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Color Photography For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1930s
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Harriet at Mougins
Located in London, GB
Harriet At Mougins Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

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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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Capri Bay, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1958: Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Collector wil...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Lambda

Salon Dior Cream Velvet Fur Stole, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Salon Dior Cream Velvet Fur Stole -- Photographed in 1954 for LIFE by Mark Shaw in the Dior Salon, buyers and other important guests view a model wearing a cream velvet tea length gown...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Cafe Terrace In Nice, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera. This is an estate stamped...
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1950s American Realist Color Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Model in Yellow in Paris Café, 1957
Located in New York, NY
Model in Yellow in Paris Café, 1957 – Laroche's yellow skirt and sweater set was photographed by Mark Shaw in a Paris Cafe for the LIFE September 1957 artic...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Slim Aarons 'C.Z. Guest' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'C.Z. Guest' American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a poodle and a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Flor...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Carlton Hotel' 1958 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. 20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Let's Dance' 1964 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Let's Dance' Film stars Tony Curtis and his wife Janet Leigh enjoying a dance at a party held at James Mason's home in Beverly Hills, 1954. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper s...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Katharine Hepburn' 1953 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Katharine Hepburn' 1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 – 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 20x20" inches / 51 x ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Harriet at Mougins' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Harriet at Mougins' 1957: Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France. 30x30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Pool Party' Premium Rates Apply. A party by James Pendleton's pool in Beverly Hills, California, 1952. Pendleton's house was later bought by Hollywood director Robert Evans...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Seascape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta. This is an estate stamped ...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954. Image size is 22" x 32" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. A photograph in color of a model wearing Dior. She is wearing a red dress with black gloves, and a red hat. She is walking into an open room...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Designer's Homes, Ghislaine Lounges in Elsa Schiaparelli's Home, Back, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Ghislaine Lounges in Elsa Schiaparelli's Home -- Mark Shaw photographed Elsa Schiaparelli's best-known model, Ghislaine de Bosisson in an ankle-length dress lounging on an elongated ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Dior Salon, Haiti, 1954. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print i...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Backstage Balmain Floral Shawl, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Backstage Balmain Floral Shawl -- Backstage at the 1954 Pierre Balmain Couture show. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw pr...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

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

Materials

Lambda

Parisian Socialite with Poodle in Paris
Located in New York, NY
Paris, Parisian Socialite with Poodle -- Photographed for LIFE magazine in the countryside surrounding Paris, a blue suit and oversized hat are modeled by a young Parisian socialite with her Poodle. The Poodle, or "puddle dog" in German, is always ready for action and longing for a good snooze. Its distinctive hair style came about to facilitate the Poodle in its role as a retriever and gun dog. The Poodle is agile and strong and its history of working closely with the handler as a working water dog...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Marilyn Monroe in the Sunshine
Located in Austin, TX
Frank Worth was on the set of "How to Marry a Millionaire" when he took this classic shot of Marilyn Monroe leaning against a new Singer SM 1500C Roadster. A candid capture of Marily...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Dior Silver Chambord ensemble, 1954
Located in New York, NY
A model wearing Dior's Silver Chambord ensemble was photographed by Mark Shaw in1954. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in l...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Montesquiou-Fezensac Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Montesquiou-Fezensac 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1957, The Duchess of Montesquiou-Fezensac in the drawing room of her chateau, Neuilly unframed c type ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Elvis Presley: The Wink
By Lloyd Dinkins
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage candid image of The King, Elvis Presley photographed early in his career in 1956 in Memphis Tennessee by Lloyd Dinkins. Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "The King". His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Digital

Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta. This is an estate stampe...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marietine Birnie, Malta, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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...
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1950s American Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta. This is an estate stamped ...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' by Slim Aarons The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. A couple dressed elegantly in all white tennis outfits with rackets in hand, wander past the...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tennis in the Bahamas
Located in New York, NY
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the main group stand a second group of people talking. Slim Aarons worked mainly fo...
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1950s Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Klosters Ski Bus 1951 Giant Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Ski Bus 1951 Skiers take a lift in a VW camper van bus, Klosters, Switzerland, 1951. by Toni Frissell 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cannes Cannes Girls (1958) Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Cannes Girls (1958) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) Two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of France, 1958 . Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 40x40'' Printed Later Limited Estate Stamped Silver Gelatin Fibre Print NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE 12 x 12'' 16 x 16'' 20 x 20'' 30 x 30'' 40 x 40'' FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST About the Artist: Slim Aarons (American, October 29, 1916–May 29, 2006) was a photographer well-known for his portraits of the rich and famous. Born George Allen Aarons, he spent his youth in New Hampshire and New York before joining the army during World War II, where his photography career began. Working throughout his career with magazines like Life, Holiday, and Town & Country gave Aarons the chance to document the jet-set lifestyle of Hollywood stars, American and European socialites, and other celebrated figures. His approach was simple; using no make-up artists or artificial lights, he let the natural opulence of his subjects and their surroundings illuminate his lens. Typical scenes from Aaron’s photography take place in the sun, and in front of a pool surrounded by bathing beauties. The Slim Aarons Prints...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Ivy Nicholson, Traffic
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, estate-stamped. Includes white frame. Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990. Born in 1913,...
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1950s Color Photography

