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SCOTTISH photographer Harry Benson’s famous photographs of The Beatles are back in the spotlight.

The lensman’s classic behind-the-scenes shots of the Fab Four have been released in a new collection by high-end publisher Taschen.

The life of the Glasgow-born snapper, now based in New York, will take centre stage on TV tomorrow when he is interviewed by Gaelic star Cathy MacDonald on BBC Alba’s Cuide ri Cathy.

She spent a day with the 84-year-old in the Big Apple, where he moved in the 1960s.

Benson was the only photographer to capture the 1968 assassination of US presidential hopeful Robert Kennedy.

Other famous subjects include global stars Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton.

The new book – Harry Benson, The Beatles – includes his famous pillow fight shot of the Liverpool band. But he admits he had been reluctant to go on his first shoot with the Fab Four.

He said: “I didn’t want that job. I was supposed to go to Africa to cover independence movements but the editor wanted me in Paris with The Beatles.”