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Period: 1950s
Venice Gondolier, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Premium Rates Apply. A gondolier on the Grand Canal in Venice, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Ursula Pacelli, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ursula Pacelli poses at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collect...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Ursula Pacelli, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ursula Pacelli poses at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collect...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Ursula Pacelli, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ursula Pacelli poses at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collect...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Nice Pool, Estate Edition, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the world of casual elegance and midcentury glamour with Slim Aarons' evocative photograph, "Nice Pool" This image offers a mesmerizing glimpse into the opulent life of Ame...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Katherine Hepburn, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of ...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Sunbathing In Bürgenstock, Estate Edition, Lilian Hanson in Canton Nidwalden
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lilian Hanson sunbathing by a pool at the Bürgenstock Resort in Canton Nidwalden, Switzerland, 1955 In this iconic image by Slim Aarons, Lilian Hanson lies diagonally in the picture frame, the turquoise pool above her. She smiles for the camera, holding a straw hat and wearing a red and white polka dot bikini swimsuit. Her red lips, red hair and red nails bring out the graphic pop of her 1950s style bathing costume. The sun glints off her shoulders as she rests on a crisp square of yellow towel...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

NIce Pool, Estate Edition (American Writer C. Z. Guest at Villa Artemis)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the world of casual elegance and midcentury glamour with Slim Aarons' evocative photograph, "Nice Pool" This image offers a mesmerizing glimpse into the opulent life of Ame...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Nice Pool, Estate Edition, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the world of casual elegance and midcentury glamour with Slim Aarons' evocative photograph, "Nice Pool" This image offers a mesmerizing glimpse into the opulent life of Ame...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Young Fidel Castro - Vintage b/w Photo-1957
Located in Roma, IT
Young Fidel Castro - Vintage b/w Photo realized in 1959 in New York, Stamped Copyright by: Black Star, London. Good conditions.
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

Katherine Hepburn, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of ...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Katherine Hepburn, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of ...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Skiing in New Hampshire, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Sl...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Skiing in New Hampshire, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Sl...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Skiing in New Hampshire, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Sl...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Nice Pool, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the world of casual elegance and midcentury glamour with Slim Aarons' evocative photograph, "Nice Pool" This image offers a mesmerizing glimpse into the opulent life of Ame...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition Esther Williams
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Esther Williams Slim Aarons Estate Edition American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a trampoline, circa 1956. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $3000 Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. He's also been credited with inspiring the sun-soaked, escapist style of top Instagram influencers. Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer. French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday.” * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Internal: Vintage Hollywood images, Million Dollar Mermaid, Esther Williams, Green Bathing Suit, Trampoline, Olympics, Vintage glamour, 1950s, '50s, vintage sport film and theater stars, vintage actress, vintage pinup
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

New England Skiing, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two female skiers outside the Carroll Reed Ski Service Shop and Check Room in New Hampshire, 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authentici...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Marilyn Monroe 1953
Located in CANNES, FR
Ektachrome vintage . 1953 . 20x15cm Marilyn Monroe .
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Film

Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Sl...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Sl...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue catalog shoot, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Sl...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Sunbathing In Bürgenstock, Estate Edition, Lilian Hanson in Canton Nidwalden
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lilian Hanson sunbathing by a pool at the Bürgenstock Resort in Canton Nidwalden, Switzerland, 1955 In this iconic Slim Aarons photograph, Lilian Hanson lies diagonally in the picture frame, the turquoise pool above her. She smiles for the camera, holding a straw hat and wearing a red and white polka dot bikini swimsuit. Her red lips, red hair and red nails bring out the graphic pop of her 1950s style bathing costume. The sun glints off her shoulders as she rests on a crisp square of yellow towel...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Capucine'
Located in New York, NY
Capucine, 1957 Fiber print 30 x 20 inches Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainl...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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C Print

Portofino, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yachts moored in the Italian fishing village of Portofino, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Esta...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Capri Cruise, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Princess Laudomia Hercolani (in blue) and friends enjoy an on-deck siesta whilst cruising near Capri, July 1958. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Nu...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Westin Excelsior, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector wi...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Portofino, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yachts moored in the Italian fishing village of Portofino, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Esta...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Capri Cruise, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Princess Laudomia Hercolani (in blue) and friends enjoy an on-deck siesta whilst cruising near Capri, July 1958. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Nu...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Capri Cruise, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Princess Laudomia Hercolani (in blue) and friends enjoy an on-deck siesta whilst cruising near Capri, July 1958. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Nu...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

