The University of Saint Francis Presents "An Evening With Harry Benson"
February 5, 2008, Fort
Wayne, Indiana: The School of Creative Arts at the
University of Saint Francis will host “An Evening with
Harry Benson,” who will share his photographic
experiences and technical expertise through the Canon
Explorers of Light program on Wednesday, March 5
at 7:30 p.m. in the North Campus Auditorium (2702
Spring St.) as part of the Closer Look Lecture
Series.
Benson is known for
his work with literally hundreds of the world’s famous
faces, including the Beatles, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael
Jackson, and Truman Capote. His photos of First
Families—featuring the Kennedys, the Clintons and
others—have been on exhibit at galleries across the
nation. A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Benson came to
America with the Beatles in 1964.
Benson began working
for LIFE magazine in 1967 and continued with
LIFE until it closed in 2002. Now under contract to
Vanity Fair, his photographs appear in major
magazines throughout America and Europe. Recently,
Benson has been awarded with the 2005 Lucy International
Award for Lifetime Achievement in Portraits, the 2005
American Photo Magazine Award for Achievement in
Photography and the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from
the Scottish Press Photographers Association. Benson was
also given a Doctorate of Letters from Glasgow
University in 2007.
He will narrate a
slide show of some of his enduring images and answer
questions from the audience before adjourning.
This lecture is free
to the public and made possible by the Canon Explorers
of Light Program, Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne, the
Indiana Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for
the Arts. For more information, contact the School of
Creative Arts at 260-434-7591 or visit the website at
www.sf.edu/art.
The School of
Creative Arts (SOCA) is an accredited school by the
National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
The University of Saint Francis, founded
in 1890, is a comprehensive university in the Catholic
Franciscan tradition, offering undergraduate and
graduate programs to more than 2,100 students from a
broad geographic region.
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