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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
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
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

$3,900
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, Aca...
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

$4,200
Hotel Taormina, Sicily, 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 the seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina in Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. This is an estate...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Hotel Taormina, Sicily, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Hotel Taormina, Sicily, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Hotel Taormina, Sicily, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1975 - Printed later

$1,800
Hotel Taormina, Sicily, 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 the seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina in Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. This is an estate...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Hotel Taormina, Sicily, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Hotel Taormina, Sicily, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Hotel Taormina, Sicily, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1975 - Printed later

$2,400
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, 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 winemaker Daniel Gainey and his wife out riding at their ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is an...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1971 - Printed Later

$1,800
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, 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 winemaker Daniel Gainey and his wife out riding at their ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is an...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1971 - Printed Later

$3,000
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, 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 winemaker Daniel Gainey and his wife out riding at their ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is an...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1971 - Printed Later

$3,600
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, 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 winemaker Daniel Gainey and his wife out riding at their ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is an...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1971 - Printed Later

$3,900
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, 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 winemaker Daniel Gainey and his wife out riding at their ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is an...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1971 - Printed Later

$4,200
Linda Shaw, Singapore, 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 Linda Shaw emerging from a swimming pool in Singapore, May 1971. This is an estate stamped and ha...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1971 - Printed Later

$1,800
Linda Shaw, Singapore, 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 Linda Shaw emerging from a swimming pool in Singapore, May 1971. This is an estate stamped and ha...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1971 - Printed Later

$2,400
Linda Shaw, Singapore, 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 Linda Shaw emerging from a swimming pool in Singapore, May 1971. This is an estate stamped and ha...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1971 - Printed Later

$3,600
Linda Shaw, Singapore, 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 Linda Shaw emerging from a swimming pool in Singapore, May 1971. This is an estate stamped and ha...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1971 - Printed Later

$3,900
Linda Shaw, Singapore, 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 Linda Shaw emerging from a swimming pool in Singapore, May 1971. This is an estate stamped and ha...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Linda Shaw, Singapore, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1971 - Printed Later

$4,200
Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Princess Caroline of Monaco in the winter-garden room of her house on the palace grounds, Monte Ca...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern
Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern

Slim Aarons
Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern, 1981 - Printed Later

$2,400
Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Princess Caroline of Monaco in the winter-garden room of her house on the palace grounds, Monte Ca...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern
Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern

Slim Aarons
Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern, 1981 - Printed Later

$3,000
Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Princess Caroline of Monaco in the winter-garden room of her house on the palace grounds, Monte Ca...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern
Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern

Slim Aarons
Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern, 1981 - Printed Later

$3,600
Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Princess Caroline of Monaco in the winter-garden room of her house on the palace grounds, Monte Ca...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern
Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern

Slim Aarons
Princess Caroline Of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern, 1981 - Printed Later

$3,900
Late Afternoon Forest Light, Black & White Landscape Limited Giiclée Print
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition black and white Giclée print, on 100% cotton Hahnemühle Photo Rag Fine Art matte paper. This beautiful black and white high contrast photograph...
Category

2010s Realist Photography

Materials

C Print, Emulsion

Late Afternoon Forest Light, Black & White Landscape Limited Giiclée Print
Late Afternoon Forest Light, Black & White Landscape Limited Giiclée Print

Kind of Cyan
Late Afternoon Forest Light, Black & White Landscape Limited Giiclée Print, 2021

$450
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

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

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

$2,400
Tropical Mustique, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
February 1989: Pierre Vincent Marais holidays with friends on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered an...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Tropical Mustique, Estate Edition
Tropical Mustique, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Tropical Mustique, Estate Edition, 1989

$1,800
Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice. Th...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1954, printed later

$1,800
Dining Al Fresco On Capri, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dining al fresco on a terrace overlooking the wat...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Dining Al Fresco On Capri, Estate Edition
Dining Al Fresco On Capri, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Dining Al Fresco On Capri, Estate Edition, 1980, Printed Later

