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Beatles Pillow Fight

The Beatles Pillow Fight, Paris
By Harry Benson
Located in New York, NY
All editions are signed by the photographer.
Category

1960s Photography

Beatles Pillow Fight by Harry Benson
By Harry Benson
Located in Cleveland, OH
Beatles on their first American tour in 1964. His iconic photograph shows the band in a gleeful pillow
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Beatles: Pillow Fight, Paris, 1964
By Harry Benson
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the photographer on the verso
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Dye Transfer

Beatles Pillow Fight, George V Hotel, Paris
By Harry Benson
Located in Cleveland, OH
century, from his intimate shots of The Beatles to his powerful images of political and cultural events
Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Pillow Fight
By Harry Benson
Located in Toronto, ON
Benson’s self-described “one photograph” is Beatles’ Pillow Fight from 1964 at the Hotel George V in Paris
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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Beatles, "Pillow Fight, " Paris
By Harry Benson
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beatles, "Pillow Fight," Paris, 1965 16 x 20 inches silver gelatin print Signed in ink recto
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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Harry Benson for sale on 1stDibs

Iconic photographer Harry Benson has captured some of the most pivotal moments in modern history. Always in the right place at the right time, Benson used his camera lens to give the world a glimpse into events that rocked the globe. His black and white and color photographs include shots of celebrities, politicians, royalty, political upheavals and social revolutions. His contributions to photography are widely celebrated and recognized.

One of the first highlights of Benson's career was touring with the Beatles in February of 1964. While at the Hotel George V in Paris, he snapped the famous images of the band having a playful pillow fight. Benson stayed in America after the Beatles' first visit to the States and started working for Life in 1968. He was under contract with the magazine from 1970 to 2000.

Benson was on assignment for Life during the 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy — just steps behind the senator when it occurred. After the shot rang out, Benson told himself, "this is for history, pull yourself together, fail tomorrow, not today," and documented the moment that Kennedy lay on the floor.

In 1989, Benson photographed the student protests in Tiananmen Square and the fall of the Berlin Wall. He was with President Clinton on his historic visit to Kosovo in 1999 and captured New York City in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Benson has also photographed every president since Eisenhower and taken numerous images of Queen Elizabeth II.

Over the course of his long career, Benson's photographs have appeared in Town & Country, Vanity Fair, Time, GQ, Newsweek, Vice, Architectural Digest and more. His works are held in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Benson has earned extensive accolades for his work in photography.  The National Press Photographers Association twice named him “Magazine Photographer of the Year.” He has also received several lifetime achievement awards, an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Glasgow University and The University of St. Andrews, and an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society.

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