Slim Aarons was a combat photographer during WWII but then took the to the high life, moved to California and began documenting the socialites of the time. He says that his career was formed out of "photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." I'm a big fan of the geometry of photography. The composition of the JFK photo is great. The vertical lines of not only the post and JFK himself, but of the two other people in the background and the palmtrees, not to mention JFK standing under the wording of the cover. The Tennesee Williams one is great with background photo mimicking the bartender transaction. I like the contrast of the background photo having a cheeky priest/monk eavesdropping in while in the real life it appears that the Joe Schmo sitting next to Mr. Williams is clearly uninterested. Then the croquet shot is of course just very pleasing to look at, with the subject's cigarette at a near perfect parallel to the croquet gates (whickets? what are those things called?)
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