Art by Medium: Lambda

This mid-1980s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an outdoor luncheon by the swimming pool of the Chateau Saint-Martin, a luxury hotel in Vence on the Co...

This mid-1980s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an outdoor luncheon by the swimming pool of the Chateau Saint-Martin, a luxury hotel in Vence on the Co...

This late 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera bea...

This mid-1980s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an outdoor luncheon by the swimming pool of the Chateau Saint-Martin, a luxury hotel in Vence on the Co...

This mid-1980s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an outdoor luncheon by the swimming pool of the Chateau Saint-Martin, a luxury hotel in Vence on the Co...

This mid-1980s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an outdoor luncheon by the swimming pool of the Chateau Saint-Martin, a luxury hotel in Vence on the Co...

This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta. This is an estat...

This mid-1980s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features people having breakfast on the verandah of the Chateau Saint-Martin, a luxury hotel in Vence on the Cot...

This mid-1980s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features people having breakfast on the verandah of the Chateau Saint-Martin, a luxury hotel in Vence on the Cot...

This mid-1980s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features people having breakfast on the verandah of the Chateau Saint-Martin, a luxury hotel in Vence on the Cot...

This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marsha Gayle of Paris enjoying a deserted beach near Calabash Bay, Andros, Bahamas. This ...

This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...

circa 1955: Film star Joan Collins in a pink and white bedroom with an accessory pink poodle. Slim Aarons Pink Accessory, Estate Edition Chromogenic Lambda print 1955, Printed Later...

This mid-1950s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit o...

This late-1950s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two bikini-clad holidaymakers enjoy a glass of wine outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. This is an est...

This late 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera bea...

Spinnaker sailing on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, August 1973 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldw...

Copacabana Beach and the Avenida Atlântica promenade, Rio de Janeiro, 1981. Copacabana Beach, Brazil 1981, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the...

Copacabana Beach and the Avenida Atlântica promenade, Rio de Janeiro, 1981. Copacabana Beach, Brazil 1981, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the...

Copacabana Beach and the Avenida Atlântica promenade, Rio de Janeiro, 1981. Copacabana Beach, Brazil 1981, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the...

The beach and Saracen tower below the Il Saraceno Grand Hotel, Amalfi Coast, August 1984. Amalfi, Italy (Il Saraceno, 1984) 1984, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand...

The beach and Saracen tower below the Il Saraceno Grand Hotel, Amalfi Coast, August 1984. Amalfi, Italy (Il Saraceno, 1984) 1984, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand...

Crew handing a sail aboard a yacht off Sardinia, 1978. Sailing In Sardinia 1978, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the recto. Edition of 150, po...

Crew handing a sail aboard a yacht off Sardinia, 1978. Sailing In Sardinia 1978, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the recto. Edition of 150, po...

Crew handing a sail aboard a yacht off Sardinia, 1978. Sailing In Sardinia 1978, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the recto. Edition of 150, po...

Two snorkellers in a rocky cove on the Spanish coast, 1970. Swimming In Spain 1970, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the recto. Edition of 150,...

Two snorkellers in a rocky cove on the Spanish coast, 1970. Swimming In Spain 1970, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the recto. Edition of 150,...

Two snorkellers in a rocky cove on the Spanish coast, 1970. Swimming In Spain 1970, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the recto. Edition of 150,...

Young people gathered on a stone pier, with a schooner anchored offshore, Italy, 1954. Hanging Out At The Seafront 1954, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered...

Young people gathered on a stone pier, with a schooner anchored offshore, Italy, 1954. Hanging Out At The Seafront 1954, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered...

Young people gathered on a stone pier, with a schooner anchored offshore, Italy, 1954. Hanging Out At The Seafront 1954, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered...

Bathers on the platform below the Excelsior Palace Hotel, Rapallo, 1954. Rapallo, Italy (Bathing Platform, 1954) 1954, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered i...

Bathers on the platform below the Excelsior Palace Hotel, Rapallo, 1954. Rapallo, Italy (Bathing Platform, 1954) 1954, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered i...

This early-1970s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests around the pool at the Monte Carlo Beach Club, Monaco. This is an estate-stamped and hand-num...

Al fresco diners beneath the parasols in Piazza Umberto I, Capri, 1958. Piazza Umberto I, Capri 1958, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the rect...

A woman reading beside a hotel pool in Marrakesh, Morocco, 1969. Poolside In Marrakesh, Morocco 1969, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the rect...

A woman reading beside a hotel pool in Marrakesh, Morocco, 1969. Poolside In Marrakesh, Morocco 1969, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the rect...

A woman reading beside a hotel pool in Marrakesh, Morocco, 1969. Poolside In Marrakesh, Morocco 1969, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the rect...

A woman reading beside a hotel pool in Marrakesh, Morocco, 1969. Poolside In Marrakesh, Morocco 1969, printed later C-Type Print Estate-stamped and hand-numbered in ink on the rect...

Hotel Eden-Roc 1976 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate CAPTION: Guests by the pool at the...

This 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art deale...

This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features, from left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of ...

This masterful photograph by renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner captures the timeless elegance of the George Peabody Library in Baltimore. Known as the 'cathedral of...

This 1954 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American actors Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland attending a house party in Beverly Hills. This i...

Riders gather in the courtyard of Richard Collins' House for the stirrup cup libation, before the start of the Pebble Beach Hunt of English and American foxhounds, November 1976. The...

This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice. Th...

Skiing In Vail II, 1960 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. Estate stamped and ha...

This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland. 1964. This is an est...

A woman running towards the ocean on a beach in Bermuda, 1957. The bather wears a vintage coral red swimsuit, which provides a pop of color against the sun-dappled turquoise waves. F...

This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a man wearing diving equipment talking with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas...

This mid-1955s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, during the filming of 'Mister Roberts' in Ha...

This mid-1955s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, during the filming of 'Mister Roberts' in Ha...

This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers relaxing on a beach in Bermuda. This is an estate stamped and hand numbere...

The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Chromogenic...

This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda. ...

This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...

Riggs Library I, Washington DC, by world-renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner, captures the timeless elegance of one of America's rare surviving cast-iron libraries. T...

This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain. This is an estate...

December 1961—Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown which belonged to the wife of Otto, the first king of modern Greece. The palace too originally belonged to King Otto, and was used as a summer home by the royal family. The space features neogothic architecture, a sky blue, red and gold decorative ceiling, black and white tile, and rich blue upholstery. Chromogenic Lambda print 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $2500 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons Estate Edition Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. 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 * 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). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source. Tour la Reine is a former royal estate...

This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a guest taking a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain. This is an esta...