Ron Bennett
has an uncanny ability to get where the action is and behind the scenes of a story with
his camera
His career began as a newspaper photographer in Oregon,
after which he joined the staff of United Press International, Los Angeles, California and
then Washington, D.C. Bennett has worked for "Associated Press,"
Time/Life," "Newsweek," "U.S. News & World Report," and
Sports Illustrated" magazines. While at UPI he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for
his photographs of the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He has received
numerous other photo honors including first place awards from the National Headliners,
White House News Photographers, National Press Photographers, World Press Photo,
California News Photographers and Los Angeles News Photographers. He worked with
Presidents from Kennedy to Bush and their Cabinets. Exhibitor in several juried arts shows
in Southern California and Arizona. Marketing photographs and note cards nationally and
internationally.
Bennett has photographed some of his generation's biggest
stories including: Watts riots, Charles Manson murders of Sharon Tate; Anti-war
demonstrations; bombing of the U.S. Capitol; Watergate; the return of POW's from Vietnam;
Vietnam My Lai courts-martial; Three Mile Island melt down; Eruption of Mount St. Helen's;
Fall of the Shah of Iran; Commercial airline crashes; Space shuttles; Pope John Paul visit
to the USA, Hollywood; Academy Awards; Olympics; Championship NFL, NBA, NHL; World Series
baseball; Rose Bowl; World Champion Heavyweight Boxing; National Democratic and Republican
Conventions; Campaign of Presidents; Inauguration of Presidents; Travel with Presidents of
the United States, both abroad and within the USA; President Nixon's resignation;
President Ford's pardon of Nixon; Camp David Peace Accord; United Nations; First American
invited by President Castro to Cuba; Assassination attempts on Gov. George Wallace, and
Presidents' Ford and Reagan; Reagan and Gorbachev summits, several wars and travel to most
countries in the world.
Ron Bennett
has an uncanny ability to get where the action is and behind the scenes of a story with
his camera
His career began as a newspaper photographer in Oregon,
after which he joined the staff of United Press International, Los Angeles, California and
then Washington, D.C. Bennett has worked for "Associated Press,"
Time/Life," "Newsweek," "U.S. News & World Report," and
Sports Illustrated" magazines. While at UPI he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for
his photographs of the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He has received
numerous other photo honors including first place awards from the National Headliners,
White House News Photographers, National Press Photographers, World Press Photo,
California News Photographers and Los Angeles News Photographers. He worked with
Presidents from Kennedy to Bush and their Cabinets. Exhibitor in several juried arts shows
in Southern California and Arizona. Marketing photographs and note cards nationally and
internationally.
Bennett has photographed some of his generation's biggest
stories including: Watts riots, Charles Manson murders of Sharon Tate; Anti-war
demonstrations; bombing of the U.S. Capitol; Watergate; the return of POW's from Vietnam;
Vietnam My Lai courts-martial; Three Mile Island melt down; Eruption of Mount St. Helen's;
Fall of the Shah of Iran; Commercial airline crashes; Space shuttles; Pope John Paul visit
to the USA, Hollywood; Academy Awards; Olympics; Championship NFL, NBA, NHL; World Series
baseball; Rose Bowl; World Champion Heavyweight Boxing; National Democratic and Republican
Conventions; Campaign of Presidents; Inauguration of Presidents; Travel with Presidents of
the United States, both abroad and within the USA; President Nixon's resignation;
President Ford's pardon of Nixon; Camp David Peace Accord; United Nations; First American
invited by President Castro to Cuba; Assassination attempts on Gov. George Wallace, and
Presidents' Ford and Reagan; Reagan and Gorbachev summits, several wars and travel to most
countries in the world.