Harry Benson

Born: 1929-12-02

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.


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Bobby Fischer Against the World

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Released: 2011-06-06

The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master...

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Harry Benson: Shoot First

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Released: 2016-11-04

What we know today about many famous musicians, politicians, and actresses is due to the famous...

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Smash His Camera

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Released: 2010-07-30

A film centering on the life and work of Ron Galella that examines the nature and effect of...

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America in Pictures - The Story of Life Magazine

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Released: 2011-12-02

Life was an iconic weekly magazine that specialised in extraordinarily vivid photojournalism. In...

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Faerie Tale Theatre

as The Grandfather Clock
First aired: 1982-09-11

A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

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