, THE UGLY, THE FUNNY, THE SAD, THE TRAGIC.

TRAGIC.

YEAH, THAT'S THE SAD.. YEAH, THAT'S THE SAD PART, THE TRAGIC.

THE TRAGIC.

YOU, UH, THE FIRST TRAGIC ONE I YOU, UH, THE FIRST TRAGIC ONE I PHOTOGRAPHED WAS 2 L.. PHOTOGRAPHED WAS 2 LITTLE ..

WERE MISSING.

THEY COULDN'T FIND 'EM, AND THEY THEY COULDN'T FIND 'EM, AND THEY FOUND 'EM--ON A HOT DAY, THEY FOUND 'EM--ON A HOT DAY, THEY GOT IN A REFRIGERATOR AND CLOSED GOT IN A REFRIGERATOR AND CLOSED THE DOOR AND, OF COURSE, THERE THE DOOR AND, OF COURSE, THERE WASN'T ANYBODY NEAR, AND THEY WASN'T ANYBODY NEAR, AND THEY HAD NO HANDLE ON THE INSIDE, SO, HAD NO HANDLE ON THE INSIDE, SO, I'M MAKING THE PICTURE, AND ALL I'M MAKING THE PICTURE, AND ALL THE PEOPLE WERE YELLING AT ME THE PEOPLE WERE YELLING AT ME BECAUSE THESE--THESE WERE THEIR BECAUSE THESE--THESE WERE THEIR NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW?

NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW?

AND I SAID, "SHUT UP!"

AND THE AND I SAID, "SHUT UP!"

AND THE SHERIFF GRABBED MY ARM AND SHERIFF GRABBED MY ARM AND PU..

PULLED ME BACK.

I SAID, "LISTEN, I'M MAKING A I SAID, "LISTEN, I'M MAKING A PICTURE THAT WILL APPEAR AND PICTURE THAT WILL APPEAR AND MAKE EVERYBODY TAKE THE HANDLES MAKE EVERYBODY TAKE THE HANDLES OFF THEIR DOORS.

OFF THEIR DOORS.

SO THEY DON'T HAPPEN--THIS SO THEY DON'T HAPPEN--THIS HAPPEN AGAIN."

AND THEN, I HAD HAPPEN AGAIN."

AND THEN, I HAD TO MAKE A PICTURE OF THE 2 TO MAKE A PICTURE OF THE 2.. LITTLE KIDS.

THAT'S--WE ALWAYS DID THAT.

THAT'S--WE ALWAYS DID THAT.

YOU HAVE TO BE A DIPLOMAT, YOU HAVE TO BE A DIPLOMAT.. DON'T YOU?

'CAUSE YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH 'CAUSE YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE HAVING GOOD PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE HAVING GOOD TIMES AND BAD.

TIMES AND BAD.

YEAH, THERE'S--MOVIE STARS YEAH, THERE'S--MOVIE STARS DON'T LIKE YOU, THEN THERE'S DON'T LIKE YOU, THEN THERE'S KIDS THAT LOVE YOU.

KIDS THAT LOVE YOU.

YOU WERE EARLY PAPARAZZI.

YOU WERE EARLY PAPARAZZI.

YEAH, KIND OF A.. YEAH, KIND OF A DIRTY WORD.

HA HA!

HA HA!

I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, BUT THEY I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, BUT THEY SURE DID THE--THEY SURE DID GIVE SURE DID THE--THEY SURE DID GIVE US A NAME.

US A NAME.

WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S SURE BEEN NICE VISITING WITH SURE BEEN NICE VISITING WITH .. YOU.

YOU LET ME HOLD THIS A MINUTE YOU LET ME HOLD THIS A MINUTE AGO.

THIS IS AMAZING.

AGO.

THIS IS AMAZING.

THIS IS A HEAVY, HEAVY CAMERA.

THIS IS A HEAVY, HEAVY CAMERA.

WE HAD A HEAVY CASE, TOO.

WE HAD A HEAVY CASE, TOO.

YOU HAD 12 HOLDERS AND BULBS.

YOU HAD 12 HOLDERS AND BULBS... YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T--YOU COULDN'T RUN OUT.

COULDN'T RUN OUT.

COMPARED TO THIS?

COMPARED TO THIS?

OH, LET'S SEE.

OH, LET'S SEE.

LET'S COMPARE IT.

LET'S COMPARE IT.

HERE, LOOK AT THAT LITTLE BABY.

HERE, LOOK AT THAT LITTLE BABY.

HA HA!

HA HA!

I'D RATHER SHOOT THIS THAN THAT, I'D RATHER SHOOT THIS THAN THA..

I'LL TELL YOU.

I DON'T LIKE--I DON'T EV..

I DON'T LIKE--I DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE OF THOSE.

ONE OF THOSE.

DO YOU STILL USE THIS?

DO YOU STILL USE THIS?

NO, I GAVE IT TO MY SON.

NO, I GAVE IT TO MY SON.

HE--HE KEEPS IT OUT THERE.

HE--HE KEEPS IT OUT THERE.

YEAH.

BUT YOU COULD.

YEAH.

BUT YOU COULD.

DAMN RIGHT.

I MEAN IT.

DAMN RIGHT.

I MEAN IT.

HE MADE A PICTURE OF MY ..

HE MADE A PICTURE OF MY 60th BIRTHDAY, AND I WAS SU.. BIRTHDAY, AND I WAS SURPRISED THAT IT WORKED AND IT WORKED.

THAT IT WORKED AND IT WORKED.

IF I HAD FILM IN I..

IF I HAD FILM IN IT, IT'D WORK RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT NOW.

I JUST SHOT YOUR--WELL, I DIDN'T I JUST SHOT YOUR--WELL, I DI.. TAKE YOUR PICTURE-- OH, YOU JUST--THAT WAS JUST OH, YOU JUST--THAT WAS JUST TO FLASH THE BULB.

TO FLASH THE BULB.

THAT'S NOT REALLY A PICTURE.

THAT'S NOT REALLY A PICTURE.

I WAS LOOKIN..

I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO-- NO ONE CAN DEVELOP THE 4x5 NO ONE CAN DEVELOP THE 4x5.. FILM ANYMORE.

WHO CAN?

WHO CAN?

HA HA.

HA HA.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE STU..

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE STUDIOS STIL..

STILL USE IT OR NOT, BUT THAT--YOU WALKED ON ANY SCENE THAT--YOU WALKED ON ANY SCENE THAT THE PRESS WERE THERE WITH A THAT THE PRESS WERE THERE WITH A CAMERA, BUT THE PO..

CAMERA, BUT THE POLICE RECOGNIZED US.

RECOGNIZED US.

WE DIDN'T HAVE BADGES THEN.

WE DIDN'T HAVE BADGES THEN.

THAT W.. THAT WAS THE THING THAT GA..

US-- THE CAMERA ITSELF.

THE CAMERA ITSELF.

BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE HAD ONE.

BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE HAD ONE.

TH..

THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO WORK IT AND THEY.. AND THEY HAD NO PLACE TO PROCESS IT.

IT.

WELL, YOU'RE PART OF WELL, YOU'RE PART OF HOLLYWOOD AND LOS ANGELES HOLLYWOOD AND LOS ANGELES HISTORY, BUT OUR ADVENTURE HAS HISTORY, BUT OUR ADVENTURE HAS JUST STARTED BECAUSE WE'VE GOT JUST STARTED BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME MORE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS TO SOME MORE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS TO TALK WITH RIGHT NOW.

TALK WITH RIGHT NOW.

