15 Facts About Stanley Tretick

Aaron Stanley Tretick was an American photojournalist who worked for UPI, Look, and People magazines.

Stanley Tretick is best known today for the photographs he took of John F Kennedy's 1960 campaign and presidency.

Stanley Tretick was born in Baltimore and raised in Washington, DC, graduating from Central High School in 1940.

Stanley Tretick joined Acme Newspictures and photographed combat during the Korean War.

Stanley Tretick moved to United Press, which acquired Acme in 1952.

Stanley Tretick covered Capitol Hill, the White House and the presidential campaigns of the fifties.

Stanley Tretick logged more miles with Kennedy during the presidential campaign than any other photographer.

The photographer and candidate became friends and Stanley Tretick took many important pictures during this time.

Kennedy told Stanley Tretick to get a job with any publication that would, promising him extensive access.

Stanley Tretick is noted for the photographs he took of President Kennedy with his children.

On October 2,1963, Stanley Tretick took his most famous photograph for an article about the President and his son.

In later years, Stanley Tretick began to spend more time covering the movie industry.

When Look magazine folded in 1971, Stanley Tretick became a founding photographer of People magazine where he retired in 1995 as a contributing photographer.

Stanley Tretick covered major stories such as Watergate, Iran-Contra and the Clarence Thomas hearings.

Stanley Tretick turned down a chance to be President Jimmy Carter's personal photographer.