Aaron Stanley Tretick (July 21, 1921 – July 23, 1999) was an American photojournalist who worked for UPI, Look, and People magazines. He covered every president from Harry S. Truman through George H. W. Bush. Tretick also did stills for many films, including All the President’s Men and The Candidate. He is best known today for the photographs he took of John F. Kennedy’s 1960 campaign and presidency. In the final issue of Look, in 1971, Tretick was called “President Kennedy’s photographic Boswell.”
Table of Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Death
- 2.1 Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the Kennedys
- 2.2 JFK with Robert Kennedy, 1962 22x28 Framed Art Print by Tretick, Stanley
- 2.3 A Very Special President
- 2.4 JFK with Robert Kennedy, 1962 2X Matted 22x28 Large Gold Ornate Framed Art Print by Stanley Tretick
- 2.5 Martin's Dream Day
- 2.6 Let Freedom Ring: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the March on Washington
- 2.7 JFK with Robert Kennedy, 1962 2X Matted 22x28 Large Black Ornate Framed Art Print by Stanley Tretick
- 2.8 Biography - Tretick, Stanley (1921-1999): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online
- 2.9 By Kitty Kelley Let Freedom Ring: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the March on Washington [Hardcover]
- 2.10 JFK and Jacqueline, 1961 by Stanley Tretick - 24x18 Inches - Art Print Poster
Early life
Tretick was born in Baltimore and raised in Washington, D.C., graduating from Central High School in 1940. Following a stint as a copy boy for The Washington Post, he united the Marines in 1942. Trained as a photographer, he served in the Pacific during World War II and next covered D.C. as a tough-talking news cameraman. Tretick united Acme Newspictures and photographed deed during the Korean War.
In 1951, Tretick’s were in the middle of the Korean War photos in the exhibit “Korea—The Impact of War” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His photo of a soldier crumpled similar to despair and holding his muddy slope in his hands was fixed by Military Times as one of the one hundred most-enduring images captured in combat.
Death
Tretick died in July 1999 at the age of 78, just days after John F. Kennedy, Jr.’s aircraft crashed off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard.
Tretick had said of his portray of John F. Kennedy Jr. in his father’s desk, “When I shove off I’ll probably be remembered for the snap of John-John.” His obituaries bore this out, invariably mentioning the photo; some newspapers printed it. But Dick Stolley of Time, who had known Tretick at Look and at People, recognized the breadth of Tretick’s work: “He was that most unusual of photographers, a man who could do anything—soft subjects when the Kennedy children and entirely tough things, too.”
Last update 2021-08-06