PRESIDENT KENNEDY AT THE BEACH PRESIDENT KENNEDY AT THE BEACH IN SANTA MONICA, AND HERE TO IN SANTA MONICA, AND HERE TO TELL US ABOUT IT, INTRODUCE TELL US ABOUT IT, INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO EVERYBODY, SIR.

YOURSELF TO EVERYBODY, SIR.

OH, BILL BEEBE.

OH, BILL BEEBE.

I WORKED WITH THE "L.A. TIMES" I WORKED WITH THE "L.A. TIMES" AT THE TIME AND, UH, I HAD AT THE TIME AND, UH, I HAD A--I WAS ONE OF 3 PHOTOGRAPHERS A--I WAS ONE OF 3 PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO COVER WHO HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO COVER THE PRESIDENT.

THE PRESIDENT.

I WAS SORT OF STUCK AT THE FRONT I WAS SORT OF STUCK AT THE FRONT DOOR IN CASE MARILYN SHOWED UP, DOOR IN CASE MARILYN SHOWED UP, BUT, UH, OF COURSE, SHE DIDN'T, BUT, UH, OF COURSE, SHE DIDN'T.. AND, UH-- NOT IN TH.. NOT IN THE FRONT ..

LEAST.

NO, NO.

NO, NO.

AND WE HAD ONE NEXT DOOR ON A AND WE HAD ONE NEXT DOOR ON A BALCONY OVERLOOKING THE BACKYARD BALCONY OVERLOOKING THE BACKYARD OF LAWFORD'S HOME, AND, UH-- OF LAWFORD'S HOME, AND, UH-- >&g..

SO, HE STAYED AT PETER LAWFORD'S HOUSE.

LAWFORD'S HOUSE.

YES, IT'S..

YES, IT'S PETER LAWF.. HOUSE.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

O.. ON THE BEACH.

>..

RIGHT.

THERE WAS..

THERE WAS A VACANT LOT NEXT TO THE LAWFORDS HOME AT THE TIME TO THE LAWFORDS HOME AT THE TIME AND I KNEW ALL THE LIFEGUARDS AND I KNEW ALL THE LIFEGUARDS AND MOST OF THE COPS AND SO AND MOST OF THE COPS AND SO FORTH THAT WERE THERE, AND FORTH THAT WERE THERE, AND THEY'D PROMISED TO GIVE ..

THEY'D PROMISED TO GIVE ME A "HI" SIGN IF HE WENT OUT THE "HI" SIGN IF HE WENT OUT THE BACK GATE.

BACK GATE.

AND, UH, SURE ENOUGH, HE WENT AND, UH, SURE ENOUGH, HE WENT OUT.

OUT.

OF COURSE, BY THE TIME I GOT OUT OF COURSE, BY THE TIME I GOT OUT THERE, HE WAS ALREAD..

THERE, HE WAS ALREADY IN THE WATER AND, UH, HE COULD SWIM WATER AND, UH, HE COULD SWIM LIKE A FISH.

LIKE A FISH.

THIS GUY HAD--REALLY A STRONG THIS GUY HAD--REALLY A STRONG SWIMMER.

SWIMMER.

AND HE SWAM OUT RIGHT NEAR THE AND HE SWAM OUT RIGHT NEAR THE LIFEGUARD BOAT, PATROL BOAT.

LIFEGUARD BOAT, PATROL BOAT.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FEDERAL IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FEDERAL AGENTS AND SO FORTH, THE COPS AGENTS AND SO FORTH, THE COPS ONBOARD.

ONBOARD.

AND HE SWAM UP THE BEACH ABOUT AND HE SWAM UP THE BEACH ABOUT 100 YARDS AND TURNED AROUND AND 100 YARDS AND TURNED AROUND AND SWAM BACK, AND WHILE HE WAS SWAM BACK, AND WHILE HE WAS DOING THIS, THE WORD HAD SPREAD DOING THIS, THE WORD HAD SPREAD UP AND DOWN THE BEACH .. UP AND DOWN THE BEACH THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS IN THE WATER.

PRESIDENT WAS IN THE WATER.. WELL-- AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE WOMEN CAME F.. WOMEN CAME FROM.

YEAH, OH, BOY, DID THEY.

YEAH, OH, BOY, DID THEY.

SO, UH, AS HE STARTED TO COME SO, UH, AS HE STARTED TO COME OUT, WHY, I--THEY ALL WENT OUT, WHY, I--THEY ALL WENT RUSHING IN AFTER HIM AND I RUSHING IN AFTER HIM AND I THOUGHT, "THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO THOUGHT, "THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT" AND I TOOK MY SHOES--MY GET IT" AND I TOOK MY SHOES--MY SLIPPERS OFF..

SLIPPERS OFF AND HANDED THEM TO ANOTHER REPORTER AT ANOTHER ANOTHER REPORTER AT ANOTHER PAPER AND, UM, I WENT IN, PAPER AND, UM, I WENT IN, CLOTHES AND ALL.

CLOTHES AND ALL.

AND, OF COUR.. AND, OF COURSE, IN THOSE DAYS, WE WORE A COAT AND A JACKET, A WE WORE A COAT AND A JACKET, A..

TIE AND SLACKS-- SO, THIS WAS ACTUALLY MADE IN SO, THIS WAS ACTUALLY MADE..

THE WATER.

YOU WERE STANDING IN THE WATER.

YOU WERE STANDING IN THE WATER.. YEAH, I WADED OUT IN THE WA.. WATER.

YEAH, WITH HIM.

AND DO YOU REMEMBER THAT AND DO YOU REMEMBER THAT MOMENT LIKE IT WAS FROZEN IN MOMENT LIKE IT WAS FROZEN .. TIME?

LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.

LIKE IT WAS YESTERD.. REALLY.

MM-HMM.

MM-HMM.

WAS--YO.. WAS--YOU THINK HE WAS A LITTLE EMBARRASSED BY ALL OF LITTLE EMBARRASSED BY ALL ..

THIS?

'CAUSE HE THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA 'CAUSE HE THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA BE SWIMMING ALONE OUT THERE.

BE SWIMMING ALONE OUT THERE.

NO, I DON'T THINK KENNEDY HAD NO, I DON'T THINK KENNEDY HAD VERY FEW MOMENTS OF VERY FEW MOMENTS OF EMBARRASSMENT.

EMBARRASSMENT.

HE, UH, HE WAS A FRIEND OF THE HE, UH, HE WAS A FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE, AND, UH, I THINK HE USED PEOPLE, AND, UH, I THINK HE USED THIS TO WHAT ADVANTAGE?

THIS TO WHAT ADVANTAGE?

I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

I'M JUST GUESSING, BUT WITHIN AN I'M JUST GUESSING, BUT WITHIN AN HOUR AFTER THAT PICTURE WAS HOUR AFTER THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN, HIS, UM, PR PERSON SLIPS TAKEN, HIS, UM, PR PERSON SLIPS MY MIND AT THE MOMENT WH.. MY MIND AT THE MOMENT WHO WAS IT, HE CALLED THE "TIMES" AND IT, HE CALLED THE "TIMES" AND ASKED THEM TO KILL THE PICTURE.

ASKED THEM TO KILL THE PICTURE.

I DON'..

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE "TIMES" SAID, BUT THEY DIDN'T.

SAID, BUT THEY DIDN'T.

DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN YOU TOOK THIS PHOTOGRAPH THAT IT YOU TOOK THIS PHOTOGRAPH THAT IT WAS GONNA BECOME THIS FAMOUS AND WAS GONNA BECOME THIS FAMOUS AND THIS WEL..

THIS WELL KNOWN?

BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT KENNEDY PICTURES FROM LOS KENNEDY PICTURES FROM LOS ANGELES?

ANGELES?

