Being There: Harry Benson's Fifty Years of Photojournalism
To quote John Loengard, former picture editor of Life and People, "Harry knows where it is important to go and what it is important to see. What he sees informs us all."

Harry Benson has always been at the right place at the right time. He has photographed all the American presidents from Eisenhower and was just next door to the Twin Towers when the first airplane struck. From Nixon's resignation to the dancing Reagans, the Digital Journalist hosts a online gallery of some of his best works including the famous Beatles pillow fight.[View]

David Friend (Vanity Fair's editor of creative development) wrote of his experience while working with Harry Benson as well as Harry's "Rules of the Road".[View]

#1 Never to get too comfortable on a story. No matter how bleak things seem, they can always get worse.
#2 Go for the center, first.
#3 Keep in fighting trim, Fleet Street style.
#4 You're only as good as your last scrape.
#5 Speed is all.
#6 Minimize your contact with the office.
#7 Worry, worry and worry some more.
#8 Be a lone wolf.
#9 Every story is some version of Star Wars.
#10 Keep it light.

To summarise, Harry Benson knows the exact When, How, Which, Whether, How and When of photojournalism: WHEN a subject is likeliest to let his guard down; WHO within the orbit of a given assignment will soon set him off target, whether deliberately or inadvertently; HOW best to divert the attention of a subject's minder or spouse in order to go in for he kill; WHICH unexpected ally within the enemy camp--or even among his press corps counterparts--will he soon enlist to assist him in his cause; WHETHER the home office, through sheer impatience or panic, ego or inexperience, is on the verge of endangering a story or compromising its legitimacy by misreading the delicate lattice of courtship and intrigue that have set the story in motion in the first place; HOW to defend an iron-clad exclusive against all competitors--and invariable, against devious colleagues; WHEN to turn on the charm.