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The work of Glasgow-born
photographer Harry Benson chronicles the spirit of the
latter half of the twentieth century. Highlights of
his career include; accompanying the Beatles on their
first world tour, which led to the "American Invasion"
in 1964 and the recording of Robert Kennedy's assassination
in 1968. Benson was present at both the construction
and the destruction of the Berlin Wall. He also witnessed
the 1989 student protest in Tiananmen Square and escorted
President Clinton to Kosovo in 1999.
Harry Benson began working
for Life magazine in 1968 and his photographs
have appeared in Esquire, GQ, The New Yorker, Paris
Match and Vanity Fair. He has twice been
named Magazine Photographer of the year by the National
Press Photographers Association. His work is in the
permanent collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait
Gallery in Washington, D.C. Harry Benson has four
books devoted entirely to his photographs.
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