Harry Benson

Harry Benson

Nacimiento : 1929-12-02, Glasgow, Scotland

Historia

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.

Perfil

Harry Benson

Películas

Harry Benson: Shoot First
Self
Lo que sabemos hoy sobre muchos músicos, políticos y actrices famosos se debe al famoso trabajo del fotógrafo Harry Benson. Capturó fotos vibrantes e íntimas de la banda más famosa de la historia; The Beatles. Su extenso portafolio creció para incluir fotos icónicas de Muhammad Ali, Michael Jackson y el Dr. Martin Luther King. Su amplio trabajo ha aparecido en publicaciones como Life, Vanity Fair y The New Yorker. Benson, ahora de 86 años, todavía está tomando fotos y no tiene intenciones de detenerse.
Bobby Fischer Against the World
self
Documental sobre el enigmático y genial maestro del ajedrez Bobby Fischer.
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Still Photographer
Documental sobre el enigmático y genial maestro del ajedrez Bobby Fischer.
Smash His Camera
Self - Photojournalist
Historia del vilipendiado paparazzo Ron Galella, a quien Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis demandó y Marlon Brando le rompió la mandíbula, y análisis sobre temas como el derecho a la intimidad, la libertad de la prensa y la creciente espiral de culto a las celebridades.
America in Pictures - The Story of Life Magazine
Self
Life was an iconic weekly magazine that specialised in extraordinarily vivid photojournalism. In the 40s, 50s and 60s it caught the spirit of America as it blossomed into a world superpower and its influence on American people was unparalleled. Fashion photographer Rankin celebrates the work of Life's legendary photographers including Alfred Eisenstaedt and Margaret Bourke-White, who went to outrageous lengths to get the best picture. He travels across the USA to meet Bill Eppridge, John Shearer, John Loengard, Burk Uzzle and Harry Benson, who have shot the big moments in American history - from the assassination of Robert F Kennedy to the Civil Rights struggle and the Vietnam War. These photographers pioneered new forms of photojournalism, living with and photographing their subjects for weeks, enabling them to capture compelling yet ordinary aspects of American life too. Rankin discovers that Life told the story of America in photographs, and also taught America how to be American.