The underpinning to his wildly variegated archive (fashion, war, architecture, poverty) is a sensibility: a way of reconciling the gravity of life with its in a single frame; an intuitive understanding of light and shadow; an enviable way of adapting to any situation.
Here is a very limited look at those moments, both iconic and quotidian, that Dominis witnessed and preserved:
Sports (But Lyrically)
Yankee Mickey Mantle flinging his batting helmet away in disgust during bad day at bat, 1965
A "portrait" of Santa Gertrudis bull at King Ranch, 1952
An array of pots and pans used for cooking, 1968
Butterfly breeder Carl Anderson with monarch butterflies on his face, 1954
Argentinian matambre, a slice of beef rolled with vegetables and chilies, 1966
Helicopter ambulance taking off on a flight to Seoul, Korean War, March 1951
Farmer Bob Chickering at dusk driving lamp-studded lettuce harvester he invented, 1955
President Richard Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En Lai watching a pingpong match during Nixon's visit to China, 1972
Leopard about to kill a terrified baboon, South Africa, 1965
Frank Sinatra singing during a performance in Las Vegas, Nev., April 1965
Girl with cala lilies, Mexico, 1951
