$3,000
'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Premium Rates Apply.
Color, C Print
$3,000
'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Premium Rates Apply.
Color
$2,150
'Beverly Hills Cop' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Cop' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print American policeman Lee R Hathaway with his car on Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
$3,600
Slim Aarons "Beverly Hills Hotel" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Pool Party' Premium Rates Apply. A party by James Pendleton's pool in Beverly Hills, California, 1952.
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'The Beverly Hills Hotel Sign' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'The Beverly Hills Hotel Sign' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel' 1957 Official Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel' 1957 Official Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Beverly Hills Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Gary Cooper (Veronica Cooper) in Beverly Hills. Staley-Wise Gallery offers photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images Archive in London.
C Print
Flint Hills, KS
By Aaron Henry
Located in Kansas City, MO
Flint Hills, KS (2014) Giclee Print on Coated Fiber Paper Image Size: 16 1/2" x h 16 1/4" COA provided Aaron Henry's eye captures beauty in Wabaunsee's natural landscape, through ...
Giclée
Slim Aarons, Bermuda Style (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957, Printed Later C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity A swimming pool in the grounds of a house i...
Archival Pigment
Beverly Hills Hotel, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunshades and sun loungers by the swimming pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, 1957. Beverly Hills Hotel Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Lambda
Beverly Hills Hotel, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunshades and sun loungers by the swimming pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, 1957. Beverly Hills Hotel Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Lambda
Beverly Hills Hotel, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunshades and sun loungers by the swimming pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, 1957. Beverly Hills Hotel Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Lambda
Beverly Hills Hotel Slide Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
Lambda
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...
Lambda
Capucine (Slim Aarons estate edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Capucine, 1957 Fiber print 40x30 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 1957: French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 - 1990) fanning herself at a New Years Ev...
Photographic Paper
Beverly Hills Cop (1952) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Cop (1952) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) American policeman Lee R Hathaway with his car on Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills, California 1952.
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Beverly Hills Party (1952) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Party (1952) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Guests at a party given by Mrs Gary Cooper (actress Veronica Cooper, aka Sandra Shaw) in Beverly Hills, C...
Black and White, Archival Pigment
'Police Patrolman' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Police Patrolman' by Slim Aarons Beverly Hills police patrolman Lee R. Hathaway leaning on the roof of his car to write a report, Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 1952.
Archival Pigment
Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard.
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, 'Lets Dance' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film stars Tony Curtis and his wife Janet Leigh enjoying a dance at a party held at James Mason's home in Beverly Hills, 1954. Slim Aarons Lets Dance 1954. (printed later) C print ...
C Print
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out h...
Lambda
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out h...
Lambda
Capucine, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 - 1990) fanning herself at a New Years Eve party...
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Capucine, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 - 1990) fanning herself at a New Years Eve party...
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Capucine, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 - 1990) fanning herself at a New Years Eve party...
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Capucine, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 - 1990) fanning herself at a New Years Eve party...
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Capucine, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features French actress Capucine, (Germaine Lefebvre) (1933 - 1990) fanning herself at a New Years Eve party...
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out h...
Lambda
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out h...
Lambda
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out h...
Lambda
$1,800
Beverly Hills Hotel, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California.
Lambda
$3,000
Beverly Hills Hotel, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California.
Lambda
$3,600
Beverly Hills Hotel, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California.
Lambda
$2,400
Beverly Hills Hotel, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California.
Lambda
$6,500
Beverly Hills Hotel, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California.
Lambda
Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Sunshades and sun loungers by the swimming pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California,...
Color, Archival Pigment
Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 - Sunset Boulevard Hollywood California Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 - Sunset Boulevard Hollywood California Landscape by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print.
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
$4,200
Beverly Hills Hotel, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California.
Lambda
$3,000
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.
Lambda
$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.
Lambda
Kings Of Hollywood, Beverly Hill, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper...
Lambda
$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.
Lambda
$3,000
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.
Lambda
$1,800
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.
Lambda
$5,400
Slim Aarons 'Cannon Drive' 1952 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Cannon Drive' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1952: Cars driving along Cannon Drive, Beverly Hills, California.
Silver Gelatin
Kings Of Hollywood, Beverly Hill, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper...
Lambda
Kings Of Hollywood, Beverly Hill, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper...
Lambda
Kings Of Hollywood, Beverly Hill, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper...
Lambda
Palm Springs Riders, 1970 - Desert Landscapes in Southern California Hills
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
This is a contemporary print from the Getty Archive using Slim Aarons negatives. All prints feature a Slim Aarons blindstamp, and are accompanied by a Slim Aarons Certificate of Aut...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Julie London - Portrait Julie London Jazz Singer Beverly Hills Hotel Hollywood
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Julie London - Portrait Julie London Jazz Singer Beverly Hills Hotel Hollywood by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print.
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Beverly Hills Hotel Pool - Poolside Striped Parasols by Swimming Pool Hollywood
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel Pool - Poolside Striped Parasols by Swimming Pool Hollywood by Slim Aarons depicts the swimming pool of the iconic Beverly Hills hotel 16" x 16" print on 16" x 2...
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Party At Romanoff's, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograp
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a party at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
Lambda
Party At Romanoff's, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograp
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a party at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
Lambda
Jim Kimberly and Kim Wadsworth at the Beverly Hills Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Estate embossed
Photographic Paper
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, Aarons opened a bureau for Life magazine in Rome, where he took pictures capturing the postwar scene. He 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, Aarons 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 him 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.
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