WELL, I KNEW I HAD A GOOD WELL, I KNEW I HAD A GOOD PICTURE, BUT YOU D.. PICTURE, BUT YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS UNTIL YOU SEE KNOW WHAT IT IS UNTIL YOU SEE IT, AND, UM, THEY NOMINATED ME IT, AND, UM, THEY NOMINATED ME FOR A PULITZER PRIZE W.. FOR A PULITZER PRIZE WITH IT, BUT I DIDN'T WIN IT, BUT IT'S IN BUT I DIDN'T WIN IT, BUT IT'S IN "THE BEST 50 YEARS OF 'LIFE,'" "THE BEST 50 YEARS OF 'LIFE,'" AND "TIME" AND LORD KNOWS HOW AND "TIME" AND LORD KNOWS HOW MANY PUBLICATIONS.

MANY PUBLICATIONS.

SO, UH, BUT-- SO, UH, BUT-- AND OUT OF ALL THE AND OUT OF ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS YOU'VE TAKEN IN YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS YOU'VE TAKEN IN YOUR LIFE, WHICH HAVE TO BE, AGAIN, LIFE, WHICH HAVE TO BE, AGAIN, THOUSANDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS, THIS THOUSANDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS, THIS IS ONE THAT PROBABLY WAS LEAST IS ONE THAT PROBABLY WAS LEAST EXPECTED AND MOST WIDELY EXPECTED AND MOST WIDELY DISTRIBUTED.

DISTRIBUTED.

YES, THAT'S WITHOUT QUESTION.

YES, THAT'S WITHOUT QUESTION.

SO, YOU NEVER KNOW.

SO, YOU NEVER KNOW.

NO, THAT'S TRUE, BUT WHEN YOU NO, THAT'S TRUE, BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE ACTUAL PRINT OR IN THE SEE THE ACTUAL PRINT OR IN THE PAPER, YOU RECOGNIZE RIGHT AWAY PAPER, YOU RECOGNIZE RIGHT AWAY THAT IT WILL PROBABLY BE--GO THAT IT WILL PROBABLY BE--GO DOWN IN HISTORY SOMEWHERE OR DOWN IN HISTORY SOMEWHERE OR SOME PRIZE.

SOME PRIZE.

IT, UH, IT MEANT A LOT TO ME IT, UH, IT MEANT A LOT TO ME AND, U.. AND, UH-- WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.

THANK Y..

THANK YOU.

YOU'R.. YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE QUALITY OF THE PRINT, BUT IT'S, QUALITY OF THE PRINT, BUT IT'S, UH, IT SURE BRINGS BACK A LOT OF UH, IT SURE BRINGS BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES.

MEMORIES.

LIKE YOU SAY, YOU .. LIKE YOU SAY, YOU CAN REME..

IT... [SNAPS FINGERS] [SNAPS FINGERS] EXACTLY THAT MOMENT.

EXACTLY THAT MOMENT.

VERY MOMENT, SO.

VERY MOMENT, SO.

ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH OF ANOTHER ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH OF ANOTHER KENNEDY, ROBERT KENNEDY, HERE IN KENNEDY, ROBERT KENNEDY, HERE IN LOS ANGELES.

LOS ANGELES.

PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPH EVER TAKEN OF ROBERT PHOTOGRAPH EVER TAKEN OF ROBERT KENNEDY AND ONE OF THE WORST KENNEDY AND ONE OF THE WORST SITUATIONS.

SITUATIONS.

I MEAN, THIS WAS--THIS SAID IT I MEAN, THIS WAS--THIS SAID IT ALL RIGHT HERE AND YOU WERE ALL RIGHT HERE AND YOU WERE THERE TO TAKE THIS PHOTOGRAPH.

THERE TO TAKE THIS PHOTOGRAPH.

YOUR NAME, SIR, IS?

YOUR NAME, SIR, IS?

BORIS YARO.

BORIS YARO.

TELL US THIS STORY, BECAUSE TELL US THIS STORY, BECAUSE THIS MUST BE AMAZING.

THIS MUST BE AMAZING.

YEAH, I HAD GOTTEN OFF WORK YEAH, I HAD GOTTEN OFF WORK AT THE "TIMES," HAD--WENT HOME, AT THE "TIMES," HAD--WENT HOME, HAD AN UPSET STOMACH, TOOK SOME HAD AN UPSET STOMACH, TOOK SOME PEPTO BISMOL, WATCHED SOME PEPTO BISMOL, WATCHED SOME TELEVISION, AND SEE THAT HE'S TELEVISION, AND SEE THAT HE'S WINNING THE PRIMARY.

WINNING THE PRIMARY.

SO, I DECIDED TO GO ..

SO, I DECIDED TO GO GET A PICTURE FOR ME.

PICTURE FOR ME.

NOW, AS YOU LOOK AROUND .. NOW, AS YOU LOOK AROUND ALL THE PICTURES HERE, A LOT OF THEM PICTURES HERE, A LOT OF THEM MADE IN THIS ERA, THEY WERE MADE IN THIS ERA, THEY WERE USING FLASH, AND I WANTED A USING FLASH, AND I WANTED A NATURAL LIGHT PICTURE.

NATURAL LIGHT PICTURE.

SO, I WENT INTO THE AMBASSADOR SO, I WENT INTO THE AMBASSADOR WITH A CAMERA BUT NO FLASH, AND, WITH A CAMERA BUT NO FLASH, AND, IN THE PROCESS, IN THE IN THE PROCESS, IN THE AMBASSADOR BALLROOM, AMBASSADOR BALLROOM, UP OUT FRONT, I MADE A UP OUT FRONT, I MADE A COUPLE OF PICTURES OUT THERE.

COUPLE OF PICTURES OUT THERE.

I WENT BACK TO THE KITCHEN AREA I WENT BACK TO THE KITCHEN AREA BECAUSE .. BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY HE CAME IN, AND WAS SITTING WITH A IN, AND WAS SITTING WITH A FRIEND OF MINE, DICK DREW, WHO FRIEND OF MINE, DICK DREW, WHO NOW WORKS FOR AP NEW YORK.

NOW WORKS FOR AP NEW YORK.

AND I PUT MY CAMERA UP TO MY EYE AND I PUT MY CAMERA UP TO MY EYE AND DICK SAYS, "HEY, BORIS, YOU AND DICK SAYS, "HEY, BORIS, YOU MISSED THEM."

SURE ENOUGH, HE'D MISSED THEM."

SURE ENOUGH, HE'D GONE THAT WAY.

GONE THAT WAY.

SO, I JUMPED OFF AND I'M GOING SO, I JUMPED OFF AND I'M GOING LIKE THIS OFF TO THE RIGHT.

LIKE THIS OFF TO THE RIGHT.

KENNEDY'S GOING LIKE SO TO KENNEDY'S GOING LIKE SO TO THE--TO THE LEFT, AND I'M THE--TO THE LEFT, AND I'M STARTING TO BRING MY CAMERA UP, STARTING TO BRING MY CAMERA UP.. AND... [CLAPPING] [CLAPPING] SHOTS STARTED.

SHOTS STARTED.

[INDISTINCT] OF THE CROWD PARTS [INDISTINCT] OF THE CROWD PARTS LIKE, UH, THE RED SEA, I GUESS, LIKE, UH, THE RED SEA, I GUESS, AND THERE'S NOTHING BETWEEN AND THERE'S NOTHING BETWEEN KENNEDY AND SIRHAN EXCEPT KENNEDY AND SIRHAN EXCEPT SIRHAN'S GUN.

SIRHAN'S GUN.

AND HE FINISHED HIM OFF.

AND HE FINISHED HIM OFF.

