The folks at Livebooks (a very popular photographer portfolio website company) have posted a new entry in their “Photographers In Focus” video series – this one featuring world renowned photography legend, Harry Benson.

If you don’t know who he is, know this: Harry Benson has photographed pretty much every icon of the last 50 years – a long time LIFE magazine staff photographer, he toured with the Beatles in 1964, has photographed the biggest names in world politics and celebrities from all walks of life.

This is a short piece, and definitely worth watching..

Harry Benson – start small, work hard.

I have not yet been fortunate enough to meet Mr. Benson, however I have fond memories of a joke that Rich Clarkson (another legend) told at his Sports Photography Workshop which was in Oklahoma City in 1989, and it goes something like this.. Continue reading »