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Realist Portrait 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
Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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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Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1980, printed later

$2,400
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
By Slim Aarons
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

Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast', 1959, printed later

$5,400
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...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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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

$2,400
Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Julie London 1957 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. 1957: Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at t...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)
Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)

Slim Aarons
Julie London (Aarons Estate Print), 1957

$3,350
Verbier Skiers, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Verbier Skiers, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at Verbier....
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Verbier Skiers, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Verbier Skiers, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Verbier Skiers, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1964

$1,800
Faithful Couple (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caption:August 1968: Singer Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones stand in front of a gilt framed portrait in Castletown Mansion, Eire. Estate stamped and hand nu...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Faithful Couple (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Faithful Couple (Aarons Estate Edition), 1968

$3,900
Slim Aarons 'Tania Mallet'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Tania Mallet 1961 C print Estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity. 1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a ...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Tania Mallet'
Slim Aarons 'Tania Mallet'

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Tania Mallet', 1961

$5,400
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Heinrich Dite and L...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1961, printed later

$1,800
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Heinrich Dite and L...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1961, printed later

$2,400
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Heinrich Dite and L...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1961, printed later

$3,000
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Heinrich Dite and L...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1961, printed later

$3,600
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph This early 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Heinrich Dite and L...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Curling, Austria, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph, 1961, printed later

$4,200
Oscar De La Renta (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
February 1985: Dress designer Oscar De La Renta relaxes in the living room of his apartment the Casa de Madera in the resort of Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic. Estate st...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Oscar De La Renta (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Oscar De La Renta (Aarons Estate Edition), 1985

$3,900
Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s group portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad. This is an estate stamped a...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960, printed later

$1,800
Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s group portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad. This is an estate stamped a...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960, printed later

$2,400
Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s group portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad. This is an estate stamped a...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Winter Suntans, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960, printed later

$3,000
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 authenticity from the estate. Slim Aaron...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Joan Collins Relaxes - (Aarons Estate Edition)

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

$2,150
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
By Slim Aarons
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

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast', 1959, printed later

$3,600
Bohemia's Barracks (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Artistic denizens gather in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel on W. 23rd Street, Manhattan, New York City, 1968. Clockwise from left, Photographer Sandra Daley, architect Nicholas Quenn...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Bohemia's Barracks (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Bohemia's Barracks (Aarons Estate Edition), 1968

$3,350
Esther Williams, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s figurative photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Esther Williams, American aquatic actress and former swimming champion, relaxing in a F...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Esther Williams, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Esther Williams, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Esther Williams, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955, printed later

$3,000
Newport Mainstays, Newport, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Rudulph Ellis Carter holding a picnic in Newport in 1987. This is an estate stamped and ...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Newport Mainstays, Newport, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Newport Mainstays, Newport, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Newport Mainstays, Newport, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1987, printed later

$3,000
Newport Mainstays, Newport, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Rudulph Ellis Carter holding a picnic in Newport in 1987. This is an estate stamped and ...
Category

1980s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Newport Mainstays, Newport, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Newport Mainstays, Newport, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Newport Mainstays, Newport, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1987, printed later

$4,200
Newport Mainstays, Newport, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Rudulph Ellis Carter holding a picnic in Newport in 1987. This is an estate stamped and ...
Category

1980s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Newport Mainstays, Newport, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Newport Mainstays, Newport, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Newport Mainstays, Newport, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1987, printed later

$5,400
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category

1950s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast', 1959, printed later

$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 authenticity from the estate. Slim Aaron...
Category

1950s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Joan Collins Relaxes - (Aarons Estate Edition)

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

$4,200
Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, Principe Dom Pedro De Orleans E Braganca, grandson of Brazilian emperor Pedro II. He is pictured at...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1987, printed later

$2,400
Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, Principe Dom Pedro De Orleans E Braganca, grandson of Brazilian emperor Pedro II. He is pictured at...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Principe Dom Pedro, Brazil, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1987, printed later

$3,600
Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1957: Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. S...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)
Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)

Slim Aarons
Julie London (Aarons Estate Print), 1957

$3,900
Apres Ski, Squaw Valley, Estate Edition, Snowscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this midcentury landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, a party of skiers adjourning for drinks at Squaw Valley, California, in 1961, one year after th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Apres Ski, Squaw Valley, Estate Edition, Snowscape Photograph
Apres Ski, Squaw Valley, Estate Edition, Snowscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Apres Ski, Squaw Valley, Estate Edition, Snowscape Photograph, 1961, printed later

$5,400
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category

1950s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast', 1959, printed later

$5,400
Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sarah Marson Williams enjoying a cocktail on the beach at the Hilton Hotel, Needhams Point,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1976, printed later

$4,200
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 authenticity from the estate. Slim Aaron...
Category

1950s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Joan Collins Relaxes - (Aarons Estate Edition)

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

$4,200
Subway 30, Kids, 1980s, NYC, Black & White Photograph, Subway, Limited Ed.
By John Conn
Located in Riverdale, NY
John Conn New York City Subway photographs. These limited edition fine art photographs were originally taken between 1975 and 1982. Each black and white photograph is signed and numbered. Edition of 15. 20x30 image printed on 24x36 archival paper. This is framed. In this series, Conn captured the graffiti and one of the most crime ridden periods in New York. According to one source “In the 1980s, over 250 felonies were committed every week in the system, making the New York subway the most dangerous mass transit system in the world.” One image captures an Irish Catholic Nun on the Subway reading about the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II which took place on May 13 1981. Another captures a knife wielding arm through a subway window. This iconic Subway series shot is part of the permanent collection of The New York Historical Society and Hoboken Historical Museum. About John Conn 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...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

Subway 30, Kids, 1980s, NYC, Black & White Photograph, Subway, Limited Ed.
Subway 30, Kids, 1980s, NYC, Black & White Photograph, Subway, Limited Ed.

