"The Reagans Dance" by Harry Benson

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Ended:November 13th 2023, 12:00pm EST

Winner: anonimo.anonimo.68b1

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The Prize

The Reagans Dance, 1995
Photo by Harry Benson
Edition 4/35
Dimensions – 85 x 76 cm

The work is framed.

Scottish photojournalist Harry Benson came to America with the Beatles in 1964. Harry photographed every U.S. president from Eisenhower to Barack H. Obama.

In 2013 Harry received several honorary doctorates. In 2009 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and received his honor at Buckingham Palace. Twice named NPPA Magazine Photographer of the Year, Harry received the 2005 LUCIE Award for Lifetime Achievement in Portrait Photography; the 2005 AMERICAN PHOTO Magazine Award for Achievement in Photography; the 2006 Scottish Press Photographers Association Lifetime Achievement Award; and has twice received the Leica Medal of Excellence. He has had 40 solo gallery exhibitions and published 14 books of his photographs.

His photographs are in the permanent collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., both museums hosting his exhibition Harry Benson: Being There (2006-7). A major retrospective exhibition of Harry's photographs was at the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow from June to September 2008.

Harry was under contract with LIFE Magazine from 1970 to 2000.

His photographs appear in major magazines including Vanity Fair, Town & Country, Architectural Digest, Time, Newsweek, Vice, Paris Match and The London Sunday Times Magazine. Harry lives in Wellington, Florida with his wife, Gigi, who works with him on his book and exhibition projects. Their two daughters, Wendy and Tessa, live and work in Los Angeles.

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The Cause

The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Italia (RFK Italia) has been operating for more than 15 years. The objective of the association is to involve and inspire the conscience of individuals in the fight for human rights, raising awareness in the community about the abuses taking place in the world. There are countless concrete commitments implemented:

One of the main activities is human rights education. From 2008 to today it has trained more than 500,000 Italian students and 2,011 teachers thanks also to Law 92/2019 which provided for the inclusion of civic education. Thus, since 2020 RFK Italia has launched "CivicAttiva: civic education at school. Stories, values and faces" an online course aimed at school teachers of all levels that addressed various topics with a transversal approach. The fight against bullying and cyberbullying is also an important commitment for the Association.

RFK Human Rights Italia also proposes, through the Bobby's Dream project, long-term strategies to be adopted in the second phase of welcoming migrants. It supports the implementation of real and responsible projects, which favor the process of integrating vulnerable people into the world of work. It promotes initiatives with the aim of establishing an effective dialogue between institutions, the business community and NGOs.

Faced with the Covid-19 emergency which has affected the entire country since February 2020 and, following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, RFK Italia felt the strong need to make itself even more available to the community by giving life to the Community project. The International House, located in Florence, consists of 12 rooms and hosted Red Cross healthcare personnel from May 2020 to June 2021 and, following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian refugees.

Website

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Item #L12118

In condition as donated.

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