Harry Benson

Acting

Harry Benson

Overview

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Birthday
Dec 02, 1929 (95 years old)

Harry Benson

Known For

Harry Benson: Shoot First
1h 27m
Movie 2016

Harry Benson: Shoot First

What we know today about many famous musicians, politicians, and...

America in Pictures - The Story of Life Magazine
1h 0m
Movie 2011

America in Pictures - The Story of Life Magazine

Life was an iconic weekly magazine that specialised in extraordinarily...

Bobby Fischer Against the World
1h 33m
Movie 2011

Bobby Fischer Against the World

The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre...

Smash His Camera
1h 27m
Movie 2010

Smash His Camera

A film centering on the life and work of Ron...

Biography

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.