Harry Benson. The Beatles and more

Erarta Museum presents an exhibition of Scottish photographer Harry Benson, who owns images of all US presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to Donald Trump, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Andy Warhol and other world stars.

Photographer who worked with the legendary Liverpool quartet in 1964-1966.
An entire era of American history
Shots full of movement, emotions, smiles and humor
The exposition at the Erarta Museum is based on photographs of The Beatles, with whom Benson worked from 1964 to 1966. It was this period that became the most important in the career of the Liverpool four - the most productive and successful. For several years, the collective has become a legend of world music, and a wave of Beatlemania swept across the globe. Harry followed the musicians everywhere: photographing their concerts in France, their first trip to the United States and performing on the popular American television show The Ed Sullivan Show, accompanied on a tour of the Netherlands and Denmark, attended the filming of the first film about The Beatles: A Hard Day's Evening ".

After his first trip to the United States with The Beatles in 1964, Benson's life was divided into before and after. He decided to stay in America forever and reflected in his works an entire era in the history of the country: he managed to capture both a number of important events - the assassination of Robert Kennedy and the civil rights marches - and prominent representatives of the world of politics, cinema, music and sports. In Erarta, you can see portraits made by Benson in the 60s – 90s of the XX century: the famous kiss of the Clintons, the dance of the Reagans, Arnold Schwarzenegger jumping out of the water.

The author's photographs are similar to himself: they are full of movement, emotions, smiles and humor. “I want my photographs to be spontaneous,” he says. - I like to give people the opportunity to be who they are. I don’t want to dictate to them what they think they should be ”.

Thanks to his energy, perseverance and curiosity, Benson always managed to get unique material - his reports were the first to appear on the pages of magazines and on the covers of Life, Vanity Fair, People, TIME and The New Yorker. Swift, always ready to take off and get involved in an adventure, Benson never backed down in the face of difficulties. “Many photographers avoid the critical moment. They are afraid to be in the very center of events, - he explains. "I always get into the heart of any situation as soon as I step off the plane."