La Canzone Del Mare, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
La Canzone del Mare in Capri, Italy, July 1958. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will recei...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

La Canzone Del Mare, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
La Canzone del Mare in Capri, Italy, July 1958. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will recei...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

La Canzone Del Mare, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
La Canzone del Mare in Capri, Italy, July 1958. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will recei...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Ursula Andress, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1955: Swiss film star Ursula Andress (left) relaxes with artist Novella Parigini in a hammock in Rome. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Au...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Ursula Andress, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1955: Swiss film star Ursula Andress (left) relaxes with artist Novella Parigini in a hammock in Rome. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Au...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Ursula Andress, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
[Add Description Here] Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will receive the next number in the ...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Westin Excelsior, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector wi...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Westin Excelsior, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector wi...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Marina Piccola, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Marina Piccola, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Marina Piccola, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Portofino, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yachts moored in the Italian fishing village of Portofino, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Esta...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

New York Picnic, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Premium Rates Apply. A chauffeur unpacks a picnic hamper from a Rolls Royce, against the New York skyline. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of A...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

New York Picnic, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Premium Rates Apply. A chauffeur unpacks a picnic hamper from a Rolls Royce, against the New York skyline. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

New York Picnic, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Premium Rates Apply. A chauffeur unpacks a picnic hamper from a Rolls Royce, against the New York skyline. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

New England Skiing, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by th...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Sunbathing In Bürgenstock, Estate Edition, Lilian Hanson in Canton Nidwalden
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lilian Hanson sunbathing by a pool at the Bürgenstock Resort in Canton Nidwalden, Switzerland, 1955 In this iconic image by Slim Aarons, Lilian Hanson lies diagonally in the picture frame, the turquoise pool above her. She smiles for the camera, holding a straw hat and wearing a red and white polka dot bikini swimsuit. Her red lips, red hair and red nails bring out the graphic pop of her 1950s style bathing costume. The sun glints off her shoulders as she rests on a crisp square of yellow towel...
Category

Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

New England Skiing, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by th...
Category

Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

New England Skiing, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by th...
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Realist 1950s Portrait Photography

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Lambda

V&A Museum London 'Queen Elizabeth II' by Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
'Queen Elizabeth II' by Cecil Beaton (1904-80) Queen Elizabeth II wearing the sash of the Order of the Garter and a diamond and pearl diadem made for King George IV, Buckingham Palac...
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Queen Elizabeth II Visit to America, New York City 1950s, Gelatin Silver Print
Located in New york, NY
A documentary portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on her trip to America in the 1950s. In this black-and-white photograph Burt Glinn captures Qu...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Ed Feingersh 'Marilyn Monroe Candid Moment' Limited Edition Photograph 20x16
Located in San Rafael, CA
Actress Marilyn Monroe reads the book "To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting" by Michael Chekhov in a quiet moment at the Ambassador Hotel in March 1955 in New York City, New York...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Willie
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Ken Heyman ...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ernest Hemingway, Cuba
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Ken Heyman Limited Edition of ? Born in New York City in 1930, Ken Heyman first became interested in photography in high school. Later, during his student days at Columbia College-which were interrupted by a two-year stint in the army-his skill as a photographer grew, but still regarded photography as no more than a hobby. Then two events in college helped to direct him toward his career in photography. First, he sent off selections of his work to two national photography annuals and was pleased, indeed surprised, when both indicated they were eager to print his pictures-and did. But perhaps more important was his becoming a student of the distinguished anthropologist Margaret Mead...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Ken Heyman Born in New York City in 1930, Ken Heyman first became interested in photography in high school. Later, during his student days at Columbia College-which were interrupted by a two-year stint in the army-his skill as a photographer grew, but still regarded photography as no more than a hobby. Then two events in college helped to direct him toward his career in photography. First, he sent off selections of his work to two national photography annuals and was pleased, indeed surprised, when both indicated they were eager to print his pictures-and did. But perhaps more important was his becoming a student of the distinguished anthropologist Margaret Mead...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Pablo Picasso
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Signed by Ken Heyman ...
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Contemporary 1950s Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ernest Hemingway - Vintage Photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in 1950s. Good conditions. A historical moment of the past through the art of photography ...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper

V&A Museum London 'Queen Elizabeth II' by Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
'Queen Elizabeth II' by Cecil Beaton (1904-80) Queen Elizabeth II in full formal regalia of sash, ballgown, and tiara, England, 1955. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Paper size...
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1950s Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

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