RAN OUT OF BULLETS, AND THE RAN OUT OF BULLETS, AND THE MAITRE d' AND A COUPLE.. MAITRE d' AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE JUMPED SIRHAN.

PEOPLE JUMPED SIRHAN.

COULD YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU COULD YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE WITNESS..

WERE WITNESSING SOMETHING ..

THIS?

NO, BECAUSE THE FIRST THOUGHT NO, BECAUSE THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND WAS, THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND WAS, "MY GOD, NOT AGAIN."

"MY GOD, NOT AGAIN."

AND WHAT MADE YOU BRING OUT AND WHAT MADE YOU BRING OUT YOUR CAMERA AND TAKE THIS YOUR CAMERA AND TAKE THIS..

PHOTOGRAPH?

I HAD IT ON.

I HAD IT ON.

I HAD THE ..

I HAD THE CAMERA DRAPED AR.. MY NECK.

I WAS THERE TO MAKE HIS PICTURE.

I WAS THERE TO MAKE HIS PICTURE.

NOT LIKE THAT.

NOT LIKE THAT.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

A.. AND, UH-- SO, YOUR--YOUR INSTINCTS SAID SO, YOUR--YOUR INSTINCTS SAID TO PHO.. TO PHOTOGRAPH THIS.

TAKE IT IN, YEAH.

I DID.

TAKE IT IN, YEAH.

I DID.

I GET--IN THE PROCESS, I MADE I GET--IN THE PROCESS, I MADE ABOUT 3 FRAMES HERE AND SOME ABOUT 3 FRAMES HERE AND SOME LADY GRABBED AHOLD OF MY COAT LADY GRABBED AHOLD OF MY COAT SLEEVE AND SAID, "DON'T TAKE SLEEVE AND SAID, "DON'T TAKE PICTURES.

PICTURES.

I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER.

I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER.

I'M NOT TAKING PICTURES."

AND I I'M NOT TAKING PICTURES."

AND I SAID, "GOD DAMN IT.. SAID, "GOD DAMN IT, LADY, THIS IS HISTORY" AND PULLED AWAY FROM IS HISTORY" AND PULLED AWAY FROM HER.

HER.

AND BY THAT TIME, UH, HE WAS AND BY THAT TIME, UH, HE WAS DOWN ON THE DECK AND THE BUSBOY DOWN ON THE DECK AND THE BUSBOY WAS COMING OVER TO HIM, AND I WAS COMING OVER TO HIM, AND I MADE 3 OR 4 MORE FRAMES-- MADE 3 OR 4 MORE FRAMES-- BECAUSE THIS IS SO POIGNANT BECAUSE THIS IS SO POIGNANT BECAUSE OF THE BUSBOY AND THE BECAUSE OF THE BUSBOY AND THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE LOOK THERE.

WHOLE, THE WHOLE LOOK THERE.

UH, WERE YOU THINKING UH, WERE YOU THINKING COMPOSITION?

COMPOSITION?

WERE YOU THINKING HISTORY?

WERE YOU THINKING HISTORY?

WERE YOU THINKING AT ALL?

WERE YOU THINKING AT ALL?

THI..

THINKING, "DEAR GOD, LET ME GET A SOLID PICTURE IN FOCUS."

GET A SOLID PICTURE IN FOCUS."

THIS--THIS IS SOFT.

THIS--THIS IS SOFT.

IT'S A VERY SLOW SHUTTER SPEED.

IT'S A VERY SLOW SHUTTER SPEED.

DID YOU IMMEDIATELY SEND THIS DID YOU IMMEDIATELY SEND THIS OUT ON THE WIRE SERVICES?

OUT ON THE WIRE SERVICES?

WEL.. WELL, FIRST, I HAD TO EXTRICATE MYSELF FROM THE MESS.

EXTRICATE MYSELF FROM THE MESS.

MY FIRST.. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, "GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE THE COP.. OF HERE BEFORE THE COPS SHOW UP AND TIE US UP," AND--YOU KNOW, AND TIE US UP," AND--YOU KNOW, FOR INTERVIEWS.

FOR INTERVIEWS.

AND I RAN OUT OF THE AMBASSADOR AND I RAN OUT OF THE AMBASSADO.. AND THEN, "WAIT!

I GOTTA CALL THE OFFICE."

I I GOTTA CALL THE OFFICE."

I FOUND A PAY PHONE RIGHT AT THE FOUND A PAY PHONE RIGHT AT THE EXIT TO THE PARKING LOT.

EXIT TO THE PARKING LOT.

OVER TO THE--YEAH, IN THE HOTEL OVER TO THE--YEAH, IN THE HOTEL FROM THE PARKING LOT.

FROM THE PARKING LOT.

AND I WE.. AND I WENT OVER AND I CALLED THE CITY DESK AND TALKED.. CITY DESK AND TALKED TO BILL THOMAS, THE CITY EDITOR, AND I THOMAS, THE CITY EDITOR, AND I SAID, "KENNEDY'S SAID, "KENNEDY'S BEEN SHOT."

HE SAYS, "WE KNOW."

BEEN SHOT."

HE SAYS, "WE KNOW."

HE SAYS, "WE HEARD HE GOT SHOT HE SAYS, "WE HEARD HE GOT SHOT IN THE LEG" AND I SAID, "NO, I IN THE LEG" AND I SAID, "NO, I SAW BLOO..

SAW BLOOD COMING OUT OF HIS EAR."

HE SAID, "GET IN HERE."

EAR."

HE SAID, "GET IN HERE."..

SO, I GOT IN MY CAR.

THE, UH, PARKED IN THE STREET.

THE, UH, PARKED IN THE STREET.

ACTUALLY, RIGHT .. ACTUALLY, RIGHT AT THE END OF THE AMBASSADOR, AND I DON'T THE AMBASSADOR, AND I DON'T REMEMBER A RED LIGHT BETWE..

REMEMBER A RED LIGHT BETWEEN THE AMBASSADOR AND THE "TIMES" AMBASSADOR AND THE "TIMES" BUILDING.

BUILDING.

AND THEN, THEY TOOK IT FROM AND THEN, THEY TOOK IT FRO..

THERE.

AND THERE IT WAS.

AND THERE IT WAS.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT MOMENT?

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT MOMENT?

>>..

VERY MUCH SO.

YOU REMEMBER THE WAY YOU WERE YOU REMEMBER THE WAY YOU WERE FEELING OR DID YOUR FEELING OR DID YOUR PROFESSIONALISM TAKE OVER?

PROFESSIONALISM TAKE OVER?

DO YOU REMEMBER-- DO YOU REMEMBER-- I WENT INTO--I WENT ..

I WENT INTO--I WENT INTO KICK GEAR BUT--UH, TO DO IT, KICK GEAR BUT--UH, TO DO IT, BECAUSE, IT'S LIKE BECAUSE, IT'S LIKE AN ACCIDENT OR A FIRE OR AN ACCIDENT OR A FIRE OR SOMETHING BLOWN UP IN FRON.. SOMETHING BLOWN UP IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA YOU, YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.

DO.

UH, I DIDN'T THINK OF IT THAT UH, I DIDN'T THINK OF IT THA.. WAY.

IT WAS "OH, MY GOD" AND DO IT.

IT WAS "OH, MY GOD" AND DO IT.

GET IT DONE.

GET IT DONE.

WOW.

WOW.

AND HERE, ALL THESE YEARS LATER, AND HERE, ALL THESE YEARS LATER, THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT'S UP ON THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT'S UP ON THE WALL, REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR THE WALL, REPRESENTATIVE OF YOU.

WORK.

WELL, IT'S THERE.

WELL, IT'S THERE.

I WISH IT WASN'T.

I WISH IT WASN'T.

