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Realist Color Photography

REALIST STYLE

Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world. 

Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history. 

By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.

Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.

Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.

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Style: Realist
Slim Aarons 'Verbier Skier'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Verbier Skier 1964 C print Estate edition of 150 A blonde skier on the slopes at Verbier, February 1964. Estate stamped and hand numbered...
Category

1960s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Verbier Skier'

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Verbier Skier', 1964

$5,400
Joan Collins Relaxes (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenti...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Joan Collins Relaxes (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Joan Collins Relaxes (Aarons Estate Edition), 1955

$3,600
Crowded Kitzbühel, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers making their way between the slopes in Kitzbühel, Austria. This is an estate stamped and...
Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Crowded Kitzbühel, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Crowded Kitzbühel, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Crowded Kitzbühel, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1980-printed later

$3,900
Crowded Kitzbühel, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers making their way between the slopes in Kitzbühel, Austria. This is an estate stamped and...
Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Crowded Kitzbühel, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Crowded Kitzbühel, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Crowded Kitzbühel, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1980-printed later

$3,600
Mittersill Castle, Austria, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a glider resting on the ground by Mittersill Castle, Austria. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Mittersill Castle, Austria, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Mittersill Castle, Austria, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Mittersill Castle, Austria, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1958, printed later

$2,400
Mittersill Castle, Austria, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a glider resting on the ground by Mittersill Castle, Austria. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Mittersill Castle, Austria, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Mittersill Castle, Austria, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Mittersill Castle, Austria, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1958, printed later

$3,600
Gaëtan de Rosnay, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features French painter Gaëtan de Rosnay showing his work in Klosters, Switzerland. This is an es...
Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Gaëtan de Rosnay, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Gaëtan de Rosnay, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Gaëtan de Rosnay, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1981-printer later

$1,800
La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, San Diego, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla, San Diego. This is an estate stamp...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, San Diego, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, San Diego, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, San Diego, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955, printed later

$3,600
Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jim Kimberly and Kim Wadsworth at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California. This is an estate ...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1956, printed later

$3,600
Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jim Kimberly and Kim Wadsworth at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California. This is an estate ...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1956, printed later

$4,200
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1954-printed later

$3,000
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing in Capri'(Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caption: American actress Marisa Berenson sunbathing in Capri, 1968. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons ...
Category

1960s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing in Capri'(Aarons Estate Edition)
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing in Capri'(Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing in Capri'(Aarons Estate Edition), Printed Later

$5,400
Slim Aarons 'The Fullers'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
May 1970: Alvin and Lilly Fuller outside their new home in Palm Beach, Florida, pose with their fashionable European sports car, the Mercedes 190SL Estate stamped and hand numbered ...
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1960s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'The Fullers'

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'The Fullers', Printed Later

$5,400
Boating In Antigua
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American actor Hugh O'Brian (left) hoists the sail on a dinghy, Antigua, West Indies, 1961. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the...
Category

1960s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Lambda

Boating In Antigua

Slim Aarons
Boating In Antigua, 1961

$3,350
Biblioteca dell'Abbazia, St.Gallen, 2002
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Massimo Listri is a Florence-based photographer whose work often presents interiors of great architectural and cultural importance, some open to the public, others not easily accessi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Biblioteca dell'Abbazia, St.Gallen, 2002

Massimo Listri
Biblioteca dell'Abbazia, St.Gallen, 2002, 2002

$14,500
Poolside Party (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar Kaufman Estate stamped and hand numbered edition ...
Category

1970s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Party (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Poolside Party (Aarons Estate Edition), 1970

$5,400
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dame Marguerite Pindling, Lady Pindling with her children Obafemi, Leslie, Monique and Michelle, Bahamas, 1971. Margurite's husband, Lynden Pindling, is the Prime Minister of the Bah...
Category

1970s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1971, printed later

$1,800
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Dame Marguerite Pindling, Lady Pindling with her children Obafemi, Leslie, Monique and Mi...
Category

