This picture of Salvador Dali, by Van Vechten, immediately grabbed my attention once I saw it. I think was grabs me is the random background, and how it perfectly fits with Salvador's work and how out of the ordinary it was. His facial expression is so serious in contrast with everything else around him that it creates an image that is interesting to look at and draws in the viewer's eye. The black and white also adds an element to it, as it kind of evens everything out but doesn't make it too boring, and his shadow behind him adds some form of dimension to the photograph.

Van Vechten's work