Never before has an assassination been photographed from start to finish: from the happiness in the Ambassador Hotel Ballroom to the hell that awaited R.F.K. in the kitchen. No matter what words are said, photographs don’t lie. Harry Benson’s photographs convey the horror of the tragedy: the panic in the room, Ethel Kennedy trying to help, the screaming not another Dallas, a young girl placing her "R.F.K. for President" boater on the pool of blood. “As Bobby lay there, a rosary placed in his hand, chaos ensued, and five others were shot around me,” said photographer Benson.