1970s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1971, printed later

$2,400
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Dame Marguerite Pindling, Lady Pindling with her children Obafemi, Leslie, Monique and Mi...
Category

1970s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1971, printed later

$3,000
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Dame Marguerite Pindling, Lady Pindling with her children Obafemi, Leslie, Monique and Mi...
Category

1970s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1971, printed later

$3,600
Slim Aarons, Tyrolean Churches (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Tyrolean Churches, 1990 C print estate edition of 150 The Andreas Kirche and Liebfrauen Kirche in Kitzbuhel in the Austrian Tyrol, 1990 Estate stamped and hand numbered ...
Category

1990s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, Tyrolean Churches (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons, Tyrolean Churches (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1990

$5,400
Guests at the Villa Nirvana (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caption:Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity ...
Category

1970s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Guests at the Villa Nirvana (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Guests at the Villa Nirvana (Aarons Estate Edition), 1978

$5,400
Darker, Three
By Cheryl Maeder
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
30 x 45 inches ($5200) and 40 x 60 inches ($7200) limited editions of 10, printed on Archival Watercolor Fine Art Paper, 335 gram weight, signed by the artist. Cheryl Maeder was b...
Category

2010s Realist Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Darker, Three

Cheryl Maeder
Darker, Three, 2017

$5,200
The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s event photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of diners at the St. Regis, New York. This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph

Slim Aarons
The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph, 1955

$3,600
The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s event photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of diners at the St. Regis, New York. This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph

Slim Aarons
The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph, 1955

$3,900
The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1957, printed later

$3,900
Slim Aarons, Sunbathers at Il Canille
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathers lounge on the white-painted terrace of Il Canille, built into the rocks of Pizzolungo overlooking the waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy, in August, 1980. ...
Category

1970s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, Sunbathers at Il Canille

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons, Sunbathers at Il Canille, 1980

$3,000
Portrait Sitting, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Diana 'Dysie' Davie, wife of T Bedford Davie, poses for the painter John Orr in her home in Wort...
Category

1970s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Portrait Sitting, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Portrait Sitting, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Portrait Sitting, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970-printed later

$1,800
Portrait Sitting, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Portrait Sitting, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Diana 'Dysie' Davie, wife of ...
Category

1970s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Portrait Sitting, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Portrait Sitting, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Portrait Sitting, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970-printed later

$3,000
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s maritime photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda. This is an es...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph

Slim Aarons
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph, 1957, printed later

$4,200
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1955 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami. This is an estate stamped and...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955-printed later

$3,000
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1955 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami. This is an estate stamped and...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955-printed later

$3,900
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1955 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami. This is an estate stamped and...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955-printed later

$3,600
Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ice skating at the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1989. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Mode...
Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1989, printed later

$1,800
Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features people ice skating at the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1989. This is an...
Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1989

$3,900
Cafe in Monte Carlo (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Diners on a cafe terrace in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) wo...
Category

1970s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cafe in Monte Carlo (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Cafe in Monte Carlo (Aarons Estate Edition), 1975

$2,150
North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955, printed later

$3,000
North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955, printed later

$3,600
Laguna Beach Surfers, California, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a surfer in the sea at Laguna Beach, California. This is an estate stamped and hand numb...
Category

1970s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Laguna Beach Surfers, California, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Laguna Beach Surfers, California, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Laguna Beach Surfers, California, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1970-printed later

$3,600
Rhode Island Surfer, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A surfer carrying his board at a Rhode Island beach, September 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered an...
Category

1960s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Rhode Island Surfer, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Rhode Island Surfer, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1965

$1,800
Rhode Island Surfers, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Surfers off Rhode Island, September 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaron...
Category

1960s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Rhode Island Surfers, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Rhode Island Surfers, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1965

$2,400
Rhode Island Surfers, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Surfers off Rhode Island, September 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaron...
Category

1960s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Rhode Island Surfers, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Rhode Island Surfers, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1965

