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Color Photography For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1930s
Slim Aarons 'Relaxing At Lake Tahoe' 1959 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Relaxing At Lake Tahoe' A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Satin Seduction Ladies Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Satin Seduction 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film star Diana Dors (Diana Fluck) (1931 – 1984) in blonde bombshell pose on a satin covered bed. unframed...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Oz Tennis Stars Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Oz Tennis Stars 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Australian tennis players Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall at the Newport Tennis week i...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Natalie Wood Classic Portrait
Located in Austin, TX
Frank Worth captured this classic image of Natalie Wood in 1952. At this point Wood was already a star having starred in films including Miracle on 34th Street as a child but had not...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Lola Albright's Penthouse
Located in New York, NY
Lola Albrights Penthouse, 1960 C print 20 x 16 inches Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 American singer and actress Lola Albright (1924 - 2017) at Richard La...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Frank Sinatra and Lauren Bacall at Villa Capri
Located in Austin, TX
Frank Sinatra and Lauren Bacall smiling while having a meal at a cafe, 1957. Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and later called...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Monroe on the Set of "How to Marry a Millionaire"
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful image of Marilyn Monroe leaning against a wall while behind the scenes of 'How to Marry a Millionaire' In the early 1950s, Monroe became a popular actress with roles in se...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Orange Scarf on Beach at Trouville, 1957
Located in New York, NY
Orange Scarf on Beach at Trouville, 1957 -- A model on the beach at Trouville near Deauville, photographed by Mark Shaw for LIFE for the January 14, 1957 ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Dior, Claire in Belotte Ensemble, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Claire in Belotte Ensemble, 1953 -- From page 80 in Dior Glamour, Mark Shaw. "Monsieur Dior admired the model Claire for her pureness of appearance...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Brigitte Bardot in Braids Crossed Ankles, 1958
Located in New York, NY
Brigitte Bardot Braids Crossed Ankles, 1958 -- Brigitte Bardot was photographed by Mark Shaw in 1958. Mark, who often predicted who would become stars, thought one of these images of...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Giclée

Nice Pool 1955 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 1955 American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Tennis in San Diego Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Tennis in San Diego 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, October 195...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Hotel Sports - Limited Edition Estate Print
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 150 only). 1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. France (Photo by Slim Aarons) 2...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Marilyn Monroe in Deckchair
Located in Austin, TX
This unique colored portrait features actress Marilyn Monroe sitting with a huge smile in a deckchair. This image was captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth in Los Angeles, 1...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Mara Lane At The Sands' 1954 Official Limited Estate Edition
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, 1954. 20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Relaxing At Lake Tahoe' 1959 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Relaxing At Lake Tahoe' A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. 40x40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'John Rawlings' 1950 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'John Rawlings' 1950, Fashion photographer John Rawlings (1912 – 1970) on the beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Ed...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Satin Seduction' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Satin Seduction' 1955: Film star Diana Dors (Diana Fluck) (1931 – 1984) in blonde bombshell pose on a satin-covered bed. 40x40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stampe...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Spear Fishing In San Diego
Located in London, GB
Spear Fishing In San Diego A spear fisherman in a mask, snorkel and wetsuit, with two boys on a beach in San Diego, California, October 1956. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper siz...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Skiing Holiday' 1950 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Skiing Holiday' American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break from skiing near Gstaad with Canadian-born economist John Kenneth Galbraith. 30 x 20" inches / 76...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Hawaiian Scenes 1957 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Hawaiian Scenes 1957 A couple in beachwear, Hawaii, 1957 by Toni Frissell 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (framing available see exampl...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Greece in 1957 - Athens (Print 2 of 50)
Located in Cologne, DE
A moment in time In 2021, a gallery from Brussels contacted us. There, a photographic collection had been kept in tin boxes for decades, consisting of 6x6 glass slides in color. The collection shows the worldwide travels of a then presumably very wealthy family from Belgium and was created in the 1950s and 1960s. The name of the creator of these works is unknown. We purchased the collection and are carefully curating the holdings to find outstanding period photographs within for high quality limited edition prints and large formats - for rooms made for people, with windows into the past. The print is new, limited to a maximum of 50 copies, created on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl. To keep shipping costs low, the work comes to you rolled in a special box.
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color

