Immortalizing the people and moments that have definedathe past 60 years, world-renowned photojournalist HarryaBenson has become as much a part of history as theaphotographs themselves. The scope of his accomplishmentsaas a photojournalist is nothing short of remarkable- he hasaphotographed every U.S. president since Eisenhower, as wellaas Robert F. Kennedy on the night he was assassinated,aand Martin Luther King Jr. at his funeral; he has shot starsasuch as Elizabeth Taylor, Mick Jagger, Dolly Parton, MichaelaJackson, Greta Garbo, and Truman Capote; he covered bothathe rise and fall of the Berlin wall, the IRA hunger strikes, theaFreedom March through Mississippi, the Watts riots, 9/11,aand conflicts in Kuwait, Bosnia, Somalia, Afghanistan, andaIsrael; and, on the eve of his 80th birthday, Benson is still atait, crisscrossing the globe on assignment for CondU Nast. The Harry Benson Book is a visual celebration of Benson'saincomparable career. Organized into chapters on celebrity,aart, fashion, sports, politics, and photojournalism, The HarryaBenson Book features a distinctive mix of iconic imagesaalongside never-before-published photographs of Sir WinstonaChurchill, Nelson Mandela, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Diana,aJackie Kennedy Onassis, Billy Graham, Bobby Fischer,aMuhammad Ali, the Beatles, Sonny Liston, Chuck Berry,aO.J. Simpson, Yogi Berra, Sophia Loren, Kate Moss, GloriaaSwanson, James Brown, Fred Astaire, Johnny Carson, JackaNicholson, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Clint Eastwood, WoodyaAllen, Spike Lee, Alfred Hitchcock, Federico Fellini, JosephaPapp, Andy Warhol, Liza Minelli, Barbra Streisand, Halston,aGiorgio Armani, Valentino, Diana Vreeland, and countlessaothers. With unique access to the most elusive, alluring, andaenduring legends of our time, Benson's magnum opus is anaunsurpassed masterpiece of contemporary photojournalismaand portraiture.
