As a LIFE magazine photographer from January 1959 through June 1969 , Gomel ’s coverage included John F. Kennedy , the Beatles , and Cassius Clay , later known as Muhammad Ali , and Arnold Palmer . Gomel ’s major-event coverage included the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis , the 1963 March on Washington , the 1963 funeral of President Kennedy , the 1964 Democratic National Convention , the 1965 Northeast blackout , the 1968 funeral of Sen. Robert Kennedy , the 1968 Democratic National Convention , the 1968 Republican National Convention , the 1969 funeral of President Dwight D. Eisenhower , United Nations debates , and the baseball World Series . In 1964 , the University of Missouri School of Journalism honored Gomel with the best news photo of the year . The photo reflected the passion in the keynote speech of Sen. John O. Pastore at the 1964 Democratic National Convention . LIFE ran a full-page ad in the New York Times recognizing the award and others won by LIFE staff photographers
1968 Republican National Convention
1968 Republican National Convention
Bob Gomel