Accompanies the summer show at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in EdinburghFeatures the upheavals and traumas of 1960s' America Includes an interview with the photographerIncludes pictures of the assasination of Robert Kennedy in 1986; Martin Luther King's funeral; Mia Farrow and Frank SinatraHarry Benson has enjoyed an extraordinary and unprecedented career as a photojournalist, gaining access to some of the key figures of the last fifty years often at decisive moments of history. His work, plotted across the pages ...
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Accompanies the summer show at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in EdinburghFeatures the upheavals and traumas of 1960s' America Includes an interview with the photographerIncludes pictures of the assasination of Robert Kennedy in 1986; Martin Luther King's funeral; Mia Farrow and Frank SinatraHarry Benson has enjoyed an extraordinary and unprecedented career as a photojournalist, gaining access to some of the key figures of the last fifty years often at decisive moments of history. His work, plotted across the pages of the most influential and culturally significant magazines and newspapers of the twentieth century, charts a fascinating course mapping the worlds of politics and culture, sport and fashion, and the stellar successes and crashing failures of celebrity. He developed a forensic eye for creating memorable pictures of defining personalities and events of the moment. Born in Glasgow, he travelled with the Beatles on their first visit to America and he has lived there ever since.This book, which accompanies the summer show at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, illustrates many of his most iconic images, placing them within the context of the shifting fashions and fortunes of an editorial industry of which he has always been a champion.
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Add this copy of Being There: Photography of Harry Benson to cart. $54.02, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Natl Galleries of Scotland.
Add this copy of Harry Benson: Photography of Harry Benson to cart. $2,470.00, new condition, Sold by BWS Bks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ferndale, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Antique Collectors' Club (Distribution).
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