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Harry Benson
United KingdomArt Brokerage: Harry Benson Scottish Photographer: Scottish born photojournalist Harry Benson arrived in America with the Beatles in 1964. 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. In 2013 Harry received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from The University of St. Andrews, Scotland. On January 1, 2009, Harry was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and received his honor at Buckingham Palace in March. In London in November 2009 Harry received an Honorary Fellowship in the Royal Photographic Society. Harry was honored with a Doctor of Letters from the Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow University in 2007. Twice named NPPA Magazine Photographer of the Year, Harry received the 2005 LUCIE Award for Lifetime Achievement in Portrait Photography; the 2005 AMERICAN PHOTO Magazine Award for Achievement in Photography; the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Scottish Press Photographers Association; and has twice received the Leica Medal of Excellence. He has had 40 gallery solo exhibitions and fourteen books of his photographs have been published. His photographs are in the permanent collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, both museums hosted his Harry Benson: Being There exhibition (2006-7). A major retrospective exhibition of Harry's photographs was at Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow from June to September, 2008. Harry was under contract to LIFE Magazine from 1970 to 2000. His photographs appear in major magazines including Vanity Fair, Town & Country, Architectural Digest, Time, Newsweek, Vice, Paris Match, and The London Sunday Times Magazine. Listings wanted.
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Harry Benson
George Burns Visiting Gracie, Circa 1975
Limited Edition Print: Silver Gelatin Print, Hand Signed, From the edition of 35
Size: 16x20 in | 41x51 cm
🔥Silver Gelatin Print - Blue Chip $$$$$$$
Harry Benson
Pillow Fight - Beatles
Limited Edition Print: Silver Gelatin Photograph, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 35
Size: 23x23 in | 58x58 cm
🔥 Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Photograph - Inquire $$$$$$$
Harry Benson
Glasgow Tollbooth - Scotland
Limited Edition Print: C-Print, Hand Signed, From the edition of 35
Size: 30x40 in | 76x102 cm
🔥Large Photograph C-Print - Inquire $$$$$$$
Harry Benson
Royal Greeting - Queen Elizabeth
Photography: Archival Pigment Photograph, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 1000, Edition is Not Numbered
Size: 15x11 in | 38x28 cm
🔥Limited Edition Photograph - Inquire - Motivated $$$$$$$
Harry Benson
Royal Departure - Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip
Photography: Archival Pigment Photograph, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 1000, Edition is Not Numbered
Size: 11x15 in | 28x38 cm
🔥Limited Edition Photograph - Inquire $$$$$$$
Harry Benson
Her Majesty: Vivienne Westwood Edition Book w/ Royal Greeting - Queen Elizabeth
Other: Book w/ Photograph, Hand Signed, Limited Edition of 500, Edition is Not Numbered
Size: 12x16 in | 29x39 cm
🔥Limited Edition Book w/ Photograph - Inquire $$$$$$$
Harry Benson
Her Majesty: Vivienne Westwood Edition No. w/ Royal Departure - Queen Elizabeth
Other: Book w/ Photograph, Hand Signed, Limited Edition of 500, Edition is Not Numbered
Size: 16x12 in | 39x29 cm
🔥Limited Edition Book w/ Photograph - Inquire $$$$$$$
Harry Benson
We Shall Overcome (the James Meredith March Against Fear), June 1966
Photography: Archival Pigment Photograph, Hand Signed, Edition is Not Numbered, Edition Closed
Size: 4x5 in | 10x13 cm
🔥1966 Framed Limited Edition Photograph - Inquire - A Dteal $1,800
Harry Benson
John Lennon, More Popular Than Jesus 1966
Photography: Archival Pigment Photograph, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 35
Size: 11x14 in | 28x36 cm
🔥1966 Framed Limited Edition Photograph - Inquire $$$$$$$
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