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Color Photography For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: David LaChapelle
Giacomo Montegazza Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Giacomo Montegazza 1983 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Giacomo and Stefania Montegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Cassinella, on Lake Co...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pool By The Sea Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Pool By The Sea 1985 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A swimming pool and lounge deck over the sea at Angra Dos Reis, Brazil, 1985. unframed c type print printe...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Snowmass Village Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Village 1968 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in March 196...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Bettina Graziani Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Bettina Graziani 1964 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Bettina Graziani relaxes in a hammock on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, 1964. unframed c type print printed...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Penthouse Pool Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Penthouse Pool 1961 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961 unframed c type Limited to 1...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Princess Caroline Of Monaco Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Princess Caroline Of Monaco 1981 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Princess Caroline of Monaco in the winter-garden room...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Scotti’s Yacht Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Scotti’s Yacht 1981 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests on board Italian Count Hannibal Scotti’s yacht, ‘Scotland Cay’, Monte Carlo harbour, Monaco, August 19...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Jean Serpieri (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Jean Serpieri (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Spot the Ball, 1960 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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20th Century American Modern Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Positano Beach Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Positano Beach 1979 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lake Tahoe Trip Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. unframed c type print printed 2023 16×16 inche...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Spot The Ball Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Spot The Ball 1960 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1960. A polo match at the Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts. The club was s...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Bermuda View Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Bermuda View 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition View from the Bermudiana Hotel looking towards Paget, in the foreground the Royal Bermuda Yacht club, 1957. u...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

San Diego Home (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
San Diego Home (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) A woman in a day dress in the sitting room of a house in San Diego, California, October 1956. Additio...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Taormina Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Taormina 1975 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A swimming pool in Taormina, Sicily, 1975. unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 inches - paper size Limited ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Skiers at Verbier, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Mara Lane At The Sands - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane At The Sands Austrian actress Mara Lane lounging by the pool in a red and white striped bathing costume at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Holiday In Mustique' SLIM AARONS ESTATE PRINT
Located in London, GB
'Holiday In Mustique' by Slim Aarons LIMITED EDITION ESTATE STAMPED PRINT Numbered in ink to 150 only and emboss stamped on front. Pierre Vincent Marais and his wife Isabelle holiday with friends at Gelliceaux House, their home on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines, February 1989. A fabulous Slim- You can almost feel the heat! The beautiful turquoise waters of the swimming pool are fringed by palms, a swimmer in bright coloured bikini surveys the spectacular view beyond of the crystal clear waters of Mustique. This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the period's wealthy and famous, beautifully documented by Aarons. In his words, he loved to photograph 'beautiful people in beautiful places, doing beautiful things'. An exquisite LIMITED Edition Slim Aarons Estate Print. Gorgeous print measuring a huge 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101 cm's. Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source. EDGE PRINTS works in close partnership with the Getty Images Archive & Slim Aarons Estate and Collection, in London England. We ship regularly using crating...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Palm Beach Debutantes (1968) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Debutantes (1968) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Young debutantes in Palm Beach, Florida, 1968. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 20x20'' ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Backgammon by the Pool, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Women playing backgammon while sunbathing at the Habitation Leclerc pool, January 1975 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, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism. 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." Slim Aarons Backgammon by the pool...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Los Leones, St Barts - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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20th Century American Modern Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Slim Aarons 'Paraglider' 1968 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Paraglider' Preparing to go paragliding in Acapulco a young blonde woman holds on firmly to her parachute harness, 1968. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stampe...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Porto Ercole - Italy - Slim Aarons 20th century colour photography
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' Italy (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. Beautiful greens of th...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

'Pool At Las Brisas' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print
Located in London, GB
'Pool At Las Brisas' 1972 Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print by Slim Aarons 'Pool At Las Brisas' by Slim Aarons Guests in the pool at the ...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

'Sea Drive' 1967 Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Sea Drive' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an 'Amphicar' across the harbour at Nassa...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pop And Society Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Pop And Society 1968 From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed pa...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Boy Baron (1957) Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition - Giant
Located in London, GB
Boy Baron (1957) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) The youngest peer in England, seven-year-old Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd B...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Slim Aarons 'Mustique Hammock' (Slim Aarons Estate)
Located in New York, NY
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

