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Realist 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
Princess Lucy Ruspoli, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Princess Lucy Ruspoli at Rougemont, near Gstaad, Switzerland, February 1984. This is an estate stam...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Princess Lucy Ruspoli, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern
Princess Lucy Ruspoli, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern

Slim Aarons
Princess Lucy Ruspoli, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern, 1984 - Printed Later

$2,400
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Gloria Andion posing in front of shooting and hunting trophies at the Zidlochovice castle in Morav...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1983 - Printed Later

$3,600
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Gloria Andion posing in front of shooting and hunting trophies at the Zidlochovice castle in Morav...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1983 - Printed Later

$3,000
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a skiing holiday in Courchevel, France. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 15...
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1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$3,600
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a skiing holiday in Courchevel, France. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 15...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1970 - Printed Later

$3,900
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in M...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$5,400
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in M...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$4,200
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in M...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$3,600
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in M...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$3,000
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s urban landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Christmas trees and red and white automobile light trails on Park Avenue, New York...
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1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph

Slim Aarons
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph, 1953, printed later

$1,800
Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) of 'Le C...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1987 - Printed Later

$2,400
Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) of 'Le C...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1987 - Printed Later

$3,000
Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) of 'Le C...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1987 - Printed Later

$3,900
Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) of 'Le C...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1987 - Printed Later

$4,200
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1954 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American actors Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland attending a house party in Beverly Hills. This i...
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1950s Realist 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

$2,400
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1954 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American actors Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland attending a house party in Beverly Hills. This i...
Category

1950s Realist 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

$1,800
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at th...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - printed later

$4,200
Pop and Society, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
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 Photography

Materials

Lambda

Pop and Society, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, Estate Edition
Pop and Society, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Pop and Society, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, Estate Edition, 1968

$3,600
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American socialite Wendy Vanderbilt at home in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This is an estate ...
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1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1964 - printed later

$5,400
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at th...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - printed later

$5,400
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at th...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - printed later

$1,800
Helen & Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (left) talking to Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Helen & Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Helen & Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Helen & Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$2,400
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$3,900
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print of a Mushroom by Alexander Lowry
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print of a Mushroom by Alexander Lowry High-contrast silver gelatin print showing the underside of a mushroom on the forest floor by Alexander Lowry (1937-201...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print of a Mushroom by Alexander Lowry
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print of a Mushroom by Alexander Lowry

Vintage Silver Gelatin Print of a Mushroom by Alexander Lowry, 1967

$450
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticke...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Catherine Wilke, Capri, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1980, printed later

$3,900
York Minster Minster Cathedral, the Nave Looking East Interior Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
York Minster Minster Cathedral, the Nave Looking East Interior Photograph Silver Gelatin photographic Print of York Minster Cathedral, the Nave Looking East by Edwin Smith (British ...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

York Minster Minster Cathedral, the Nave Looking East Interior Photograph
York Minster Minster Cathedral, the Nave Looking East Interior Photograph

Edwin Smith
York Minster Minster Cathedral, the Nave Looking East Interior Photograph, 2010

$1,320 Sale Price
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Seventies Psychedelic Flowers, Pink Lilys Bouquet, Modern Still Life, Giclée
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition color Giclée print, printed on matte photographic paper. The print measures 36 x 24 inches total, with an image size of 32 x 20 in. and a 2 inch...
Category

2010s Realist Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée

Seventies Psychedelic Flowers, Pink Lilys Bouquet, Modern Still Life, Giclée
Seventies Psychedelic Flowers, Pink Lilys Bouquet, Modern Still Life, Giclée

Kind of Cyan
Seventies Psychedelic Flowers, Pink Lilys Bouquet, Modern Still Life, Giclée, 2021

$450
Monte Carlo, Monaco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features friends boarding a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, This is an estate stamped and hand n...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Monte Carlo, Monaco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Monte Carlo, Monaco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Monte Carlo, Monaco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1975, Printed Later

$1,800
Slim Aarons, Pool In St Tropez (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests around the pool at a villa in St Tropez, France, circa 1970. Slim Aarons St Tropez Pool Lambda Print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x ...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, Pool In St Tropez (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Slim Aarons, Pool In St Tropez (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons, Pool In St Tropez (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1970

$4,200
Catherine Wilke, Capri Island, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticke...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Catherine Wilke, Capri Island, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Catherine Wilke, Capri Island, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Catherine Wilke, Capri Island, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1980, printed later

$3,000
Dolores Guinness, Sardinia, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 - 2012) in Porto Cervo on the Costa Smerelda, ...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Dolores Guinness, Sardinia, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Dolores Guinness, Sardinia, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Dolores Guinness, Sardinia, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1965 - printed later

$3,600
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$5,400
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Sp...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$3,600
Dolores Guinness, Sardinia, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features German-born socialite Dolores Guinness (1936 - 2012) in Porto Cervo on the Costa Smerelda, ...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Dolores Guinness, Sardinia, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Dolores Guinness, Sardinia, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Dolores Guinness, Sardinia, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1965 - printed later

$3,000
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Sp...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$2,400
Helen & Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (left) talking to Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Helen & Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Helen & Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Helen & Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$3,600
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Sp...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$3,000
Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a helicopter arriving at a mo...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1961

