His pictures have appeared in '' Life '' , '' Vanity Fair '' , and '' The New Yorker '' . He took over a hundred cover shots for '' People . '' Benson was assigned to travel with The Beatles on their inaugural American tour in 1964 . One of his most recognisable images shows the band in a gleeful pillow fight at the hotel Georges V in Paris . Other celebrities Benson has photographed include Bobby Fischer , Michael Jackson , who allowed him access to his bedroom , and Elizabeth Taylor , whom Benson photographed before and after her brain surgery . He has also photographed political figures , including every U.S. president since Dwight D. Eisenhower , and covered war zones . Benson was standing next to Robert F. Kennedy when the senator was shot on 5 June 1968 and has remarked on the difficulty of steeling himself to document the historic moment : " I kept telling myself ' this is for history , pull yourself together , fail tomorrow , not today . ' " Benson has been the subject of many exhibitions , including one organised by the Scottish National Portrait Galley at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution
was shot on 5 June 1968
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
Harry Benson