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Harry Benson

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Known For

95 Years Old

Born in Glasgow and raised in Troon, Scotland, arrived in America with the Beatles in 1964. His pictures have appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. He took over a hundred cover shots for People. Harry has photographed every U.S. president from Eisenhower to Barack H. Obama; was just feet away from Bobby Kennedy the night he was assassinated; in the room with Richard Nixon when he resigned; on the Meredith march with Martin Luther King, Jr., next to Coretta Scott King at her husband’s funeral; on maneuvers with the IRA; was there when the Berlin Wall went up and when it came down; and covered the aftermath of Katrina in New Orleans.

Born

Glasgow, Scotland on 2nd December 1929

All Credits

Faerie Tale Theatre Image
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Grandfather Clock
Beatles '64 Image
Beatles '64
Self
Smash His Camera Image
Smash His Camera
Self - Photojournalist
Harry Benson: Shoot First Image
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Self
Bobby Fischer Against the World Image
Bobby Fischer Against the World
self
America in Pictures - The Story of Life Magazine Image
America in Pictures - The Story of Life Magazine
Self