Harry Benson Professions : Photographer Born : December 2, 1929 Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by Harry Benson A good photograph is one that can't be repeated. Harry Benson photograph The thing about photography is that every day is a new day, even if you are working on the same story, because every day you have got a chance to correct what you did the day before, and try to take it a bit further or a bit back. Harry Benson photography trying new-day I don't know what I would have done if I had had to work for a living. Harry Benson evil-dead done knows I have always been anonymous, that is the position I should be. And it is hard to say why or how you did something, it just happens. Harry Benson There is only one point of view, that is your point of view. You are making a mistake if you see the point of view of people. There is only one and that is your livelihood. Harry Benson making-mistakes mistake people John Lennon brought his wife Cynthia, a nice blonde girl and she was horribly put out of sight and stayed home. I know it broke John's heart John wasn't happy about it and she was-- because we spoke on the plane. I photographed her and them on the plane coming over. And you know photographs don't lie. They tried putting on a black wig on her for a couple of days and that was the sad part that kept quiet because they wanted them to be like, you know, fresh- which they were Harry Benson nice girl couple I was next to Bobby [Kennedy] when he was shot. It was hideous. Part of me wanted to crawl away. I couldn't... I still wake up in the night and think about it. I even remember the f-stop. It was 1.4. Harry Benson wake-up night thinking It takes a while for a photograph to mature. That sounds really pretentious, but it takes a time for it to go from here to there. Harry Benson pretentious mature photograph My ethics are basically around animals. I cannot do animals in distress. I was able to shut myself off with humans, and in a strange way, if you go through violence, you come out stronger at the other end than what you went in. Harry Benson stronger violence animal Similar Authors Inge Morath photographer Bert Stern photographer Brent Stirton photographer Bunny Yeager photographer Burt Glinn photographer Bruno Barbey photographer All Authors