I THINK HE'D HAVE MADE A G..

I THINK HE'D HAVE MADE A GREAT PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT.

ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH, ANOTHER ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH, ANOTHER TRAGEDY.

TRAGEDY.

AND I REMEMBER THIS PICTURE FROM AND I REMEMBER THIS PICTURE FROM THE EARLY SEVENTIES, BECAUSE THE EARLY SEVENTIES, BECAUSE THIS WAS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED.

THIS WAS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED.

YOU TOOK THIS PHOTOGRAPH.

YOU TOOK THIS PHOTOGRAPH.

YOUR NAME, SIR, IS?

YOUR NAME, SIR, IS?

NICK UT.

NICK UT.

OK, THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY MADE OK, THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY MADE IN SOUTH VIETNAM AFTER SOME IN SOUTH VIETNAM AFTER SOME NAPALM--THIS IS ALL NAPALM BACK NAPALM--THIS IS ALL NAPALM..

HERE.

THE NAPALM DROPPED A UNIT IN THE NAPALM DROPPED A UNIT IN 1972.

1972.

DO YOU REMEMBER TAKING THIS DO YOU REMEMBER TAKING ..

PHOTOGRAPH?

YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT 39 YEAR YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT 39 YEAR AGO WHEN THERE EARLY MORNING AND AGO WHEN THERE EARLY MORNING AND I CALLED THE STORY FOR AP AND I CALLED THE STORY FOR AP AND WE--TON OF MEDIA THERE.

WE--TON OF MEDIA THERE.

ABC, NBC, EVERYONE THERE.

ABC, NBC, EVERYONE THERE.

THEN, UH, WE SAW, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEN, UH, WE SAW, YOU KNOW, LIKE NORTH VIETNAMESE AND SOUTH NORTH VIETNAMESE AND SOUTH VI.. VIETNAMESE, HEAVY FIGHTING THAT MORNING.

FIGHTING THAT MORNING.

AND I SHOT A LOT OF PICTURE.

AND I SHOT A LOT OF PICTURE.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT THEY DROP WE DON'T KNOW THAT THEY DROP NAPALM.

NAPALM.

I TRIED TO LEAVE IN THE VILLAGE I TRIED TO LEAVE IN THE VILLAGE AND ABOUT NOON, I SAW AND ABOUT NOON, I SAW [INDISTINCT].

[INDISTINCT].

I LIFT MY CAMERA AND TOOK MY I LIFT MY CAMERA AND TOOK MY LONG LENS, I SAW 4 [IN.. LONG LENS, I SAW 4 [INDIST.. COMING OUT THAT THE [IND.. [INDISTINCT]-- NAPALM BOMBS.

NAPALM BOMBS.

ALL 4 [INDISTINCT] EXPLOSION ALL 4 [INDISTINCT] EXPLOSION AND I SAW PEOPLE RUNNING IN THE AND I SAW PEOPLE RUNNING IN THE VILLAGE LIKE CHILDREN AFTER VILLAGE LIKE CHILDREN AFTER THAT.

THAT.

AND A MOTHER CARRYING A LITTLE AND A MOTHER CARRYING A LITTLE BABY.

HE DIED IN HER ARM.

BABY.

HE DIED IN HER ARM.

AND I TOOK A PICTU.. AND I TOOK A PICTURE OF THAT, IT LOOKED LIKE ..

LOOKED LIKE BLACK SMOKE.

I SAW A GIRL OPEN HE..

I SAW A GIRL OPEN HER ARMS..

THIS RUNNING.

I SAY-- I SAY-- THIS GIRL RIGHT HERE.

THIS GIRL RIGHT HERE.

OH, SHE'S RUNNING.

OH, SHE'S RUNNING.

AND SO, OH, MY GOD, WHY'S SHE AND SO, OH, MY GOD, WHY'S SHE WEARING NO CLO..

WEARING NO CLOTHES?

AND I KEEP RUN.. AND I KEEP RUNNING.

IT TOOK A LOT OF CAMERA, I KEEP IT TOOK A LOT OF CAMERA, I KEEP SHOT HER PICTURE.

SHOT HER PICTURE.

THEN SHE PASSED MY CAMERA, I SAW THEN SHE PASSED MY CAMERA, I SAW HER SKIN ALREADY COME OFF.

HER SKIN ALREADY COME OFF.

I THINK SHE DIED.

I THINK SHE DIED.

THEN I-- THEN I-- SO, YOU HAVEN'T KEPT UP, YOU SO, YOU HAVEN'T KEPT UP, YOU HAVEN'T TRIED TO FIND THIS.. HAVEN'T TRIED TO FIND THIS.. LADY?

YEAH, AFTER I TOOK HER YEAH, AFTER I TOOK HER PICTUR.. PICTURE, I DON'T KNOW WHEN.. DIED.

BUT I WANT TO HELP HER, AND LIE BUT I WANT TO HELP HER, AND LIE DOWN MY CAMERA ON HIGHWAY ONE DOWN MY CAMERA ON HIGHWAY ONE AND I PUT THE WATER ON HER BODY.

AND I PUT THE WATER ON HER BODY.

THEN, THAT WHY I P.. THEN, THAT WHY I PICK HER UP AND [INDISTINCT] WANT TO SAVE HER [INDISTINCT] WANT TO SAVE HER LIFE.

MM-HMM.

LIFE.

MM-HMM.

DO YOU REMEMBER THIS MOMENT DO YOU REMEMBER T.. AGAIN?

IS THIS ONE OF THESE MOMENTS IS THIS ONE OF THESE MOMENTS THAT'S FROZEN IN TIME?

THAT'S FROZEN IN TIME?

YEAH, REMEMBER EVER HAPPEN YEAH, REMEMBER EVER HAPPEN THAT DAY, YOU .. THAT DAY, YOU KNOW, THAT UNIT.

[INDISTINCT] ALMOST LIKE 12:00 [INDISTINCT] ALMOST LIKE 12:00 AFTERNOON SAIGON TIME, AND-- AFTERNOON SAIGON TIME, AND-- BUT YOU REMEMBER THIS MOMENT BUT YOU REMEMBER THIS MOMENT WITH THESE--BECAUSE I CAN ALMOST WITH THESE--BECAUSE I CAN ALMOST HEAR THE SOUNDS, TOO.

HEAR THE SOUNDS, TOO.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOTS OF IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOTS OF SCREAMING, LOTS OF NOISE FROM SCREAMING, LOTS OF NOISE FROM THE BOMBS.

THE BOMBS.

EVERY TIME I LOOK.. EVERY TIME I LOOK AT THE PICTURE, I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, PICTURE, I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 40 YEAR NOW, I HEAR, ALMOST 40 YEAR NOW, I HEAR, LIKE, SCREAMING, SOUND, AIR CRY, LIKE, SCREAMING, SOUND, AIR CRY, EVERYT.. EVERYTHING.

KEEP REMEMBER.

KEEP REMEMBER.

WELL, THIS PHOTOGRAPH AS MUCH WELL, THIS PHOTOGRAPH AS MUCH AS ANY PHOTOGRAPH THAT WAS EVER AS ANY PHOTOGRAPH THAT WAS EVER MADE DURING THE WAR SHOWS THE MADE DURING THE WAR SHOWS THE HORROR OF WAR.

HORROR OF WAR.

ANY W.. ANY WAR.

IT'S A PICTURE IRAQ I UNDERSTAND IT'S A PICTURE IRAQ I UNDERSTAND TODAY, IT'S LIKE THE W.. TODAY, IT'S LIKE THE WAR I.. VIETNAM.

IF YOU SHOWED THE PICTURE.

IF YOU SHOWED THE PICTURE.

MM.. MM-HMM.

THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE.

THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE.

THIS PICTURE [INDISTINCT].

DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO WIN AN AWARD WITH THIS GOING TO WIN AN AWARD WITH THIS PICTURE OR DID YOU EVEN THINK OF PICTURE OR DID YOU EVEN THIN.. THAT SORT OF THING?

AFTER I TOOK THE PICTURE, THE AFTER I TOOK THE PICTURE, THE AP TELL ME SO RIGHT AWAY.

AP TELL ME SO RIGHT AWAY.

SA.. SAID, "NICKY, YOU WILL WIN.. PULITZER PRIZE WITH THIS PICTURE."

THEY WITH THIS PICTURE."

THEY TOLD ME RIGHT AWAY.

TOLD ME RIGHT AWAY.

THEY SAI..

THEY SAID, "THIS PICTURE WILL WIN, THE PHOTO."

MM-HMM.

WIN, THE PHOTO."

MM-HMM.

WOW.

BECAUSE IT SAYS IT.

WOW.

BECAUSE IT SAYS IT.

IT'S A VERY POWERFUL-- IT'S A VERY POWERFUL-- PHO.. PHOTO.

POWERFUL PICTURE.

POWERFUL PICTURE.

IN A WAY, YOU MUST BE VERY IN A WAY, YOU MUST BE VERY PROUD OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH, EVEN PROUD OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONE OF TRAGEDY.

THOUGH IT'S ONE OF TRAGEDY.

YOU KNOW THAT THIS PHOTOGRAPH YOU KNOW THAT THIS PHOTOGRAPH HAS AFFECTED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAS AFFECTED MILLIONS .. OVER THE YEARS.

THAT'S TRUE.

THAT'S TRUE.

THAT--YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S THAT--YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S [INDISTINCT], I REALLY WANT TO [INDISTINCT], I REALLY WANT TO HELP THIS GIRL.

HELP THIS GIRL.

I HELP HER FAMILY RIGHT AWAY.

I HELP HER FAMILY RIGHT AWAY.

IF I LEAVE HER THERE, SHE WILL IF I LEAVE HER THERE, SHE WILL DIE.

DIE.

YOU KNOW?

YOU KNOW?

EVEN MY JOB AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, I EVEN MY JOB AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, I DON'T WANT TO HURRY TO GET OUT DON'T WANT TO HURRY TO GET OUT MY PICTURES RIGHT AWAY.

MY PICTURES RIGHT AWAY.

I WANT TO HELP THE GIRL.

I WANT TO HELP THE GIRL.

SO, YOU PHOTOGRAPHED HER AND SO, YOU PHOTOGRAPHED HER AND THEN S.. THEN SHE-- BRING HER HELP, SEE HER LIE BRING HER HELP, SEE HER LI..

THERE.

THEN SHE FELL DOWN.

THEN SHE FELL DOWN.

.. YEAH.

THEN I PICK HER UP AND TAKE HER THEN I PICK HER UP AND TAKE HER TO MY CAR TO SMALL LOCAL TO MY CAR TO SMALL LOCAL HOSPITAL.

HOSPITAL.

DID YOU TAKE HE.. DID YOU TAKE HER .. HOSPITAL?

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND I TAKE HER [INDISTINCT] AND I TAKE HER [INDISTINCT] HOSPITAL BEFORE I GO BACK TO AP HOSPITAL BEFORE I GO BACK TO AP OU.. OUTFIT DO ALL MY FILM.

SO, YOU DID GET INVOLVED IN A SO, YOU DID GET INVOLVED IN A PERSONAL WAY.

PERSONAL WAY.

THAT WHY SHE ALWAYS CALL ME THAT WHY SHE ALWAYS CALL ME TODAY IS TO KEEP GOING, "THANK TODAY IS TO KEEP GOING, "THANK YOU.

NICK UT SAVED MY LIFE."

YOU.

NICK UT SAVED MY LIFE."

SO, SHE IS STILL ALIVE.

SO, SHE IS STILL .. SHE STILL ALIVE.

SHE LIVE IN TORONTO, CANADA.

SHE LIVE IN TORONTO, CANADA.

..

I TALKED TO HER LAST WEEK.

AND-- AND-- SHE'S LIVING IN TORONTO?

SHE'S LIVING IN TORONTO?

.. TORONTO, CANADA.

HER NAME ..

HER NAME IS?

KIM PHUC.

KIM PHUC.

THIS, IN A WAY, IS A POWERFUL THIS, IN A WAY, IS A POWERFUL PHOTOGRAPH AS WELL, TO SEE THE 2 PHOTOGRAPH AS WELL, TO SEE THE 2 OF YOU REUNITED AGAIN AFTER THIS OF YOU REUNITED AGAIN AFTER THIS SO MANY YEARS AGO.

SO MANY YEARS AGO.

YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS PART OF THE..

THIS PART OF THE EXHIBIT IS CALLED "PRESIDENTS AND POLITICS" CALLED "PRESIDENTS AND POLITICS" AND THERE'S NO BETTER PRESS AND THERE'S NO BETTER PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER THAN--DAVID, PHOTOGRAPHER THAN--DAVID, INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO EVERYBODY.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO EVERYBODY.

DAVID KENNERLY.

DAVID KENNERLY.

I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER.

I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER.

YOU KNOW YOUR PRESIDENTS.

YOU KNOW YOUR PRESIDENTS.

YOU'VE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHING YOU'VE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHING PRESIDENTS SINCE... PRESIDENTS SINCE... ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

NO, REALLY.

NO, REALLY.

WHEN DID YOU START?

WHEN DID YOU START?

UH, RICHARD NIXON.

UH, RICHARD NIXON.

OK, SO, EVERY PRESIDENT FROM OK, SO, EVERY PRESIDENT FROM NIXON FORWARD, INCLUDING OBAMA, NIXON FORWARD, INCLUDING OBAMA, YOU .. YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED.

>&g.. THAT'S CORRECT.

YOU HAVE--YOU ASKED ME A YOU HAVE--YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION BEFORE THE CAMERA..

QUESTION BEFORE THE CAMERA CAME ON ABOUT WHO WAS THE FIRST ON ABOUT WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT PHOTOGRAPHED, AND I PRESIDENT PHOTOGRAPHED, AND I SAID IT HAD TO BE A LITTLE SAID IT HAD TO BE A LITTLE BEFORE LINCOLN, BUT I DIDN'T BEFORE LINCOLN, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE AND YOUR ANSWER KNOW FOR SURE AND YOUR ANSWER WAS... WAS... JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

THAT IS AMAZING.

THAT IS AMAZING.

SO, NOT WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT, SO, NOT WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT, BUT ALMOST RIGHT BEFORE HE DIED, BUT ALMOST RIGHT BEFORE HE DIED, THERE WAS A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF THERE WAS A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

IN 1838, AND THERE ARE ONLY 5 IN 1838, AND THERE ARE ONLY 5 PRESIDENTS WHO WERE NE.. PRESIDENTS WHO WERE NEVER PHOTOGRAPHED, WHICH IS REALLY PHOTOGRAPHED, WHICH IS REALLY STUNNING TO ME.

STUNNING TO ME.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY THINKS OF IT THAT WAY.

THINKS OF IT THAT WAY.

THEY WEREN'T PHOTOGRAPHED THEY WEREN'T PHOTOGRAPHED WHEN THEY WERE PRESIDENT, BUT WHEN THEY WERE PRESIDENT, BUT THEY WERE PHOTOGRAPHED BEFORE THEY WERE PHOTOGRAPHED BEFORE THEY DIED, AND ONLY 5 WERE NEVER THEY DIED, AND ONLY 5 WERE.. PHOTOGRAPHED.

