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Portrait Photography For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: Alan Herr
Palm Springs Life, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Li...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Jackie K, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, Classic Pearls Jacqueline Kennedy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iconic portrait photograph by midcentury society photographer Slim Aarons, capturing young Jackie Kennedy (Jacqueline Onassis) (1929 - 1994) wife of...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Saks Fifth Ave, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue cat...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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

Modelling for Saks Fifth Avenue - Model in Vintage Automobile in New York
Located in Brighton, GB
Modelling for Saks Fifth Avenue - Model in Vintage Automobile in New York by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Mode...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Digital, Black and White

Slim Aarons - Nicholsons 1959 - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Nicholsons Cafe Nicholson in New York, 1959. Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 p...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Poolside Pairs, 1970 - Poolside Gossip and Glamour in Palm Springs Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Pairs, 1970 - Poolside Gossip and Glamour in Palm Springs Landscape by Slim Aarons is the closest image to Poolside Gossip and Poolside Gla...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Color

Slim Aarons 'Cecily Godfrey in Hong Kong'
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Cecily Godfrey, Hong Kong 1979 (printed later) Lambda C-print Estate Edition of 150 Cecily Godfrey relaxes by the pool at her home in Hong Kong, 1979. Her husband Gerald...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Palm Bay Club
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA, circa 1965 Slim Aarons Palm Bay Club Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Num...
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1960s American Realist Portrait Photography

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

Slim Aarons - Barbados Bliss - Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Barbados Bliss - Estate Stamped Ava Marshall relaxes with a book amongst the bougainvillea in Barbados, 1976. In his words, he loved to p...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Pop and Society, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1968: From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed painting of a woma...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire. This is an estate stampe...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Seaplane At Palm Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Seaplane At Palm Beach...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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

'Bettina Graziani' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Bettina Graziani (1964) Limited Edition Estate Stamped C Type Print (Photo By Slim Aarons) French fashion model Bettina Graziani (Simone Micheline Bodin) (1925 – 2015) adjusting t...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, C Print

'Grand Day Out' Slim Aarons (1955) Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Grand Day Out (1955) Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (Photo By Slim Aarons) Art collector Chester Dale (1883 – 1962) with Charles Prescott Berdell and their wives in Palm Bea...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, C Print

Funk in Tuscany, 1969 - Fashion in Yellow Outfit with James Brown Record
Located in Brighton, GB
Funk in Tuscany, 1969 - Fashion in Yellow Outfit with James Brown Record by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Editio...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Digital, Color, C Print

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Squaw Valley Snow - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Squaw Valley Snow Snow covers the deserted cafe in Squaw Valley, California, January 1961. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 P...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

No Surrender, Belfast, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features children playing 'Ring a Ring o' Roses' on a street marked with graffiti reading 'No Surr...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Fan Mail (Marilyn Monroe in Red), Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film 'The Asphalt Jungle' had been released. This exquisite p...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Sugarbush Skiing, 1960 - Skiers on Snowy Sugarbush Mountain in Vermont Winter
Located in Brighton, GB
Sugarbush Skiing, 1960 - Skiers on Snowy Sugarbush Mountain in Vermont Winter by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Su...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman has last-minute adjustments made to her dress at a debutante ball. This is a...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman has last-minute adjustments made to her dress at a debutante ball. This is a...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Rhode Island Surfer, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
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...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American model Jean Patchett wearing an outfit by Saks Fifth Avenue, circa 1955. Patchett w...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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

September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direct...
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1940s American Realist Portrait Photography

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

Pulitzer Fashions - American Floral and Summer Print Fashions under Palm Trees
Located in Brighton, GB
Pulitzer Fashions - American Floral and Summer Print Fashions under Palm Trees by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Poolside Waiting, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a waiter by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 - Bathing Beauties by Swimming Pool with Cocktails
Located in Brighton, GB
Pousada dos Buzios, 1975 - Bathing Beauties by Swimming Pool with Cocktails by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Pousada dos Buzios" is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print by 20th Century photographer Slim Aarons. Slim Aarons also photographed "Buzios" which is available in the gallery. Both "Pousada dos Buzios" and "Buzios" were taken in the same place, but spaced years apart. This image from August 1975...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Nelda and Friends, Palm Springs, 1970 - Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House
Located in Brighton, GB
Nelda and Friends, Palm Springs, 1970 - Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Nelda a...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

An Anxious Wait (1951) -Silver Gelatin Fibre Print -Estate Stamped Issue
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). 2nd April 1951: American actress, Gloria Swanson, anxiously awaits the results of the Best Actress award at a cafe on West ...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

