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.
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He has also photographed political figures, including every US president since Dwight D. Eisenhower, and covered war zones.
Many professional photographers used the XD-11, and one of the best known was Harry Benson, who published various books in the 1980s, often acknowledging the XD-11 in his books.
But after 18 months spent toiling in the traffic department at the Foote Cone & Belding ad agency, Gummer switched to magazine editorial, starting out as a fact-checker at GQ and later moving to LIFE, where he would write and produce photo essays with photographers including Harry Benson, Galen Rowell, Robb Kendrick, Bob Sacha, Theo Westenberger, Co Rentmeester, Taro Yamasaki, and others.
Benson was born in New York City, the daughter of Scottish photographer Harry Benson.
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