$3,600
Alice In Acapulco, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Alice Topping and Minnie Cushing (left) relaxing with friends in Acapulco, Mexico. This is...
Category

1960s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Alice In Acapulco, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Alice In Acapulco, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Alice In Acapulco, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1966-printed later

$4,200
Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo in the back of a car at Mozartplatz in Salzburg, in front of the Mozart memorial, August 1981. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity ...
Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1981

$1,800
Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo in the back of a car at Mozartplatz in Salzburg, in front of the Mozart memorial, August 1981. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity ...
Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1981

$3,900
Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo in the back of a car at Mozartplatz in Salzburg, in front of the Mozart memorial, August 1981. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity ...
Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1981

$4,200
Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo in the back of a car at Mozartplatz in Salzburg, in front of the Mozart memorial, August 1981. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity ...
Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Domingo In Salzburg, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1981

$5,400
Slim Aarons 'CZ's House, Villa Artemis' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach, Florida. ...
Category

1950s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'CZ's House, Villa Artemis' Midcentury Modern Photography
Slim Aarons 'CZ's House, Villa Artemis' Midcentury Modern Photography

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'CZ's House, Villa Artemis' Midcentury Modern Photography, 1955

$4,200
Cocteau Collector, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1982: Art collector Sylvia Coca sits in front of one of Jean Cocteau's murals in Marbella. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Auth...
Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cocteau Collector, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Cocteau Collector, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Cocteau Collector, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1982

$3,000
The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1980: In Spanish style riding clothes from l to r; TRH Princess Rajwa Ali, Princess Basma Ali and Prince Bin Ali. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Editi...
Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1980

$4,200
The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1980: In Spanish style riding clothes from l to r; TRH Princess Rajwa Ali, Princess Basma Ali and Prince Bin Ali. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Editi...
Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1980

$3,900
The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1980: In Spanish style riding clothes from l to r; TRH Princess Rajwa Ali, Princess Basma Ali and Prince Bin Ali. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Editi...
Category

1980s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1980

$5,400
Surfing Brothers, Newport, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association) in Newport. Their father introduced the sport to the club in the 1930's. Slim...
Category

1960s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Surfing Brothers, Newport, Estate Edition
Surfing Brothers, Newport, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Surfing Brothers, Newport, Estate Edition, 1965

$3,000
Surfing Brothers, Newport, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association) in Newport. Their father introduced the sport to the club in the 1930's. Slim...
Category

1960s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Surfing Brothers, Newport, Estate Edition
Surfing Brothers, Newport, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Surfing Brothers, Newport, Estate Edition, 1965

$4,200
Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Model Barbara...
Category

1960s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Ski Siren, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1963

$3,000
Big Sight, Photography by Pico Garcez
By Pico Garcez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pico Garcez (b.1963, São Paulo, Brazil) In Love with Photography, Iconography and Painting, exercises his gaze from childhood when he began to play with his first camera. Practicing freedom of look and intuition, seeking aesthetic challenges linked to the observation of the image in subjects such as: solitude, reflections of emptiness and behavior. Awarded by The Art of Intuitive Photography in NY for 4 times, Pico also find his work in the permanent collections of: The Rio Art Museum (MAR), Museum of Modern Art of Bahia (MAM-BA) and Museum of Photography of Fortaleza among other international collections. Having contact with a work of art has to be transformative. This photographic essay by Pico Garcez leads us to this, puts the gaze, sees and sees in constant dispute. The meaning is hidden and this leads us to be co-authors. In Pico's UNCONSCIOUS-NEST, work is not the aesthetics or the colors that speak the most, instead they fog our critical eye, trying to distract us in the central core of which it treats. It is an experience to observe these images. Pico puts us & leaves us in a void where our own inner solitude surfaces - Not having to share with. Where is life, if not ours? We are part of this work for empathy, and in that, Pico was generous - letting us in. UNCONSCIOUS-NEST is not a geographical place, instead it lives in us and everywhere. It shows what we've done for ourselves - it's a pool without a ledge. – “I can but I will not ... - I am here! I want to die and die where I've touched my heart...
Category