CORRECT.

CORRECT.

WOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT MORE WOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT MORE RECENT HISTORY BECAUSE YOU WERE RECENT HISTORY BECAUSE YOU WERE THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR PRESIDENT FORD AND HIS FAMILY, PRESIDENT FORD AND HIS FAMIL..

WEREN'T YOU?

THAT'.. THAT'S RIGHT.

AFTER NIXON RESIGNED, UH, AFTER NIXON RESIGNED, UH, PRESIDENT FORD ASKED ME TO BE PRESIDENT FORD ASKED ME TO BE THE WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER.

THE WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER.

AND THAT MUST HAVE GIVEN YOU AND THAT MUST HAVE GIVEN YOU INCREDIBLE STORIES AND MEMORIES INCREDIBLE STORIES AND MEMORIES TO SPEND THOSE YEARS THAT CLOSE TO SPEND THOSE YEARS THAT CLOSE WITH THE FORD FAMILY.

WITH THE FORD FAMILY.

NONE OF WHICH I CAN TELL.

NONE OF WHICH I CAN TELL.

I UNDERSTAND ..

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I'M NOT GONNA ..

I'M NOT GONNA ASK ABOUT THAT.

I UNDE..

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

IT'S--IT IS BECAUSE YOU WERE IT'S--IT IS BECAUSE YOU WERE PHOTOGRAPHING EVEN THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHING EVEN THE MOST PRIVATE OF MOMENTS.

PRIVATE OF MOMENTS.

YOU WERE GIVEN TOTAL ACCESS TO YOU WERE GIVEN TOTAL ACCESS TO THE ..

THE FAMILY.

I THINK YOU COULD SAFELY SAY I THINK YOU COULD SAFELY SAY THAT, UH, GERALD FORD HAD A THAT, UH, GERALD FORD HAD A SCANDAL-FREE ADMINISTRATION, BUT SCANDAL-FREE ADMINISTRATION, BUT I WAS IN EVERY TOP SECRET I WAS IN EVERY TOP SECRET MEETING.

MEETING.

I WAS GIVEN FULL ACCESS.

I WAS GIVEN FULL ACCESS.

UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS, AT THE UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS, AT THE WHITE .. WHITE HOUSE.

IT WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF BEING, IT WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF BEING, UH, FOX IN THE CHICKEN COOP FOR UH, FOX IN THE CHICKEN COOP FOR A .. A PHOTOGRAPHER.

IT WAS FABULOUS.

IT WAS FABULOUS.

HAVE YOU REMAINED FRIENDS HAVE YOU REMAINED FRIENDS WITH THE FORD FAMILY?

WITH THE FORD FAMILY?

WITH MRS. FORD?

WITH MRS. FORD?

WITH THE CHILDREN?

WITH THE CHILDREN?

YES, I'VE BEEN, UH, STILL YES, I'VE BEEN, UH, STILL VERY FRIENDLY AND, UM, WHEN VERY FRIENDLY AND, UM, WHEN PRESIDENT FORD PASSED ON, UH, PRESIDENT FORD PASSED ON, UH, THE FAMILY HAD..

THE FAMILY HAD ASKED ME TO BE THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE FUNERAL, WHICH IS A VERY THE FUNERAL, WHICH IS A VERY SAD, UH, OCCASION.

SAD, UH, OCCASION.

VERY FITTING THAT YOU BE THE VERY FITTING THAT YOU BE THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER.

OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER.

IT WAS AND IT WAS, UH, A REAL IT WAS AND IT WAS, UH, A REAL CELEBRATION OF A GREAT LIFE, AND CELEBRATION OF A GREAT LIFE, AND I THINK, FOR THAT, I WAS GLAD TO I THINK, FOR THAT, I WAS GLAD TO BE THERE.

BE THERE.

YOU HAVE SO MANY PHOTOGRAPHS YOU HAVE SO MANY PHOTOGRAPHS HERE OF ALL OF THE PRESIDENTS, HERE OF ALL OF THE PRESIDENTS, AND YET, THIS ONE STANDS OUT.

AND YET, THIS ONE STANDS OUT.

THIS WAS LITERALLY AS PRESIDENT THIS WAS LITERALLY AS PRESIDENT NIXON WAS LEAVING THE WHITE NIXON WAS LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER HE HAD RESIGNED THE HOUSE AFTER HE HAD RESIGNED THE PRESIDEN.. PRESIDENCY.

UH, AUGUST 9, 1974 WAS UH, AUGUST 9, 1974 WAS PROBABLY THE DARKEST DAY IN PROBABLY THE DARKEST DAY IN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY.

PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY.

IT'S THE FIR..

IT'S THE FIRST TIME A PRESIDENT'S EVER RESIGNED AND, PRESIDENT'S EVER RESIGNED AND, UM, AND I WAS THERE ON THE PHOTO UM, AND I WAS THERE ON THE PHOTO STAND WI..

STAND WITH ALL THE OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKI..

PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING THE PICTURES, BUT, UH, THE ONE THING PICTURES, BUT, UH, THE ONE THING I KNEW FOR SURE WAS, I WAS I KNEW FOR SURE WAS, I WAS SEEING, UH, AN EXTRAORDINARY SEEING, UH, AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

DO YOU--I'VE ASKED EVERYONE DO YOU--I'VE ASKED EVERYONE ELSE--DO YOU REMEMBER THAT EXACT ELSE--DO YOU REMEMBER THAT EXACT MOMENT AS HE WAS MAKING THAT MOMENT AS HE WAS MAKING THAT FINAL GESTURE, SALUTE, AS HE WAS FINAL GESTURE, SALUTE, AS HE WAS GETTING ONBOARD THE HELICOPTER?

GETTING ONBOARD THE HELICOPTER?

WELL, I--I WAS SO FIXATED ON WELL, I--I WAS SO FIXATED ON NOT MISSING ANYTHING.

NOT MISSING ANYTHING.

I JUST KEPT SHOOTING AND I JUST KEPT SHOOTING AND SHOOTING.

SHOOTING.

IT WAS REALLY ONLY LATER WHEN I IT WAS REALLY ONLY LATER WHEN I SAW THE FILM OF HIM LEAVING, HOW SAW THE FILM OF HIM LEAVING, HOW QUICK THAT WAVE WAS.

QUICK THAT WAVE WAS.

IT WAS JUST A FLASH OF A SECOND, IT WAS JUST A FLASH OF A SECOND, AND, UH, THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T AND, UH, THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE MANY PICTURES OF IT BECAUSE, SEE MANY PICTURES OF IT BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, EVERY--ALMOST QUITE FRANKLY, EVERY--ALMOST EVERYBODY MISSED THAT PICTURE.

EVERYBODY MISSED THAT PICTURE.

WAS IT ALMOST.. WAS IT ALMOST BY CHANCE?

I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT, THAT I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT, THAT YOU GOT TH.. YOU GOT THIS?

JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE SNAPPING JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE SNAPPING EVERY MOMENT?

EVERY MOMENT?

IT WAS PURE SKILL.

IT WAS PURE SKILL.

[LAUGHING] [LAUGHING] NO, I'M PRETTY LUCKY, BUT, UH, NO, I'M PRETTY LUCKY, BUT, UH, YOU HAVE TO BE THERE AND YOU YOU HAVE TO BE THERE AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND, IN THIS CASE, UH, I ON AND, IN THIS CASE, UH, I THINK I WAS ..

THINK I WAS LUCKY.

IT WAS THE SAME WHEN, UH, ROBERT IT WAS THE SAME WHEN, UH, ROBERT KENNEDY HERE, AT THE AMBASSADOR KENNEDY HERE, AT THE AMBASSADOR HOTEL, GAVE THAT "V" SIGN.

