A DOCUMENTARY about the life of Glasgow-born photographer Harry Benson has been snapped up by a leading independent film distributor.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired the worldwide rights to Harry Benson: Shoot First, three months after its premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
Directed by Matthew Miele and Justin Bare, the film features a raft of star names including Sharon Stone, Alec Baldwin, Donald Trump, Henry Kissinger and Ralph Lauren.
Magnolia Pictures is targeting a 2016 theatrical release and plans to launch international sales at the Berlin Film Festival next month.
Mr Benson, 86, has built an impressive body of work in his illustrious career to date including photographs of the Queen, Sir Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr, Muhammad Ali, Greta Garbo, Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss.
He travelled with The Beatles on their inaugural American tour in 1964. One of his most famous images shows the band during a gleeful pillow fight in a hotel room.
Mr Benson has photographed every US president since Dwight D. Eisenhower – 11 in total.
He also documented the construction and demolition of the Berlin Wall, the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, the brutal struggle for Civil Rights and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Mr Benson got his start in the business at 16 after his picture of a roe deer was published in Glasgow's Evening Times newspaper.
These days, he splits his time between his New York base and a home in Palm Beach, Florida.
His approach has always been to immerse himself in the heart of events and never shy away from close proximity to the subject matter.
Michael Jackson allowed Mr Benson access to his bedroom, while Elizabeth Taylor granted permission to take photographs of her before and after brain surgery.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here