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Keep your Cool
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Keep your Cool, 1978: Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank Brandstetter in a
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1970s Cool Retro Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print 40 x 30 inches Estate stamped and hand
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print 40 x 30 inches Estate stamped and hand
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print 40 x 30 inches Estate stamped and hand
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Keep Your Cool, Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Keep Your Cool, Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition
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1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

"Cool Cole, " Nat King Cole
Located in New York, NY
Morrison Hotel gallery is proud to represent the Nat King Cole Estate. This is the official Nat King Cole photographic program approved by his family. Each piece comes embossed with ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Estate 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons Estate 'Keep Your Cool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool, 1978 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Winter Cool 1955 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
By Toni Frissell
Located in London, GB
Winter Cool 1955 A stylish female apres-skiwear, Klosters, Switzerland by Toni Frissell 48 x
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1950s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ice Cool 1955 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
By Toni Frissell
Located in London, GB
Ice Cool 1955 A stylish female skier at Klosters ski resort,Switzerland, 1955 by Toni Frissell
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1950s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Keep Your Cool' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with
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1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print

Winter Cool 1955 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
By Toni Frissell
Located in London, GB
Winter Cool 1955 A stylish female apres-skiwear, Klosters, Switzerland, 1955 by Toni Frissell
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1950s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ice Cool 1955 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
By Toni Frissell
Located in London, GB
Ice Cool 1955 A stylish female skier at Klosters ski resort,Switzerland, 1955. by Toni Frissell
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1950s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Keep Your Cool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Keep Your Cool 1978 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a
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1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco), Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acapulco, 1978. Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later
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1970s Realist Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Keep Your Cool 1978 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Keep Your Cool 1978 Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter
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1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print

Keep Your Cool 1978 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Keep Your Cool 1978 Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy
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1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Keep Your Cool' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of
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1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Color, C Print

'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon
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1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print

Paul Newman in the motion picture "Cool Hand Luke"
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Lawrence Schiller. “Paul Newman in the motion picture "Cool Hand Luke” is a
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Cool Retro Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of
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1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print

Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acapulco, 1978. Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later
Category

1970s Realist Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Thelonious Monk photograph Detroit, 1967 (Jazz photography)
By Leni Sinclair
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Thelonious Monk by photographer Leni Sinclair: A very cool, well-defined photo of Jazz legend
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1960s Pop Art Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acapulco, 1978. Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later
Category

1970s Realist Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acapulco, 1978. Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later
Category

1970s Realist Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acapulco, 1978. Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later
Category

1970s Realist Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon
Category

1970s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print

Cool Capucine (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Cool Capucine 1955 (printed later) Fiber print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with
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1950s Modern Cool Retro Photography

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Lambda

Designers' Homes, Dolores Guinness in Black Lace Dior, Cool, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. Fashion photography in color of Mrs. Patrick
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1950s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Giclée

Designers' Homes, Dolores Guinness in Black Lace Dior, Cool, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. Fashion photography in color of Mrs. Patrick
Category

1950s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Giclée

Designers' Homes, Dolores Guinness in Black Lace Dior, Cool, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. Fashion photography in color of Mrs. Patrick
Category

1950s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Giclée

Designers' Homes, Dolores Guinness in Black Lace Dior, Cool, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. Fashion photography in color of Mrs. Patrick
Category

1950s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Giclée

Designers' Homes, Dolores Guinness in Black Lace Dior, Cool, 1959
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. Fashion photography in color of Mrs. Patrick
Category

1950s Modern Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Giclée

Chair, Northwich - Blue industrial interior photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
International Photography & Moving Image Art Fair Milan in 2016. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, gloss
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1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Breakfast Table, Northwich - British Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
true love and empathy for his subject matter – be it cool, descriptive interiors, still life, portrait
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1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Breakfast Table, Northwich - British Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
true love and empathy for his subject matter – be it cool, descriptive interiors, still life, portrait
Category

