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Who was the famous photographer of Palm Springs?
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The famous photographer of Palm Springs was Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Palm Beach and other luxurious settings around the globe. Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death. Find a selection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
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Alice Topping (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alice Topping (1959) Limited Estate Stamped  
(Photo By Slim Aarons) 
Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, 
Florida, 1959. 
Additional Information: 
Unframed
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Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Eden-Roc Pool, France, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, 
This is an estate st...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Monocled Miss (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monocled Miss (1964) Limited Estate Stamped  
(Photo By Slim Aarons) 
Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel,
New York, 1964.
Add...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Conca dei Marini, Italy, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a busy bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984.
This is an est...
Category
1980s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped  
(Photo By Slim Aarons) 
Guests at the entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 
France, 1958.
Additional Information: 
Unframe...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Catching The Sun In Cortina, 1976
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Catching The Sun In Cortina
1976 (printed later)
C print 
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 
with Certificate of authenticity
Giuliana Gerolinetto, Maria Cristi...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print