$5,400
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s maritime photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda. This is an es...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph

Slim Aarons
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph, 1957, printed later

$2,400
Iconic Estate Edition, 'Pop and Society, ' Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Pop and Society (Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger) Chromogenic lambda print 4 sizes available Slim Aarons Estate Edition 1968: From lef...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Iconic Estate Edition, 'Pop and Society, ' Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull
Iconic Estate Edition, 'Pop and Society, ' Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull

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

$2,400
Contemporary fine art photography/ photo minimalism still life "Crystal Silence"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary fine art photography in minimalism and abstract realism, "Crystal Silence" was captured by French artist and photographer Natalya Mougenot as part of her ongoing se...
Category

2010s Realist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Contemporary fine art photography/ photo minimalism still life "Crystal Silence"
Contemporary fine art photography/ photo minimalism still life "Crystal Silence"

Mougenot Natalya
Contemporary fine art photography/ photo minimalism still life "Crystal Silence", 2025

$284 Sale Price
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Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1955s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, during the filming of 'Mister Roberts' in Ha...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955 - Printed Later

$1,800
Vejer de la Frontera #18, Silver Gelatin Print, 1977
By Jed Fielding
Located in Surfside, FL
Framed and signed, black and white, 1970's, silver gelatin print by street photographer Jed Fielding. An internationally recognized street photographer, Jed Fielding has made photog...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vejer de la Frontera #18, Silver Gelatin Print, 1977
Vejer de la Frontera #18, Silver Gelatin Print, 1977

Jed Fielding
Vejer de la Frontera #18, Silver Gelatin Print, 1977, 1977

$1,800
An Original Photograph Sean Scully Pueblo Museum COA Rare Important Mexico
By Sean Scully
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original C-Print from Sean Scully's Pueblo Dzibalchen series (A Suite of 20) created in 2001. This work comes in a fantastic natural wood archival frame presentation. This series was shot by Scully in Campeche, Mexico. Photograph size: 20 x 24 in. Framed Size: 27.5 x 33.5 Painter, photographer, watercolorist, and printmaker Sean Scully roams the world with his camera, capturing its surfaces in places as far-flung as Mexico and the Aran Islands...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

An Original Photograph Sean Scully Pueblo Museum COA Rare Important Mexico
An Original Photograph Sean Scully Pueblo Museum COA Rare Important Mexico

Sean Scully
An Original Photograph Sean Scully Pueblo Museum COA Rare Important Mexico, 2002

$3,000
1920's Gelatin Silver Print by Tina Modotti of a Mural Fresco by Diego Rivera
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Original gelatin silver print by Photographer Tina Modotti of a mural Fresco by Diego Rivera. Stamped “Photographs-Tina Modotti Mexico, D.F.” on reverse. Photograph size: 7 5/6 x...
Category

1920s Realist Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Paper

1920's Gelatin Silver Print by Tina Modotti of a Mural Fresco by Diego Rivera
1920's Gelatin Silver Print by Tina Modotti of a Mural Fresco by Diego Rivera

Tina Modotti
1920's Gelatin Silver Print by Tina Modotti of a Mural Fresco by Diego Rivera, 1920's

$2,500
Between the Sea and Sky, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ingrid Morath sunbathes by a swimming pool next to the sea in Acapulco, 1961. Ingrid was born in Rio de Janeiro and lives in Mexico City. Portofino Villa Slim Aarons Estate Edition ...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Between the Sea and Sky, Estate Edition
Between the Sea and Sky, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Between the Sea and Sky, Estate Edition, 1961

$3,900
Zephyria I, Estate Edition. Monte Carlo French Riviera Speedboat Seascape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monte Carlo, 1970: This classic landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a vintage wooden and red painted speedboat carrying holidaygoers in the ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Zephyria I, Estate Edition. Monte Carlo French Riviera Speedboat Seascape
Zephyria I, Estate Edition. Monte Carlo French Riviera Speedboat Seascape

Slim Aarons
Zephyria I, Estate Edition. Monte Carlo French Riviera Speedboat Seascape, 1970, printed later

