Person Details

Birthday: 1929-12-02 23:23:54

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland

Homepage: https://harrybenson.com/

Movie Involvements: 5

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Bobby Fischer Against the World
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7
Harry Benson: Shoot First
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6
Smash His Camera
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7

Smash His Camera

(2010) Self - Photojournalist
America in Pictures - The Story of Life Magazine
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7

Acting

Camera

Year Role Movie/Tv
2011 Still Photographer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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