How'd he do that? #1

[David Draime]

Can't answer your question, but I did stumble across a Harry Benson exhibit in some gallery in Santa Fe last year. What a treat!!! So many great Beatles images - being the diehard Beatle fan I am ( as a kid, I wanted to be a Beatle when I grew up - then, a few years ago, when I finally accepted that that wasn't going to happen, I thought I'd try to be a good portrait artist) - I was in heaven. I wanted to buy one - they were for sale, signed & #'d - but I didn't have ten thousand dollars in my pocket.

Sigh...

[Mike McCarty]

Allan, Garth,

I agree that there must have been some artificial light set up going on high left.

Who knows what kind of camera equipment was used. If it was a 35mm I would guess that 400 ASA film would have been available, but my memory is that the faster speeds -- 800, 1600, and above, were brought out much later.

He could also have "pushed" the 400 to 6-800.

David,

I too will admit to being a Beatles fan. I was late for work one night because I stayed in my car in the parking lot to finish listening to "Come Together" for the first time. How could I leave? Regardless of the consequences.

Harry Benson was huge. He was there to photograph JFK moments after he was shot. He then photographed his brother Bobby as he lay on that kitchen floor dying. He took the infamous photo of Richard Nixon as he gave the double peace sign from the helicopter. He was always present when history was taking place. Like this remarkable image of the M. L. King family just after his death.