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Legendary Photographer Harry Benson Offers Six Tips That Helped Shape His Amazing Career At Kingston's Icons Of Photography Website
Web Site Designed to Inspire/ Educate Photographers at All Levels with Tips and Techniques from World-Class Pros
Fountain Valley, CA – April 15, 2006 – - Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory
products, announced that legendary photojournalist Harry Benson will be the featured photographer on Kingston's Icons of Photography
Web site beginning today. Icons of Photography is quickly becoming one of the most popular online forums for photo enthusiasts and
professional photographers to learn tips and techniques from some of the world's most respected photographers. Each month Kingston
spotlights a new "Icon of Photography" who provides interesting advice and anecdotes for taking better pictures and shares their
unique approach to digital imaging, storage, and workflow.
Digital photography has changed the way we take photos and process them and Kingston is helping to educate and inform photographers at
all levels about the importance of memory, whether it's for the computer, the camera or as a convenient means of transporting images
through secure and high capacity USB Flash drives.
As this month's Icons of Photography spotlight photographer, Harry Benson shares six (6) "rules of the game" he has learned over his
career and continues to live by to this day. Whether he's photographing world leaders, celebrities or "everyday people," Harry Benson
credits these ‘rules" with making him one of the most successful photographers of our time. Benson also discusses how his digital
workflow is different from other photographers and the important role Kingston media cards play in that process.
"The move into digital came at a great time in my career. It has absolutely reenergized me," said Harry Benson. "I'm excited to be
shooting digital and thrilled by what it allows me to do as a photographer. Working with Kingston media gives me the confidence of
knowing that my images are captured and are reproduced as I see them unfold before my eyes."
"Kingston is honored to have Harry Benson as part of our Icons of Photography program," says Wendy Lecot, Flash Memory Marketing Manager,
Kingston. "His experience, knowledge of the business and willingness to share his thoughts and ideas with our customers is a real asset
to Kingston and everyone who visits the Icons of Photography Web site."
Benson's first big break came with a job at the London Daily Express, where he was given the plum assignment of covering The Beatles in
Paris and traveling with them on their first trip to America. After a two-year stint covering the U.S. for the paper, he quit to begin
his career in the United States. Benson worked for Life from 1967 until it closed and is also credited with helping People magazine get
on the U.S. media radar, shooting more than 100 of its early covers. He photographed every U.S. president from Eisenhower to George W. Bush
and covered Nixon's resignation, the Watts Riots, the fall of the Berlin Wall and much more.
Today he shoots for Vanity Fair and Architectural Digest, among others. Since his arrival in the U.S., he has won numerous awards,
including the 2005 Lucie award for lifetime achievement in portrait photography, and was twice named ASMP Photographer of the Year. Benson
has had nine books published, with two new books coming out this fall. A major retrospective of Benson's work opens at the Scottish
National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh on August 4, 2006.
Kingston will introduce a new photographer with their featured photographic tip, gallery of images, calendar of events and biography around
the 15th of each month. Photographers and consumers can read the latest tips and view images by logging onto www.kingston.com/digitalmedia/iop.
Other Kingston Icons of Photography include: Barbara Bordnick, Colin Finlay, Douglas Kirkland, Gerd Ludwig, Peter Read Miller, and Chris
Rainier.
About Kingston Technology Company, Inc.
Founded in 1987, Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world's largest independent manufacturer of memory and digital media products.
Kingston operates manufacturing facilities in Malaysia, Taiwan, China and Fountain Valley, Calif. Kingston's back-end processing facility
supports memory test and logistics. Kingston supports all memory processing functions from receipt of wafer to completed module. Kingston serves
a network of distributors, OEMs, and retail customers in more than 3,000 locations worldwide. For more information on Kingston, call (800)
337-8410, or go to kingston.com.
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Editor’s Note: For additional information, evaluation units or executive interviews, please contact Heather Skinner, Kingston
Technology Company, Inc. 17600 Newhope Street, Fountain Valley, CA USA 92708, (714) 438-1817 (Voice). Press images can be found in
Kingston's press room at kingston.com/press/default.asp
Kingston and the Kingston logo are registered trademarks of Kingston Technology Corporation. All rights reserved. All other marks may be
the property of their respective titleholders.
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