John Conn
Subway 30, Kids, 1980s, NYC, Black & White Photograph, Subway, Limited Ed., 1975-1982

$2,650
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Beauty and the Beast 1959 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a ti...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast', 1959, printed later

$5,400
Peggy Guggenheim (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
September 1978: Peggy Guggenheim (1898 - 1979) in the Palazzo Venier Dei Leoni, Venice. The palace houses her private art collection, including Picass...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Peggy Guggenheim (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Peggy Guggenheim (Aarons Estate Edition), 1978

$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 authenticity from the estate. Slim Aaron...
Category

1950s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Joan Collins Relaxes - (Aarons Estate Edition)

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

$3,350
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category

1950s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast', 1959, printed later

$4,200
Minny Crushing Surfing
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American society girl Minnie Cushing carries her surfboard under her arm, September 1965. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the e...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Minny Crushing Surfing

Slim Aarons
Minny Crushing Surfing, 1965

$5,400
Minny Crushing Surfing
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American society girl Minnie Cushing carries her surfboard under her arm, September 1965. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the e...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Minny Crushing Surfing

Slim Aarons
Minny Crushing Surfing, 1965 (printed later)

$5,400
Slim Aarons 'Minny Crushing Surfing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
American society girl Minnie Cushing carries her surfboard under her arm, September 1965. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the e...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Minny Crushing Surfing'
Slim Aarons 'Minny Crushing Surfing'

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Minny Crushing Surfing', 1965 (printed later)

$4,200
Decked In Finery, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An unknown guest at a New Year's Eve party held at the Romanoff Restaurant in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and s...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Decked In Finery, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Decked In Finery, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Decked In Finery, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1968

$3,000
Joan Collins Relaxes, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed. Slim Aarons Joan Collins Relaxes, Estate Edition Chromogenic Lambda print 1955, Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Joan Collins Relaxes, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Joan Collins Relaxes, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

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

$3,900
Joan Collins Relaxes, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed. Slim Aarons Joan Collins Relaxes, Estate Edition Chromogenic Lambda print 1955, Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate...
Category

1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Joan Collins Relaxes, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Joan Collins Relaxes, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

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

$4,200
Pebble Beach Hunt, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riders gather in the courtyard of Richard Collins' House for the stirrup cup libation, before the start of the Pebble Beach Hunt of English and American foxhounds, November 1976. The...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Pebble Beach Hunt, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Pebble Beach Hunt, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Pebble Beach Hunt, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1976

$3,900
Pebble Beach Hunt, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riders gather in the courtyard of Richard Collins' House for the stirrup cup libation, before the start of the Pebble Beach Hunt of English and American foxhounds, November 1976. The...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Pebble Beach Hunt, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Pebble Beach Hunt, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Pebble Beach Hunt, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1976

$5,400
Pink Accessory, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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

Pink Accessory, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Pink Accessory, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Pink Accessory, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1955

$5,400
Slim Aarons 'Tania Mallet'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Ma...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Tania Mallet'
Slim Aarons 'Tania Mallet'

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Tania Mallet', Printed Later

$1,850
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 Portrait 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

$1,800
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 Portrait Photography

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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
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...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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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
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...
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1950s Realist Portrait 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
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 Portrait 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 Portrait 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 Portrait 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 Portrait 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
The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1957: John Albert Edward Spencer Churchill, the 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897 - 1972) and his wife Mary relax on a bench in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, the family seat in Oxford...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition
The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition, 1955

$3,900
The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1957: John Albert Edward Spencer Churchill, the 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897 - 1972) and his wife Mary relax on a bench in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, the family seat in Oxford...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition
The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition, 1955

$4,200
The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1957: John Albert Edward Spencer Churchill, the 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897 - 1972) and his wife Mary relax on a bench in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, the family seat in Oxford...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition
The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition, 1955

$5,400
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Spanish artist Salvador Dali enjoys a cup of coffee on the terrace of the Ritz Hotel, Madrid...
Category

1950s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955-printed later

$2,400
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Spanish artist Salvador Dali enjoys a cup of coffee on the terrace of the Ritz Hotel, Madri...
Category

1950s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955-printed later

$3,000

Realist portrait photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Realist portrait 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 portrait 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, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Bob Willoughby, Mitchell Funk, and Milton Rogovin. 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 portrait photography, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait 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 $380 and tops out at $75,000, while the average work sells for $3,000.

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