here's the trailer for the film harry benson, shoot first. >> i love harry benson. i think i'm probably about half a bump from being in love with harry benson. >> harry is iconic taking pictures of a lot of icons. >> i think it's rare that you know in the moment that a moment is going to be legendary. >> there's also harry's range and versatility. harry could do it all. >> great photo journalists of all time. >> the only time you could be around the beaches. >> and the beatles he became intimate with. >> he was there with the ultimate subject with people who are at the peak of the media centricity. >> they have to back what he's attracted to. >> he allowed harry to photograph him for days. >> take a look at the picture. oh my god.e look. >> he puts people at ease and you can see that in thinks work. >> great photographers, in a moment they got it. >> if they don't take a photograph as a terrible mistake i see what i see and shoots. >> the shot that i saw of the senator lying with harry shot. >> no matter what your personal feelings may be you realize this is somethi

charlie: i'm pleased to have harry benson and the codirector here at the table. welcome. lations. >> thank you. it?lie: how have you done harry: i am an old man now. charlie: look at that. look at that. you have been there. the camera was there and you captured the image. harry: i would like to go over again and do the same things. you know. charlie: why you? why photography? harry: i wasn't good at school. photography was a way out. and if you keep taking a good photograph, eventually you will become heavyweight champion of the world. [laughter] harry: meaning if you work on a newspaper, you know right away that you failed or you won the day. charlie: but is there one secret to one fundamental way that you did it? harry: first in, last out. yes, photograph what you see. and what you see should inform. charlie: what is the answer to the question "why harry?" matthew miele: i think because, with the title of the film, he knows how to get into a situation. he knows how to charm the people but underneath that is a manipulation that is really all alluring and arresting. charli

i think i am probably about a half bump from being in love with harry benson. >> harry is iconic.g a lot of pictures of icons. init is rare that you know the moment that the moment will be legendary. there is also his range and versatility. he could do it all. >> he is one of the great photojournalists of all time but yet people think beadles -- beatles. there were many intimate photographs of them. celebrities but they have to be someone he is attracted to. -- fisher allowed him to photograph him four days. -- for days. >> he puts people at ease and you can see that in his work. some great photographers have a camera all the time. if i do not take a photograph, i make a terrible mistake. i photograph what i see. >> the first shot that i saw of the senator lying was his shop. >> no matter your personal feelings, you realize this is something you have to document. you could argue that he has nothing left to prove that every day he feels like he has something to prove. you love to photograph people who are bigger than life. >> he was a guy who i was trying to beat. -- trying to be.