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Portrait Photography For Sale
Artist: Slim Aarons
Artist: Henry Diltz
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

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

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

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

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

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Checkered Flag 1963 - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Checkered Flag The checkered flag signals the end of the race during the 1963 Nassau Speed Week. Paper size 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm Estate St...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

'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

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

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

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

'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

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

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

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

'Golfing Pals' (1977) - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
Golfing Pals (1977) - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (Photo By Slim Aarons) At the 16th hole on Pebble Beach golf course, singer and film star Bi...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, C Print

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

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pop And Society - Oversize
Located in London, GB
Pop And Society Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed painting of a woman in 18th...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Elizabeth Campbell Parks, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Elizabeth Campbell Parks and Leslie, her daughter with the photographer and filmmaker Gor...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

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

Slim Aarons 'Sports Car Couple' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1955: John Bryant with his AC sports car in Kinnerton Place, London SW1, Printed Later. His passenger is Margaret McAulay. 40 x 40 inches $3950 30 x 30 inches $3350 20 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects is pleased to offer this vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aarons estate. It is part of the estate's only official limited run, of 150. Estate stamp embossed on recto, hand numbered in ink on recto, with certificate of authenticity from the estate (not a secondary gallery licensing from the estate). Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) made a career out of photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Aarons is known for his iconic images of Hollywood glamour and luxurious people, places and lifestyles. Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source. Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun. Slim Aarons is noted for his documentation of the Beautiful People over 50 years, encompassing high society, celebrity, aristocracy, and the jet set. He was born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed official photographer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. During World War II he served as an army combat photographer for Yank magazine in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. After the war he became a freelance photojournalist, first based in Hollywood, then Rome, then New York. His photographs appeared in many magazines, including Life, Holiday, Town & Country, Look, Venture, and Travel & Leisure. His first book A Wonderful Time (1974) is considered a classic. * 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 * Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. 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. Internal: Slim Aarons Vintage Sport, Vintage Car photography, Sports Car Photography
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

All Mine, Lake Worth, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jim Kimberly and his wife, with his white sports car and white boats moored on Lake Wort...
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1960s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Beauty and the Beast
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition o...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Californian Party, San Francisco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1990s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Belgian born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) socialising at a party in San Francisco. This is an estate stamp...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. Slim Aarons Keep Your Cool (Backgammon in Acapulco) Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. Collector will get the next number in the edition 72 x 48 inches $4900 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 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. 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). * Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, 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. Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Glamour Photography, Vintage Backgammon, Vintage Sport, Acapulco, Vintage Pools, Vintage Games...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

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

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

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Capucine 1957
Located in London, GB
Capucine French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 – 1990) fanning herself at a New Years Eve party held at Romanoffs in Beverly Hills. Paper size 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 4...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

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

Private Transport, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gladys 'Patsy' Bartlett (1928 - 2011, née Pulitzer, later Pulitzer Preston) rummaging in her bag on the seat of an open car, 1954. The car is parked by a plane belonging to the Everg...
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1950s American Realist Portrait Photography

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

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

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

Slim Aarons, Handball in Central Park (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of young men playing handball at a court in the 95th Street playground, Central Park, New York City, 1948. Slim Aarons Handball in Central Park Chromogenic Lambda print Slim...
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1940s American Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Olimpia Hruska (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Olimpia Hruska (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Swedish model Olimpia Hruska, wearing a bikini, poses against a rock on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia,...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Tennis in San Diego (1956) - Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Tennis in San Diego (1956) - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A man and a woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, October ...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Backgammon By The Pool (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Backgammon By The Pool (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary-Beth Turner playing backgammon by a s...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, 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

Crowded Kitzbühel, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
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...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Hugh Hefner' 1961 Official 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. 40 x 30" inch...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Connelly And Guest (1955) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Connelly And Guest (1955) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons) American socialite Cee Zee Guest (1920 – 2003, left) with Joanne Connelly in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 19...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment, Color

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

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Color, Archival Pigment

Fan Mail (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Fan Mail (1952) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts o...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Windsors In Portofino, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Duke and Duchess of Windsor walking their dog in Portofino in 1951. This is an est...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Venice Gondolas', Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island. Captured with the exquisite clarity and charm that epitomiz...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Dolores Guinness in Porto Cervo (1965) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Dolores Guinness in Porto Cervo (1965) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 – 2012) in Porto Cervo on the Costa Smere...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

'New England Skiing' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

J. Gordon Douglas (1970) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
J. Gordon Douglas (1970) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Mr. and Mrs. J Gordon Douglas in the formal gardens of their residence, Santa Barbara, California,...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Barbados Bliss (1976) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
Located in London, GB
Barbados Bliss (1976) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Ava Marshall relaxes with a book amongst the bougainvillea Barbados, 1976. Addi...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Dolores Del Rio (1952) - Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Dolores Del Rio (1952) - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Mexican film star Dolores Del Rio (1905 – 1983) swimming in Acapulco, Mexi...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Dinner Jazz (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Premium Rates Apply. 1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Arm...
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1940s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Spain, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fosca, Vera, and Fiona Bertran holidaying in Roca Llisa, on the island of Ibiza, Spain, 1978. Slim Aarons Roca Llisa Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition of 150 Embossed and hand-numbered with two certificates of authority Printed Later 6 sizes available 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 print. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives a true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed. Slideshow includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition. Slim Aarons was born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed official photographer at the United States...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

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

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Lambda

New England Skiing (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive) Two female skiers outside the Carroll Reed...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Guests at the entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. Additional Information: ...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

New England Skiing (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing (1955) - Limited Estate Stamped - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo By Slim Aarons/Getty Images Archive) Two women recline on improvised sunbeds at the Cranmore...
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1950s Modern Portrait Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

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

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Color, Archival Pigment

Young Society (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Young Society (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Young matrons of Palm Beach, Florida. Most of them are wearing a gaily coloured Lilly Pulitzer shift, A...
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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

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

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Color, 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 Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Marquess of Waterford (1970) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
Located in London, GB
Marquess of Waterford (1970) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) The Marquess and Marchioness of Waterford and their elder son, the Earl of Tyrone, in the ground...
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1970s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

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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