Lucky Luciano
Slim Aarons
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About this work
Lucky Luciano, Lercara
Six men in suits walk away from the camera along a narrow street of stone houses, shutters and wrought-iron balconies. On the left two of them keep their hands behind their backs. In the middle of the dusty road they head toward an open valley with hills in the distance. Electric wires hang above the street. A black-and-white shot.
The caption names the Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano, walking through Lercara with friends. According to the same text, he founded the crime syndicate of the Mafia families during his time in prison. The image itself keeps a low profile: six men seen from behind, in a single row, with no way to tell which of them is Luciano. The narrow street draws the eye toward the hills in the distance.
- Photographer
- Slim Aarons
- Collection
- Slim Aarons
- Country
- Italy
- Reference
- 2666383
The photographer
Photographing attractive people who were doing attractive things in attractive places.
George Allen Aarons, born in New York, served as a military photographer in World War II and subsequently transitioned to print journalism. Whereas he previously documented the war, he deliberately chose the opposite subject: the leisure time of the rich and famous, in breathtaking settings.
His most famous photograph, The Kings of Hollywood (1957), encapsulates what he sought in all his portraits: glamour, charisma, and celebrity, captured in a relaxed manner.
Aarons won the trust of the people he photographed, thereby gaining access to some of the most intimate and candid portraits of the twentieth century. In 2007, Getty Images published the book Poolside With Slim Aarons , crowning his legacy.
- Born October 29, 1916 , New York
- Died May 29, 2006 , Montrose, NY
- Hulton Archive / Getty Images