1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Chair, Northwich - Vintage industrial interior color photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Ordinary Places' formed part of Richard's 30 year Retrospective at The International Photography & Moving
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1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Cats, Salford - Vintage British interior color photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Ordinary Places' formed part of Richard's 30 year Retrospective at The International Photography & Moving
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1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Bottles, Manea - Abstract British interior color photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Ordinary Places' formed part of Richard's 30 year Retrospective at The International Photography & Moving
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1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print, Silver Gelatin, Color, Photographic Paper

Rayburn, Manea - Vintage British interior color photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Ordinary Places' formed part of Richard's 30 year Retrospective at The International Photography & Moving
Category

1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print, Silver Gelatin, Color, Photographic Paper

Mirror, Manea - Vintage interior British color photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Ordinary Places' formed part of Richard's 30 year Retrospective at The International Photography & Moving
Category

1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Chair, Northwich - Vintage industrial interior color photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Ordinary Places' formed part of Richard's 30 year Retrospective at The International Photography & Moving
Category

1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Cobblers, Salford - Vintage interior British color photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Ordinary Places' formed part of Richard's 30 year Retrospective at The International Photography & Moving
Category

1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print, Silver Gelatin, Color, Photographic Paper

Bottles, Manea - British Vintage Interior Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Ordinary Places' formed part of Richard's 30 year Retrospective at The International Photography & Moving
Category

1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print, Silver Gelatin, Color, Photographic Paper

Stonemason's Bucket, Northwich - Industrial British Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Ordinary Places' formed part of Richard's 30 year Retrospective at The International Photography & Moving
Category

1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print, Silver Gelatin, Color, Photographic Paper

Stonemason's Workshop, Northwich - Industrial British Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Ordinary Places' formed part of Richard's 30 year Retrospective at The International Photography & Moving
Category

1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print, Silver Gelatin, Color, Photographic Paper

Sticks, Manea - British Vintage Interior Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Ordinary Places' formed part of Richard's 30 year Retrospective at The International Photography & Moving
Category

1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ordinary Places Installation - English vintage interior color photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Ordinary Places Sixteen Piece Installation, British vintage interior photography by Richard Heeps
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1980s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

30x30" Black & White Nude contemporary abstract photography - n. 3
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a series of black and white Nude abstract contemporary art photography (13 in series
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1990s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Anita, Lady Fen, Welney - Vintage Fashion Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
pictorial structures demonstrate a true love and empathy for his subject matter – be it cool, descriptive
Category

1990s Contemporary Cool Retro Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Color, C Print

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Cool Retro Photography For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact piece of cool retro photography you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. You can easily find an example made in the Post-War style, while we also have 2 Post-War versions to choose from as well. Finding the perfect item from our selection of cool retro photography may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a choice in our collection of cool retro photography to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of blue, black, gray and more. Creating an object in our assortment of cool retro photography has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Rosemary Ellis and Lawrence Schiller are consistently popular. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in digital print, lambda print and laser print can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Cool Retro Photography?

A piece of cool retro photography can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $3,350, while the lowest priced sells for $259 and the highest can go for as much as $20,000.

Finding the Right photography for You

Find a broad range of photography on 1stDibs today.

The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later. 

Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide. 

What might leading figures of visual art such as Andy Warhol have done with these tools at their disposal?

Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records — provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. Horst, Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton, who altered the face of fashion and portrait photography; visionary documentary photographers such as Gordon Parks, whose best-known work was guided by social justice; and pioneers of street photography such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, who shot for revolutionary travel magazines like Holiday with the likes of globetrotting society lensman Slim Aarons.

Find photographers you may not know in Introspective and The Study — where you’ll read about Berenice Abbott, who positioned herself atop skyscrapers for the perfect shot, or “conceptual artist-adventurer” Charles Lindsay, whose work combines scientific rigor with artistic expression, or Massimo Listri, known for his epic interiors of opulent Old World libraries. Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron was given a Kodak camera as a child. Later, she shot on Polaroid film before buying her first 35mm camera in her teens. Barron's stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.

Throughout the past two centuries, photographers have used their medium to create expressive work that has resonated for generations. Shop a voluminous collection of this powerful fine photography on 1stDibs. Search by photographer to find the perfect piece for your living room wall, or spend some time with the work organized under various categories, such as landscape photography, nude photography and more.