$2,400
Catherine Wilke, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticke...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Catherine Wilke, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Catherine Wilke, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Catherine Wilke, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1980, printed later

$4,200
Catherine Wilke, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticke...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Catherine Wilke, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Catherine Wilke, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Catherine Wilke, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1980, printed later

$3,600
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$2,400
Catherine Wilke, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticke...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Catherine Wilke, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Catherine Wilke, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Catherine Wilke, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1980, printed later

$2,400
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$1,800
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$3,000
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$1,800
Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Palace Hotel in Gstaad, ...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Palace Hotel, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1961

$3,000
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$4,200
Lake Wakatipu in the South Island of New Zealand by Andy Currie
Located in Soquel, CA
Lake Wakatipu in the South Island of New Zealand by Andy Currie (England, B-1965). Andy was Born Edinburgh 1965. After entering into the graphics industry at 16 as an apprentice came...
Category

2010s Realist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Lake Wakatipu in the South Island of New Zealand by Andy Currie
Lake Wakatipu in the South Island of New Zealand by Andy Currie

Andy Currie
Lake Wakatipu in the South Island of New Zealand by Andy Currie, 21st Century

$1,850
Cat in the Shadows - Black and White Photo by Carmel Artist Peter McArthur
Located in Soquel, CA
Black and white photo of a cat on a gravel road by Peter McArthur (American, b. 1947). In the top portion of the composition, a cat sits in the shadows of a gravel road. The exposure of the photograph perfectly captures the texture of the gravel, the delicate highlights on the cat, and the deep shadows in the background. Signed "Peter McArthur" in the lower right corner. Presented in a white mat. Image size: 9.25"H x 6.25"W Mat size: 16"H x 13"W Peter McArthur (American, b. 1947) is a long time Carmel Valley resident specializing in Black and white landscape photography. He is also one of very few artists in the country that hand make frames for his work from scratch. McArthur has been photographing in black and white since...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Cat in the Shadows - Black and White Photo by Carmel Artist Peter McArthur
Cat in the Shadows - Black and White Photo by Carmel Artist Peter McArthur

Peter McArthur
Cat in the Shadows - Black and White Photo by Carmel Artist Peter McArthur, c. 1970

$440 Sale Price
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Tres Vidas, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests relaxing in the shade at the Tres Vidas private members club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975...
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1970s Realist Photography

Materials

C Print

Tres Vidas, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Tres Vidas, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Tres Vidas, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1975 - Printed Later

$2,400
Cap Juluca Hotel, Anguilla, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1990s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Patricia and Margaret O'Neil at the Cap Juluca Hotel in Cap Juluca, Anguilla. This is an estate s...
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1990s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Cap Juluca Hotel, Anguilla, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Cap Juluca Hotel, Anguilla, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Cap Juluca Hotel, Anguilla, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1992 - Printed Later

$3,000
Cap Juluca Hotel, Anguilla, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1990s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Patricia and Margaret O'Neil at the Cap Juluca Hotel in Cap Juluca, Anguilla. This is an estate s...
Category

1990s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cap Juluca Hotel, Anguilla, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Cap Juluca Hotel, Anguilla, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Cap Juluca Hotel, Anguilla, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1992 - Printed Later

$3,600
Cap Juluca Hotel, Anguilla, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1990s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Patricia and Margaret O'Neil at the Cap Juluca Hotel in Cap Juluca, Anguilla. This is an estate s...
Category

1990s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cap Juluca Hotel, Anguilla, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Cap Juluca Hotel, Anguilla, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Cap Juluca Hotel, Anguilla, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1992 - Printed Later

$3,900
Holiday In Provence, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jonas Akerman with his wife Lillemor Malmstrom and their children in their villa in Provence, Franc...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Holiday In Provence, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Holiday In Provence, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Holiday In Provence, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1989 - Printed Later

$3,000
Holiday In Provence, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jonas Akerman with his wife Lillemor Malmstrom and their children in their villa in Provence, Franc...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Holiday In Provence, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Holiday In Provence, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Holiday In Provence, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1989 - Printed Later

$3,600
Holiday In Provence, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jonas Akerman with his wife Lillemor Malmstrom and their children in their villa in Provence, Franc...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Holiday In Provence, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Holiday In Provence, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Holiday In Provence, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1989 - Printed Later

$3,900
Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Mrs Charles Rogers sitting on a submerged bar stool in the Villa Vera Spa & Racquet Club pool,...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1961 - Printed Later

$1,800
Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Mrs Charles Rogers sitting on a submerged bar stool in the Villa Vera Spa & Racquet Club pool,...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1961 - Printed Later

$2,400
Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Mrs Charles Rogers sitting on a submerged bar stool in the Villa Vera Spa & Racquet Club pool,...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1961 - Printed Later

$3,000
Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Mrs Charles Rogers sitting on a submerged bar stool in the Villa Vera Spa & Racquet Club pool,...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Fruit Cocktail, Mexico, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1961 - Printed Later

$3,600

Realist photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Realist 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 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, red, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Pico Garcez, Kind of Cyan, and Massimo Listri. 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 photography, so small editions measuring 3.94 inches across are also available. Prices for 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 $105 and tops out at $75,000, while the average work sells for $3,000.

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