$2,400
Marsha Gayle on Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marsha Gayle of Paris enjoying a deserted beach near Calabash Bay, Andros, Bahamas. This ...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marsha Gayle on Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Marsha Gayle on Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Marsha Gayle on Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1957-printed later

$1,800
Sea Drive, Nassau, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features film producer Kevin McClory taking his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an 'Amphica...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Sea Drive, Nassau, Estate Edition Photograph
Sea Drive, Nassau, Estate Edition Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sea Drive, Nassau, Estate Edition Photograph, 1967 - Printed Later

$4,830
Lyford Cay Fire Service, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two people horseback riding at the Rawlins Plantation...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Lyford Cay Fire Service, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Lyford Cay Fire Service, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Lyford Cay Fire Service, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1966 - Printed Later

$4,200
Slim Aarons, Estate Edition, Self Portrait with Cigarette in Capri, 1960s
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Photographer Slim Aarons (right) on board a yacht off Capri, Italy, September 1968. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, Estate Edition, Self Portrait with Cigarette in Capri, 1960s
Slim Aarons, Estate Edition, Self Portrait with Cigarette in Capri, 1960s

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons, Estate Edition, Self Portrait with Cigarette in Capri, 1960s, 1968

$1,800
Rose Orchid Bromeliad
By Walter W. Nelson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Walter W. Nelson – American (1942- ) Title: Rose Orchid Bromeliad. From the Fleur portfolio Year: 1983 Medium: Dye transfer photograph Sight size: 16.5 x 11 inches. Sheet size: 21.25 x 16.5 inches Matted size: 26.75 x 21.25 inches Edition Size: 25 This one: 9/25 Signature: Reverse Condition: Very good Unframed In the 1980s, Walter Nelson...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Dye Transfer

Rose Orchid Bromeliad
Rose Orchid Bromeliad

Walter W. Nelson
Rose Orchid Bromeliad, 1983

$950
Slim Aarons 'Lily Safra' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lily Safra, the "Gilded Lily": Brazilian-Monegasque of of Russian Jewish heritage, enigmatic philanthropist, socialite, and wife of Lebanese born banker Edm...
Category

1990s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Lily Safra' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Slim Aarons 'Lily Safra' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'Lily Safra' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1991

$4,200
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida. This is an es...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955 - Printed Later

$5,400
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida. This is an es...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955 - Printed Later

$4,200
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida. This is an es...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955 - Printed Later

$3,900
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida. This is an es...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955 - Printed Later

$3,600
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida. This is an es...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955 - Printed Later

$3,000
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida. This is an es...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Palm Beach Pastels, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955 - Printed Later

$2,400
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Fosca, Vera, and Fiona Bertran holidaying in Roca Llisa, on the island of Ibiza, Spain. This is an...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Roca Llisa, Ibiza, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1978 - Printed Later

$3,000
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a part of Yvette Bluhdorn's house in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, February 1985. Th...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1985 - Printed Later

$3,000
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a part of Yvette Bluhdorn's house in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, February 1985. Th...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1985 - Printed Later

$3,900
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a part of Yvette Bluhdorn's house in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, February 1985. Th...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1985 - Printed Later

$4,200
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a part of Yvette Bluhdorn's house in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, February 1985. Th...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1985 - Printed Later

$5,400
Large Silver Gelatin Photograph Russian USSR Soviet Parade Yuri Gagarin Photo
By Samariy Gurariy
Located in Surfside, FL
Yuri Gagarin Meeting Workers at Foundry Stankolit, depicting the famous Russian cosmonaut (Moscow, 1961) Gelatin silver print, gloss finish, date of printing unknown. Provenance: acquired from the estate of photographer Samariy Gurariy...
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20th Century Realist Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Large Silver Gelatin Photograph Russian USSR Soviet Parade Yuri Gagarin Photo
Large Silver Gelatin Photograph Russian USSR Soviet Parade Yuri Gagarin Photo

Samariy Gurariy
Large Silver Gelatin Photograph Russian USSR Soviet Parade Yuri Gagarin Photo

