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Harry Benson

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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Born:
Dec 2, 1929 In Glasgow, Scotland
Movie/TV Credits:
6
First Appeared:
In the movie The Tale of the Frog Prince 1982-09-11
Latest Project:
Movie Harry Benson: Shoot First 2016-11-04
Known For
Poster of Harry Benson: Shoot First
Poster of America in Pictures - The Story of Life Magazine
Poster of Bobby Fischer Against the World
Poster of Smash His Camera
Filmography
Movie Harry Benson: Shoot First Self 2016-11-04
Movie Bobby Fischer Against the World self 2011-06-06
Movie America in Pictures - The Story of Life Magazine Self 2011-12-02
Movie Smash His Camera Self - Photojournalist 2010-07-30
Movie The Tale of the Frog Prince The Grandfather Clock 1982-09-11
Series Faerie Tale Theatre The Grandfather Clock 1982-09-11