'Las Brisas Hotel' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Las Brisas Hotel' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Apartments and pools at the La Concha Beach Club in Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. (Photo by ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons 'Lounging in Verbier' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss Alps, 1964: This landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holiday-makers taking in the sunset on a white snowy mountain top in Verbier, Switzerland in 1964. In classic snowscape of midcentury glamour, winter travelers dressed in 1960s ski fashion relax on colorful red, yellow, and green sun loungers, viewing the blue and white Swiss Alps mountain peaks in the background. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Verbier Vacation Slim Aarons Estate Edition Chromogenic Lambda print Modern printing from original transparency Captured 1964 (printed later) Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector will receive the next number in the edition 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. This is a genuine Slim Aarons Estate photograph, estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. We are pleased to offer this vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aarons estate. It is part of the estate's only official limited run, of 150. Estate stamp embossed on recto, hand numbered in ink on recto, with certificate of authenticity from the estate (not a secondary gallery licensing from the estate). Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) made a career out of photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Aarons is known for his iconic images of Hollywood glamour and luxurious people, places and lifestyles. Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun. Slim Aarons is noted for his documentation of the Beautiful People over 50 years, encompassing high society, celebrity, aristocracy, and the jet set. He was born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed official photographer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. During World War II he served as an army combat photographer for Yank magazine in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. After the war he became a freelance photojournalist, first based in Hollywood, then Rome, then New York. His photographs appeared in many magazines, including Life, Holiday, Town & Country, Look, Venture, and Travel & Leisure. His first book A Wonderful Time (1974) is considered a classic. 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. Visual Description: In one of Slim Aarons most popular and iconic series, bright, colorful notes of red, yellow, blue and green punctuate the clean white snow, with majestic peaks in the background. In the foreground, holiday-goers, lounge in a perfect vintage moment of casual winter glamour. Snowy mountaintops rise in the background. Verbier is a stunning mountain and winter ski destination in the Swiss Alps, known for its notoriously challenging slopes as well as its famous apres-ski scene. Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. Internal: Vintage Verbier, Vintage Ski Photography...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Desert House Party 1970 Official Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Desert House Party, 1970 A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial d...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA, 1962. Additional Information: Unframed ...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Palm Beach (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) The pool at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1955. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size:...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Portofino Villa, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel's villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Portofino, Italy, August 1977. Portofino Villa Slim Aarons Estate Edition Chromogenic L...
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1970s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Bermuda View (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Bermuda View (1957) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) View from the Bermudiana Hotel looking towards Paget, in the foreground the Royal Bermuda Yacht club, 1957. ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Dolly Fritz (1961) - Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Dolly Fritz (1961) - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Socialite Dolly Fritz, San Francisco, 1961. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 16x16'' Printed L...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Vuccino And Rava' SLIM AARONS ESTATE EDITION
Located in London, GB
'Vuccino And Rava' by Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print limited to 150 only numbered in ink & emboss stamped. 40 x 30 " inches paper size Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimmi...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Poolside Reflections, Beverly Hills Hotel (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Poolside Reflections, Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 Chromogenic Lambda print Holiday makers relaxing by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Snowmass Village
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Village Two fashionably attired women stand in the foreground of a snowy landscape with a helicopter on the slopes of Snowmass Village, in P...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) A bartender mixes a drink for a customer at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. Add...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Snorkelling In The Shallows (1969) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Snorkeling In The Shallows (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) A group of people snorkeling off a small boat in Malta, circa 1959. Additional Informa...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Palace Hotel (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Palace Hotel (1961) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, 1961. Additional Information: Unframed Pap...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Campbell Falls Picnic (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Campbell Falls Picnic (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) A family enjoy a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachusetts...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'Skiing At St. Moritz' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Skiing At St. Moritz' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978. Produced from the original transparency Certificate...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Hotel De Paris In Monaco
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Hotel De Paris In Monaco - Estate Stamped Edition Limited to 150 only The entrance to the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, Monaco, June 19...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Zermatt Skiing 1968 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Zermatt Skiing The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968. 60x40” / 101x152 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 202...
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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Il Canille' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Il Canille' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), Printed Later Sunbathers lounge on the white-painted terrace of Il Canille, built into the rocks of Pizzolungo overlooking the waters off ...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hotel Il Pellicano - Porto Ercole - Slim Aarons 20th century color photography
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Il Pellicano' by Slim Aarons The beachside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. This photograph epitomise...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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Aluminum

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Lake Tahoe Ladies
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Ladies A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Editi...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

'Count And Countess Jaime De Mora Y Aragon' Slim Aarons Estate Print
Located in London, GB
'Count And Countess Jaime De Mora Y Aragon' by Slim Aarons LIMITED EDITION ESTATE STAMPED PRINT Numbered in ink to 150 only and emboss stamped on front. Coun...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Arons Estate Edition - Cortina d'Ampezzo
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Cortina d'Ampezzo - Estate Stamped Edition Limited to 150 only Snowboarding in Cortina d’Ampezzo, March 1988 (Photo by Slim Aarons). This photograph epitomises the...
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1980s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons - Bermuda View - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
View from the Bermudiana Hotel looking towards Paget, in the foreground the Royal Bermuda Yacht club, 1957. Gorgeous print measuring an large 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm’s Es...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'La Dolce Vita: Vuccino &Rava, Capri' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on the waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Backgammon on the beach at Biarritz, France
Located in New York, NY
Backgammon on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960 Chromogenic print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Backgammon...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Positano Beach'
Located in New York, NY
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979. Slim Aarons Positano Beach 1979 (printed later) C print Estate st...
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1970s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Decorating with Color Photography

Color photography evokes emotion that can bring a viewer into the scene. It can transport one to faraway places or back into the past.

The first color photograph, taken in 1861, was more of an exercise in science than art. Photographer Thomas Sutton and physicist James Clerk Maxwell used three separate exposures of a tartan ribbon — filtered through red, green and blue — and composited them into a single image, resulting in the first multicolor representation of an object.

Before this innovation, photographs were often tinted by hand. By the 1890s, color photography processes were introduced based on that 1860s experiment. In the early 20th century, autochromes brought color photography to a commercial audience.

Now color photography is widely available, with these historic photographs documenting moments and scenes that are still vivid generations later. Photographers in the 20th and 21st centuries have offered new perspectives in the evolving field of modern color photography with gripping portraiture, snow-capped landscapes, stunning architecture and lots more.

In the voluminous collection of photography on 1stDibs, find vibrant full-color images by Slim Aarons, Helen Levitt, Gordon Parks, Stefanie Schneider, Steve McCurry and other artists. Bring visual interest to any corner of your home with color photography — introduce a salon-style gallery hang or another arrangement that best fits your space.

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