New York: Never-before-published photographs of Sir Winston Churchill, Princess Diana, Jackie Onassis, Muhammad Ali, and countless others taken by renowned photojournalist Harry Benson have come out in book form.
The book `Harry Benson: Photographs` immortalises the people and moments that have defined the past 60 years.
According to publishers Powerhouse Books, "With incomparable access to the most elusive, alluring and enduring legends of our time, Benson`s magnum opus is unsurpassed masterpiece of contemporary photojournalism and portraiture."
He has photographed every US president since Eisenhower, as well as Robert F Kennedy on the night he was assassinated, and Martin Luther King Jr at his funeral; he has shot stars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Mick Jagger, Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson, Greta Garbo, and Truman Capote.
He covered both the rise and fall of the Berlin wall, the IRA hunger strikes, the Freedom March through Mississippi, the Watts riots, 9/11, and conflicts in Kuwait, Bosnia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Israel, and the West Bank.
The book is a visual celebration of Benson`s incomparable career`s work in the realms of celebrity, art, fashion, sports, politics, and photojournalism and features a distinctive mix of iconic images alongside rare photographs of Nelson Mandela, Queen Elizabeth, the Beatles, Sophia Loren, Kate Moss, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen, Alfred Hitchcock, Liza Minelli, Barbra Streisand and Giorgio Armani among others.
Scotland-born Benson was named by Queen Elizabeth as a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) this year.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, December 27, 2009, 18:13