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C Print

Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)
Located in New York, NY
1957: Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authe...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire. This is an estate stamped and han...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Norman Parkinson 'Rudi Gernreich in tights, Vogue, February 1969'
Located in New York, NY
“The New Emphatics: for feet and legs – drama from the ground up”, fashion story photographed at El Conquistador Hotel in Puerto Rico for American Vogue, 15 February 1969. The fantas...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Audrey Hepburn Pink Flowers Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Belgian-born British actress Audrey Hepburn photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from the Spring/Summer 1955 collection. Photographed at ‘La Vigna’, Hepburn’s v...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Female Nude 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Unknown photographer, 1950's nude, printed on Epson paper, original was hand tinted. Outdoors 13.375 x9 in Colors: Pink, Yellow, Green, Skin color with hand tinting,
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1950s Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Carlton Hotel 1958
Located in London, GB
Carlton Hotel The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Taylor with Vintage Camera
Located in Austin, TX
Actress Elizabeth Taylor takes a photo with a Rollieflex twin lens medium format reflex camera wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses and smoking a cigarette on the set of the movie 'Gi...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

New York Picnic (Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in New York, NY
Caption: A chauffeur unpacks a picnic hamper from a Rolls Royce, against the New York skyline, 1952. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Couple infront city hall of Hamburg, 1930 Limited ΣYMO Edition, Copy 1 of 50
Located in Cologne, DE
The photographers note regarding this work is "A bicycle with its shadow in the autumn sun, Germany 1930s." This work comes to you as a new Fine Art Print on Hahnemühle William Turn...
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1930s Modern Color Photography

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Color

Golf At The Mill Reef Club 1959 Oversize Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Golf At The Mill Reef Club 1959 Golfers at the Mill Reef Club in Antigua, by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76" cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing av...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Norman Parkinson 'Audrey Hepburn wearing Givenchy in Italy, 1955'
Located in New York, NY
Belgian-born British actress Audrey Hepburn is photographed wearing a Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from his Spring/Summer 1955 collection at 'Villa Rolli', a farmhouse in the Al...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Parisian Flower Seller from Paris In Color 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius Giant
Located in London, GB
Parisian Flower Seller from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Giant oversize 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 76 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framin...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Westin Excelsior, Venice'
Located in New York, NY
Portofino 1957 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. (...
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1950s Realist Color Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons 'CZ's Dogs' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'CZ's Dogs' Premium Rates Apply. circa 1955: Mrs. F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) with her dogs in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, V...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

La Coquille (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
La Coquille (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) An aerial view of Palm Beach, Florida, 1955, showing La Coquille Hotel and its swimming pool. Additio...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Let’s Dance Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Let’s Dance 1954 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film stars Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwarz) and his wife Janet Leigh (Jeanette Morrison) enjoying a dance at a Beve...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Cortina D’Ampezzo (1962) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962. Additional Informati...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Print
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' by Slim Aarons The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. A couple dressed elegantly in all white tennis outfits with rackets in hand, wander past the...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Taylor in Frills, Portrait with Bare Shoulder, 1956
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Taylor in Frills, Portrait with Bare Shoulder -- Mark Shaw photographed Elizabeth Taylor for the October 15, 1956 cover of LIFE ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Natalie Wood: Star of the '60's
Located in Austin, TX
Great color capture of Natalie Wood in her younger years posed smiling on a swing. Natalie Wood was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully tra...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Katharine Hepburn
Located in London, GB
Katharine Hepburn American film star Katharine Hepburn driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 48x48" inc...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Playful Jayne Mansfield
Located in Austin, TX
Playful recolored print of Jayne Mansfield smiling with hands and knees on floor. Jayne Mansfield was an American film, theater, and television actress. She was also a singer and n...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Cannes Watersports Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Cannes Watersports 1958 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Afternoon tea round the pool on a cool day at the home of interior decorator James Pendleton in Beverly ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Venice Gondolas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Venice Gondolas 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Mag...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Cannes Cannes Girls Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Cannes Cannes Girls 1958 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of France, 1958....
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vogue Dive 1944 Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Vogue Dive 1944 A Vogue fashion shoot featuring a model jumping on a diving board wearing a bright 1940's yellow floral bikini, Florida USA 1944 by Toni Frissell 40 x 30" inches...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Golf In Hong Kong 1959 Toni Frissell Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Golf In Hong Kong 1959 A group play golf on a coastl golf course, Hong Kong, 1959. by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (fr...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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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