$3,500
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s 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 ...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

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

$5,400
Olivelands Limoneira Ranch 1913 Antique Photograph Santa Paula CA
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Schuyler U. Bunnell. Dormitory & Cottages, Olivelands Ranch, Santa Paula California, 1913. Period, antique photo. Paper measures 41.5 x 8 inches; 43.5 x 9....
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Early 20th Century Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Olivelands Limoneira Ranch 1913 Antique Photograph Santa Paula CA
Olivelands Limoneira Ranch 1913 Antique Photograph Santa Paula CA

Schuyler U. Bunnell
Olivelands Limoneira Ranch 1913 Antique Photograph Santa Paula CA, 1913

$1,200
Slim Aarons 'La Dolce Vita: Vuccino &Rava, Capri' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on the waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy, 1958. Slim Aarons La Dolce Vita: Vuccino & Rava Capri, Italy Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. 30 x 20 inches $3000 40 x 30 inches $3350 40 x 60 inches $3950 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * From a recent Vogue article on the photography of Slim Aarons: "The iconic Capri is always teeming with a variety of hotels, each more beautiful than the last. A stone's throw from the Villa Malaparte from Jean-Luc Godard's movie Contempt, the Faraglioni cliffs plunging into the turquoise of the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the colorful houses that climb the bay. The Hotel Punta Tragara was one of Slim Aarons' favorite spots in Italy." # Vintage Capri...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'La Dolce Vita: Vuccino &Rava, Capri' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Slim Aarons 'La Dolce Vita: Vuccino &Rava, Capri' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons 'La Dolce Vita: Vuccino &Rava, Capri' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), Printed Later

$5,400
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family enjoying a quiet beach on Andros Island. This is an estate stamped and hand num...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1957-printed later

$4,200
Campbell Falls Picnic, Massachusetts, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachu...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Campbell Falls Picnic, Massachusetts, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Campbell Falls Picnic, Massachusetts, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Campbell Falls Picnic, Massachusetts, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1959, printed later

$3,000
4 unique portraits of Vietnamese concert pianist Chau-Giang Thi Nguyen, Signed
By Peter Beard
Located in New York, NY
Peter Beard Portraits of classical concert pianist Concert Pianist Chau-Giang Thi Nguyen in artists frame, 2006 Four (4) separate Chromogenic prints (c-print) in artist's frame. Hand...
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Early 2000s Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print

4 unique portraits of Vietnamese concert pianist Chau-Giang Thi Nguyen, Signed
4 unique portraits of Vietnamese concert pianist Chau-Giang Thi Nguyen, Signed

Peter Beard
4 unique portraits of Vietnamese concert pianist Chau-Giang Thi Nguyen, Signed, 2006

$5,625 Sale Price
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Big Hair Vintage Sign, Marfa Texas by Brazilian Photographer Pico Garcez
By Pico Garcez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pico Garcez (b.1963, São Paulo, Brazil) In Love with Photography, Iconography and Painting, exercises his gaze from childhood when he began to play with his first camera. Practicing ...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Cotton, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Big Hair Vintage Sign, Marfa Texas by Brazilian Photographer Pico Garcez

Pico Garcez
Big Hair Vintage Sign, Marfa Texas by Brazilian Photographer Pico Garcez, 2014

$2,450 Sale Price
30% Off
Black and White Giclée Print of Sandy Shore with Foam, Coastal Black and White
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition black and white giclée print, on 100% cotton Hahnemühle Photo Rag Fine Art matte paper. This series of black and white photographs captures the ...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Rag Paper, Emulsion

Black and White Giclée Print of Sandy Shore with Foam, Coastal Black and White
Black and White Giclée Print of Sandy Shore with Foam, Coastal Black and White

Kind of Cyan
Black and White Giclée Print of Sandy Shore with Foam, Coastal Black and White, 2021

$450
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family enjoying a quiet beach on Andros Island. This is an estate stamped and hand num...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1957-printed later

$1,800

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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