'Skiing Starters' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing - 'Skiing Starters' (1955) - Limited Edition Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive) A young skier prefers to ca...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

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 Portrait Photography

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C Print

Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Rockefeller brothers in their Radio City, New York office. Left to right, Laurance (1910 - 2...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Sea Drive, 1967 - Vintage Red Automobile Amphibi-car in American Waters
Located in Brighton, GB
Sea Drive, 1967 - Vintage Red Automobile Amphibi-car in American Waters by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. Please ...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Daddy Bear - Ski Lodge Style in Snowy Winter Alpine Mountain Range Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
Daddy Bear - Ski Lodge Style in Snowy Winter Alpine Mountain Range Landscape by Slim Aarons 16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper. Limited Edition Estate Stam...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

September Affair, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crowd gathering to watch the actors Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten on the set of Willia...
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1940s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Party At Romanoff's, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A party at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1959. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate Modern es...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

'Snowmass Picnic' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Picnic (1967) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A stand-up fondue picnic for fashionable skiers at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado which has more than fifty mile...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, C Print

Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim: Rita Aarons' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954. Two children play in th...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Droulers And Daughters (1984) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Droulers And Daughters (1984) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Roberta Droulers sitting with her daughters, Nathalie and Virginie, in the lobby of the Villa D...
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1980s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Catherine Wilke, Capri, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capr...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Villa del Balbianello, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Lake Como, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Immerse yourself in the tranquil luxury of Lake Como with this exquisite Slim Aarons photograph featuring Italian mountain climber and explorer Guido Monzino (1928-1988), captured at his Villa del Balbianello...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

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 Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Pink Accessory, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1955: Film star Joan Collins in a pink and white bedroom with an accessory pink poodle. Slim Aarons Pink Accessory, Estate Edition Chromogenic Lambda print 1955, Printed Later...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

'Hugh Hefner' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Hugh Hefner' American publisher Hugh Hefner, founder of 'Playboy' magazine, surrounded by erotica at the Playboy Club in Chicago, 1961. Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features philanthropist and entertainment mogul Sir Run Run Shaw surrounded by the stars of Hong Ko...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Dimitris Kritsas at the Temple to Poseidon, Sounion, Greece, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dimitris Kritsas, a fashionable young couturier, poses among the gleaming white Doric columns of the temple to Poseidon at Sounion, Greece, 1967. Posing with him, four models show off colorful dresses of red, salmon, turquoise, and pastel yellow. This iconic photo depicts a scene of vintage glamour set against a classic Greek blue sky. Slim Aarons Dmitris Kritsas at the Temple to Poseidon, Sounion, Greece Estate Edition of 150 1967, Printed Later 48 x 48 inches $4500 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $2500 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Site Details: The Temple of Poseidon is an ancient Greek temple on Cape Sounion, Greece, dedicated to the god Poseidon. There is evidence of the establishment of sanctuaries on the cape from as early as the 11th century B.C. Sounion’s most prominent temples, the Temple of Athena and the Temple of Poseidon, are however not believed to have been built until about 700 B.C., and their kouroi (freestanding Greek statues of young men) date from about one hundred years later. The material and size of the offerings at the Temple of Poseidon indicate that it was likely frequented by members of the elite and the aristocratic class Approximately 13 kilometers south of Thorikos in the southern most region of Attica, the deme of Sounion is most well known for its sanctuaries of Poseidon and Athena. Its placement at the foot of Attica allowed it to function as a border deme as it could easily been seen by ships nearing Attica. The temple of Poseidon at Sounion was constructed from 444 to 440 BC. This was during the ascendancy of the Athenian statesman Pericles, who also rebuilt the Parthenon in Athens. The temple of Poseidon was built on the ruins of a temple dating from the Archaic period, about which the Greek geographer Strabo noted: "Geraistos [in Euboia] . . . is conveniently situated for those who are sailing across from Asia to Attica since it is near Sounion. It has a sanctuary (hieron) of Poseidon, the most notable of those in that part of the world, and also a noteworthy settlement. The main temple we see today is mainly made out of marble with an intricate taenia (the fancy borders on the ceiling). The marble is an Agrileza marble. The marble used on the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion came from the marble quarries, a place where marble is removed from the earth, in the Agrileza mines. This type of marble was 'coarsed grained' meaning that it had a rougher texture than smooth, shiny marble. As indicated by literary and archaeological evidence, the "leveled summit" on the coast of Cape Sounion was likely a cult site from as early as the end of the eighth century BC. Two cult centers dedicated to Athena and Poseidon respectively are believed to have been established by 700 BC. Subject: The name of Greek fashion designer...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Sierra Nevada Mountains
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959 Slim Aarons Pool at Lake Tahoe Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Captured 1959, printed later Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $2500 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Internal: Lake Tahoe, vintage tahoe...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
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...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Skiers at Verbier, 1964 - Ski Sports in Swiss Alpine Snowy Mountain Range
Located in Brighton, GB
Skiers at Verbier, 1964 - Ski Sports in Swiss Alpine Snowy Mountain Range by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Skier...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Barbados Beach, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mr and Mrs Nigel van Wieck take a stroll along a beach in Barbados, April 1976 Visual Description: A couple walks along a white and natural sand beach...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

