Reid Turner Blackburn ( August 11 , 1952 – May 18 , 1980 ) was an American photographer killed in the 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens . A photojournalist covering the eruption for a local newspaper — the Vancouver , Washington '' Columbian '' — as well as '' National Geographic '' magazine and the United States Geological Survey , he was caught at Coldwater Camp in the blast
1980 volcanic eruption
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
Reid Blackburn