In this Cover Story, Alyssa Adams, her sister Cindy Lou Adkins, and
documentary filmmaker Susan Morgan Cooper share their memories of this
immensely talented man. (Cindy and Susan were co-producers of the film,
"An Unlikely Weapon: The Eddie Adams Story.")
Melvin Sokolsky is one of the most inventive advertising and commercial photographers of our time. He was born and raised in Manhattan's Lower East Side, and as a youth, enjoyed reading books and visiting museums. This inspired him to imagine elaborate sets and images even before he owned a camera.
In his notable career shooting primarily for Life and Sports Illustrated,
Bill Eppridge has covered wars, political campaigns, heroin addiction,
the arrival of the Beatles in the U.S., and perhaps the most dramatic
moment of his career—the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy in 1968.
Annie Griffiths Belt was one of the first female photographers to work
for the National Geographic Society, and she develops a rapport with
her subjects to capture wonderful images. Her family life and
photographic journeys throughout her 30-year career have been
documented in her new book, A Camera, Two Kids and a Camel.