New Year at Romanoff's, Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper, James Stewart
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills. New Year at Romanoff's Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition 16 x 20 inches Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. Purchaser will get the next number in the edition Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Digital Fiber print, a digital version of traditional darkroom process. Hybrid paper is responsive to digital laser technology. Digital Fiber provides true black and white printing, without colour cast. Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Founded by Michael Romanoff (born Hershel Geguzin, 1890-1971), Romanoff's was a popular restaurant with Hollywood stars during the 1940s and 1950s, including director Alfred Hitchcock. This image has a popular companion piece, Kings of Hollywood. Internal: Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Hollywood, Vintage Glamour, 1950s, Beverly Hills, Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Vintage Hollywood Glamour...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Saks Fifth Ave, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue cat...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Black and White

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

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Color, Archival Pigment

On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the Stowe Mo...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at Cortina D...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

New England Skiing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A young skier prefers to carry his skis down the slope in New Hampshire, 1955. New England Skiing Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the ...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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

Lunch At Bali-li (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Lunch At Bali-li (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Mr and Mrs Amos Morrill and Mrs Ogden P. Starr having lunch at ‘Bali-li’ at the Mill Reef Club, Antig...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Sugarbush Slopes (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Sugarbush Slopes (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) A group of people sit relaxing in a chalet on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort, one of...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Killer Joe Piro (1964) - Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Killer Joe Piro (1964) - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) American dance instructor ‘Killer’ Joe Piro (1921 – 1989) dances past the park in New York, July 1964. ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'New Year at Romanoff's' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New Year at Romanoff's (1957) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo By Slim Aarons) Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 ...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Portrait Photography for Sale on 1stDibs

Portrait photography can be a powerful part of your wall decor. Find a provocative and compelling portrait that speaks to you and you might find that the photograph will speak to your guests too.

Prior to the development of photography, which eventually replaced portrait paintings as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. In 1839, chemist and Philadelphia-based photographer Robert Cornelius didn’t have to wait very long for his portrait. In a matter of minutes, he captured what many believe to be the first portrait photograph. This shot was also the first self-portrait (or what we now call a “selfie”), and fine photography quickly became an art form.

Landscape photography, nude photography and portrait photography are very popular in today's modern interiors. A portrait can reveal a lot about the person in it. It can also add a narrative touch to your decor. You’ll often find that photographs of loved ones work well as decorative touches. A portrait of a family member or dear friend can help turn a house into a home, warming any space by evoking fond memories.

While family portraits can stir emotion, portraits of celebrities and important historical figures can also add a rich dynamic to your space. Portraits of famous musicians or intriguing actors hung in your dining room or home bar shot by Gered Mankowitz or Annie Leibovitz might inspire deep conversation over meals or drinks. Douglas Kirkland is also famous for his celebrity portraits. His photojournalism made him much sought after by Hollywood studios to document the filming of movies. In Kirkland’s powerful depiction of Hollywood stars, he excellently captures the glamour of their lives.

Other artists like Elliott Erwitt stand out by turning portraiture into a playful art form. Before graduating from high school in Hollywood, Erwitt had already begun to teach himself to take pictures, inspired by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In image after image, Erwitt captured what photographers call “the moment” with rapier wit and penetrating humanity.

Portrait photography can be incredibly expressive, setting the tone and mood for a room. And there are different ways of incorporating portrait photography into your interior decor. If you’re thinking about adding color photography to a bedroom or living room, the colors of the portraits can become part of the room’s palette, while portraits shot in black and white won’t disrupt an existing color scheme.

On 1stDibs, find a vast selection of portrait photography from different eras, including 1950s portraits, 1960s portrait photography and more.

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