2010s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Cotton, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Big Sight, Photography by Pico Garcez

Pico Garcez
Big Sight, Photography by Pico Garcez

$2,450 Sale Price
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Black Furs, Dramatic Photography, Vibrant Floral Artwork, Chromagenic Prints
By Allan Forsyth
Located in Deddington, GB
Black Furs is a limited edition print by Allan Forsyth. The black background heightens the tones of the flowers creating a dramatic scene. Discover new photography by Allan Forsyth ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Black Furs, Dramatic Photography, Vibrant Floral Artwork, Chromagenic Prints
Black Furs, Dramatic Photography, Vibrant Floral Artwork, Chromagenic Prints

Allan Forsyth
Black Furs, Dramatic Photography, Vibrant Floral Artwork, Chromagenic Prints, 2020

$5,438
Cuba 4, Vintage Car, Travel, Gold, Cityscape, Architecture, Cuba, Color Photo
By John Conn
Located in Riverdale, NY
Limited Edition 20x30 photograph taken in Cuba in 2016. It is printed on 24x36 archival paper. Signed and Numbered. This is currently framed. Edition of 15. John Conn got his start as a Marine Combat photographer, and later earned his BFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York. As a freelance photographer and writer, he has captured a range of subjects photojournalism delving into political and social issues, nature and landscapes, architecture, and underwater images. His work has appeared in: New York Times Sunday Magazine; Time/Life Books; IMAX Films; Village Voice; Human Rights Magazine; Shutterbug Magazine; Hasseleblad Magazine; American Photographer; RangeFinder Magazine; LensWork Magazine; Ocean Realm; Dive Travel Magazine; Picture Magazine; Discover Diving Magazine; Picture Magazine; Popular Photography; Nikon World; Black & White Photography; B&W Magazine; Studio Photography, to name a few. Starting in 1970, John travelled to South Africa capturing images of the people and social divide of Aparteid. His iconic Subway series shot between 1970 and 1982 in New York City is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York, The New York Historical Society and Hoboken Historical Museum. In 2010, John Conn spent 45 days in Antarctica and Patagonia, traveling and hiking to capture the land and seascapes. He spent over 20 days journeying over 3,200 nautical miles in Antarctica before heading to Patagonia for the second part of his expedition. In 2014 John began a series of treks across the US photographing Americans, similar to what Robert Frank did in the late 1950’s. In 2015/16, he spent a month in Cuba photographing...
Category

2010s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Cuba 4, Vintage Car, Travel, Gold, Cityscape, Architecture, Cuba, Color Photo
Cuba 4, Vintage Car, Travel, Gold, Cityscape, Architecture, Cuba, Color Photo

John Conn
Cuba 4, Vintage Car, Travel, Gold, Cityscape, Architecture, Cuba, Color Photo, 2016

$1,650
'Tablescape - Chinese Food Dinner' Humorous still life composition in white/pink
By Beth Galton
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Tablescape - Chinese Food Dinner," Archival Pigment Print Photograph, Edition 10, 18 1/2 x 30 Inches Sheet Size. This photograph is unframed. Note: Also available in larger fo...
Category

2010s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Tablescape - Chinese Food Dinner' Humorous still life composition in white/pink

Beth Galton
'Tablescape - Chinese Food Dinner' Humorous still life composition in white/pink, 2016

$2,000
Zermatt Skiing, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968. Zermatt Skiing Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by...
Category

1960s Realist Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Zermatt Skiing, Estate Edition
Zermatt Skiing, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Zermatt Skiing, Estate Edition, 1968

$3,900

Realist color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Realist color photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add color photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, pink, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Massimo Listri, Sean Scully, and John Conn. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Lambda Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Realist color photography, so small editions measuring 8.5 inches across are also available. Prices for color photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $200 and tops out at $28,500, while the average work sells for $3,350.

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