HOTEL, GAVE THAT "V" SIGN.

IF YOU SEE THE FILM LATER, AS I IF YOU SEE THE FILM LATER, AS I SAW THE FILM LATER..

SAW THE FILM LATER ON, HE WENT LIKE T.. LIKE THAT.

IT WAS THAT FAST, AND THEN, HE IT WAS THAT FAST, AND THEN, HE WENT INTO THE RO..

WENT INTO THE ROOM WHERE I DIDN'T FOLLOW, WHE..

DIDN'T FOLLOW, WHERE YOU TALKED TO BORIS YARO WHO WAS IN THERE TO BORIS YARO WHO WAS IN THERE AFTER HE GOT SHOT.

AFTER HE GOT SHOT.

YOU KNOW, THESE PHOTOGRA.. YOU KNOW, THESE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WE'VE SEEN TODAY-.. THAT WE'VE SEEN TODAY--AND WE'VE JUST SEEN THE--JUST A FEW, 3 OR JUST SEEN THE--JUST A FEW, 3 OR 4 OR 5 PHOTOGRAPHS TODAY--THERE 4 OR 5 PHOTOGRAPHS TODAY--THERE ARE THOUSANDS, TEN.. ARE THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OF PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS, BY PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS, PROFESSIONALS, OVER THE YEARS, PROFESSIONALS, OVER THE YEARS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN.

AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN.

THIS IS STILL A VERY HONORABLE THIS IS STILL A VERY HONORABLE AND NECESSARY PROFESSION, ISN'T AND NECESSARY PROFESSION, ISN'T IT?

IT?

I THINK SO.

I THINK SO.

UH, WE'RE THE EYES OF HUMANITY.

UH, WE'RE THE EYES OF HUMANITY.

WE'RE THE ONES WHO GET TO GO WE'RE THE ONES WHO GET TO GO WHERE OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T AND WE WHERE OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T AND WE BRING BACK THE PICTURES THAT YOU BRING BACK THE PICTURES THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO SEE.

REALLY NEED TO SEE.

THE GOOD NEWS, THE BAD NEWS, UH, THE GOOD NEWS, THE BAD NEWS, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'VE SEEN SOME UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE BAD NEWS HERE, BUT THAT'S OF THE BAD NEWS HERE, BUT .. HISTORY.

YEAH.

YEAH.

WELL, WE STARTED THIS BY ME WELL, WE STARTED THIS BY ME PULLING OUT--I GUESS IT ..

PULLING OUT--I GUESS IT WAS YOURS--PULL THAT THING OUT, YOUR YOURS--PULL THAT THING OUT, YOUR iPHONE.

AN iPHONE.

iPHONE.

AN iPHONE.

DO YOU USE THIS NOW AS A DO YOU USE THIS NOW AS A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER?

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER?

I DO.

I DO.

UH, I WOULD NOT GO ON A BIG UH, I WOULD NOT GO ON A BIG PAYING JOB WITH THIS.

PAYING JOB WITH THIS.

BUT, UH, QUITE FRANKLY--AND I'M BUT, UH, QUITE FRANKLY--AND I'M GOING TO PUT THIS ON M..

GOING TO PUT THIS ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE--OH, WAIT.

PAGE--OH, WAIT.

EVERYBODY'S ON FACEBOOK.

EVERYBODY'S ON FACEBOOK.

AND YOU KNOW MY YOUNGEST SON AND YOU KNOW MY YOUNGEST SON IS A TRUE FAN OF YOURS, SO HE'S, IS A TRUE FAN OF YOURS, SO HE'S, UH, I'M GONNA SEND THIS TO HIM.

UH, I'M GONNA SEND THIS TO HIM.

BUT MY POINT BEING, EVERYBODY BUT MY POINT BEING, EVERYBODY IS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS TODAY, BUT IS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS TODAY, BUT IT'S STILL IMPORTANT THAT YOUR IT'S STILL IMPORTANT THAT YOUR PROFESSION, THE PRESS PROFESSION, THE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION, PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION, REMAIN AS IMPORTANT AS IT'S REMAIN AS IMPORTANT AS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN TAKING THE PICTURES THAT TAKE PHOTOGRAPHY ONE STEP BEYOND WHAT WE CAN ALL TAKE WITH OUR iPHONES.

TAKE WITH OUR iPHONES.

I AGREE AND I THINK IT'S NOT A DYING PROFESSION.

THERE WERE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE THERE WERE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE TODAY, STUDENTS, WHO WANT TO BE TODAY, STUDENTS, WHO WANT TO BE PHOTOGRAPH..

PHOTOGRAPHERS.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE FROM IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE FROM BEHIND THE CAMERA.

BEHIND THE CAMERA.

THERE ARE CAMERA USERS AND THERE THERE ARE CAMERA USERS AND THERE ARE PH.. ARE PHOTOGRAPHERS.

YOU'VE SEEN THE BEST OF YOU'VE SEEN THE BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY TODAY.

PHOTOGRAPHY TODAY.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INVITING M.. INVITING ME HERE.

THIS HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTELY THIS HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR US THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR US THIS MORNING.

MORNING.

THIS EXHIBIT ISN'T GONNA BE UP THIS EXHIBIT ISN'T GONNA BE UP VERY LONG, SO, BY THE TIME THIS VERY LONG, SO, BY THE TIME THIS PROGRAM AIRS, IT MAY OR MAY NOT PROGRAM AIRS, IT MAY OR MAY NOT STILL EVEN BE UP.

STILL EVEN BE UP.

BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS FOR BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS FOR PEOPLE TO START NOTICING THESE PEOPLE TO START NOTICING THESE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY PROFESSIONALS AND APPRECIATING PROFESSIONALS AND APPRECIATING THE HARD WORK AND THE THE HARD WORK AND THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE GOOD EYE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE GOOD EYE THAT GOES INTO SHARING, TAKING THAT GOES INTO SHARING, TAKING AND SHARING THESE AND SHARING THESE PHOTOGRAPHS, THESE MOMENTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS, THESE MOMENTS OF HISTORY WITH ALL OF US.

HISTORY WITH ALL OF US.

>&g..

HERE WE GO.

OK, WE'RE RECREATING HISTORY.

OK, WE'RE RECREATING HISTORY.

AS I WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE, I AS I WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE, I ASKED IF WE COULD POSE FOR A ASKED IF WE COULD POSE FOR A PHOTOGRAPH, AND ALL THESE GUYS, PHOTOGRAPH, AND ALL THESE GUYS, ALL THESE PROFESSIONALS, STARTED ALL THESE PROFESSIONALS, STARTED FLASHING WITH THEIR--LOOK AT FLASHING WITH THEIR--LOOK AT THIS--THERE ARE FLASHES GOING THIS--THERE ARE FLASHES GOING OFF, AND I SAID, KIND OF OFF, AND I SAID, KIND OF HAPHAZARDLY, "LOOKS TO ME LIKE HAPHAZARDLY, "LOOKS TO ME LIKE PAPARAZZI."

PAPARAZZI."

NO, NO, NO, NO!

NO, NO, NO, NO!

DO NOT LIKE THE EXPRESSION DO NOT LIKE THE EXPRESSION "PAPARAZZI."

THESE ARE "PAPARAZZI."

THESE ARE PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS CONTINUING TO DO THEIR JOB, CONTINUING TO DO THEIR JOB, RIGHT,..

RIGHT, FELLAS?

A..

ABSOLUTELY.

THUMBS UP FOR THE THUMBS UP FOR THE PROFESSIONALS.

PROFESSIONALS.

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