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

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

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

Materials

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

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...
Category

1950s American Realist Color Photography

Materials

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

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...
Category

1950s American Realist Color Photography

Materials

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

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...
Category

1950s American Realist Color Photography

Materials

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

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...
Category

1950s American Realist Color Photography

Materials

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

Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Street' 1953 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Palm Beach Street' Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953. 20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Pho...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'Hotel Sports' 1958 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Sports' 1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. Paper size 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Audrey Hepburn In Rome Limited Norman Parkinson 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

James Dean As Jett Rink in "Giant"
Located in Austin, TX
James Dean posed leaning with his hand on a fence post while filming a scene for "Giant", 1955. Giant was the last of James Dean's three films as a leading actor, and earned him his second and last Academy Award nomination - he was killed in a car crash before the film was released. Nick Adams was called in to do some voice dubbing for Dean's role in "Giant". After his death in a car crash, Dean became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Satin Seduction 1955 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Satin Seduction Film star Diana Dors in blonde bombshell pose on a satin covered bed. Paper size 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collecti...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

James Deann At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955 (colorised) by Frank Worth paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm edition of 6 only in this size Archival pigment print unframed Note other si...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Cannes Watersports 1958 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Cannes Watersports Holidaymakers waterskiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. Paper size 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Phot...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Man Ray in Paris' Mid-century Modern Photography
Located in New York, NY
Man Ray in his Paris studio with poster for Non-Abstractions exhibition opening (1956) and Peinture féminine (1954) Slim Aarons Man Ray in Paris 1956 printed later C-Print Estate si...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Greece in 1957 - Athens, Acropolis
Located in Cologne, DE
A moment in time In 2021, a gallery from Brussels contacted us. There, a photographic collection had been kept in tin boxes for decades, consisting of 6x6 glass slides in color. Th...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Color

Nice Pool 1955 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
Nice Pool 1955 American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Menton (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Menton (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) A shop selling beach paraphernalia in Menton, in southeastern France, 1957. Additional Information: Unfr...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Greece in 1957 - Athens
Located in Cologne, DE
A moment in time In 2021, a gallery from Brussels contacted us. There, a photographic collection had been kept in tin boxes for decades, consisting of 6x6 glass slides in color. Th...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Color

James Dean and Ursula Andress at Oscar Dinner
Located in Austin, TX
Great candid capture by celebrity photographer Frank Worth of Hollywood stars Ursula Andress and James Dean at the Oscars dinner. James Dean was an American actor. He is remembere...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment

New Book from the Paris In Color Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
New Book from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Large Oversize 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options available - Please enquire About: Peter Cornelius (1913–1970) was a German photographer and photojournalist. The goal he set himself was to capture: “the right colours at the right moment”. He was never concerned with a pure, apparently “right” picture of “reality”. After World War II, he began his career with reportage, landscape and sailing photography...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

A Junk In Hong Kong Harbour 1959 Limited Signature Stamped Edition
Located in London, GB
A Junk In Hong Kong Harbour 1959 A traditional junk in Hong Kong harbour, 1959. by Toni Frissell 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Archival pigment print unframed (fram...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Riviera Crowd Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Riviera Crowd 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Holidaymakers enjoying lunch by a pool on the French Riviera, 1957 unframed c type print printed 2023 16×20 ...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Snorkelling In Malta Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Snorkelling In Malta 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta, 1959. unfr...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Katharine Hepburn Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Katharine Hepburn 1953 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 – 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Sel...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Paris Scooter from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 by Peter Cornelius
Located in London, GB
Paris Scooter from the Paris In Colour Series 1956-61 By Peter Cornelius Giant oversize 60 x 40 inches / 150 x 101 cm paper size Printed 2022 Archival pigment print Framing and size options available - Please enquire About: Peter Cornelius (1913–1970) was a German photographer and photojournalist. The goal he set himself was to capture: “the right colours at the right moment”. He was never concerned with a pure, apparently “right” picture of “reality”. After World War II, he began his career with reportage, landscape and sailing photography...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Frank Sinatra in Portland
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning capture of the famous jazz singer and musician Frank Sinatra while in Portland, 1957. This portrait features the star sitting on a bench on a dock, leaning back. Frank Sina...
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cannes Watersports Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Cannes Watersports 1958 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Holidaymakers waterskiing from the pier of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. unframed c type print printe...
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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

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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

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Lambda

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

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Lambda

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

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

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

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Lambda

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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