Slim AaronsSkiers at Gstaad, Slim Aarons - Still-life Photography, Landscape Photography
About the Item
- Creator:Slim Aarons (1916-2006, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Brighton, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU722311638022
Slim Aarons
American photographer Slim Aarons captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach, as well as other luxurious settings around the globe.
Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books.
Aarons was born in Manhattan in 1916. He joined the army at 18, shooting military maneuvers at West Point before serving as a combat photographer, for which he was awarded a Purple Heart. After the war, he moved to California and began snapping socialites and movie stars. In the 1950s, he opened a bureau for Life magazine in Rome, where he took pictures capturing the postwar scene. Aarons was always able to win the trust of his elite subjects, who saw him as close to a peer, rather than a paparazzo. In a 2002 interview with The Independent, he remarked, ''I knew everyone. They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn't hurt them. I was one of them.'' This access allowed Aarons to document the rich and famous with their guard down, reading newspapers and magazines, talking on the phone, relaxing by the pool, and chatting with friends. The 1957 photograph The Kings of Hollywood, for example, which won him wide acclaim, shows Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart laughing together as they celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Many of Aarons’s best-known images involve games and sports. In the 1972 Poolside Backgammon, two young women play the board game of the title against the backdrop of a majestic Acapulco estate. In 1958’s Cannes Watersports, a couple attempts to glide across the Golfe de la Napoule on Jet Skis, one expertly and one hanging on for dear life. And in Penthouse Pool, shot in Athens in 1961, a young woman wearing a yellow bathing cap smiles coyly at the camera, surrounded by friends and brightly colored seat cushions, with the Acropolis faintly visible in the background. Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life, and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death.
Find a collection of vintage Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Brighton, United Kingdom
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
- Hotel du Cap Eden Roc by Slim Aarons (Landscape photography)By Slim AaronsLocated in Brighton, GBFor a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries. Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Photography
MaterialsLambda, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
- Winter in Gstaad by Slim Aarons (Landscape Photography, Winter Photography)By Slim AaronsLocated in Brighton, GBFor a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries. Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Photography
MaterialsC Print, Lambda
- Poolside Backgammon by Slim Aarons (Nude Photography, Portrait Photography)By Slim AaronsLocated in Brighton, GBFor a limited time only these Slim Aarons prints are available to purchase at 15% discount. Please contact the gallery for any queries. Please bear in mind that all prints are produ...Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Photography
MaterialsC Print, Lambda
- Lido - Morgan Silk, Contemporary Photography, Seaside, Oceans, LandscapeBy Morgan SilkLocated in Brighton, GBPlease bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Lido is a stunning Archival Inkjet Print by contemporary photographer Morgan S...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
MaterialsPhotographic Paper, Archival Ink, Color, Inkjet
- Berg Park I - Morgan Silk, Contemporary Nature Photography, Landscape, TreesBy Morgan SilkLocated in Brighton, GBPlease bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days. Berg Park I is a stunning Archival Inkjet Print by contemporary photographer Morgan ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
MaterialsPhotographic Paper, Archival Ink, Color, Inkjet
- Camel Graffiti - Morgan Silk, Contemporary, Landscape, PhotographyBy Morgan SilkLocated in Brighton, GBPlease bear in mind that all prints are produced to order and lead times are between 15-20 days. Camel Graffiti is a stunning Archival Inkjet Print in an Edition of 25 in this size ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
MaterialsArchival Ink, Inkjet, Photographic Paper
- Flowers with Caravaggio Light, Baroque Still-Life Bouquet, Limited, Close UpBy Kind of CyanLocated in Barcelona, ESThis is an exclusive limited edition color Giclée print, printed on matte photographic paper. This exquisite still life photo, shows a classy bouquet beautifully lit with soft light...Category
2010s Baroque Still-life Photography
MaterialsEmulsion, Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée
- Tyler Shields - Rolls Royce, Photography 2015, Printed AfterBy Tyler ShieldsLocated in Greenwich, CTSeries: Indulgence Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 18" x 18" 30" x 30" 45" x 45" 60" x 60" 70" x 70" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
MaterialsPaper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archiv...
- Pull up to the Bumper - Contemporary, Polaroid, Classic Cars, 21st centuryBy Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeLocated in Morongo Valley, CA'Pull up to the Bumper' (Bombay Beach) 2019, 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signed on the back and with certificate. Art...Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
MaterialsArchival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
- Spring FantasyBy Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeLocated in Morongo Valley, CASpring Fantasy - 2016, Edition 3/7. Archival C-Print based on the original Polaroid. Signature label with certificate. Artist inventory PL2016-130. Not mounted. Kirsten Thys ...Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
MaterialsC Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
- Spring FantasyBy Kirsten Thys van den AudenaerdeLocated in Morongo Valley, CASpring Fantasy - 2016, Edition of 7. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back and with certificate. Artist inventory PL2016-130. No...Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
MaterialsPhotographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
- The Long Room, Trinity College Library, Dublin, IrelandBy Reinhard GörnerLocated in Los Angeles, CA60 x 42.4 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 75 x 53 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 90 x 63.6 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format pho...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Landscape Photography
MaterialsC Print, Lambda