Bahamas Speed Week, Nassau, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Gordon Butler's Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray at the Bahamas Speed Week at the Oakes Course, Nassau. ...
Lambda
Taking the Plunge, Bahamas, 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 a swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962...
Lambda
Taking the Plunge, Bahamas, 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 a swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962...
Lambda
Taking the Plunge, Bahamas, 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 a swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962...
Lambda
Taking the Plunge, Bahamas, 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 a swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962...
Lambda
Taking the Plunge, Bahamas, 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 a swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962...
Lambda
Taking the Plunge, Bahamas, 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 a swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962...
Lambda
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
Large Antique American Impressionist Tropical Nassau Bahamas Seascape Sailboat
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist seascape oil painting by Ralph Von Lehmden (Born 1908). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 15 by 22 inches overall and 13 by 20 painting alone.
Canvas, Oil
$2,115Sale Price|50% Off
Kate Moss, 1993 - Nude for Pirelli 1994, Paradise Island, Bahamas
By Herb Ritts
Located in London, GB
This is an original unsigned print for selection to the 1994 Pirelli Calendar, shot by Herb Ritts. Certificate of Authenticity and provenance will be provided. There were 4 x prints...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color
'Fruit Stall In The Bahamas' Unframed Limited Edition Signature Stamped Print
By Toni Frissell
Located in London, GB
Fruit Stall In The Bahamas by Toni Frissell A man browses a fruit stall next to a coastline in the Bahamas. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 24 x 20" inches...
Archival Pigment
$5,700
Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas 1957 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Stocking Island, Bahamas' 1964 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Stocking Island, Bahamas' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A high angle view of people swimming next to the ketch 'Traveler II', Stocking Island, Bahamas, 1964. 40 ...
Archival Pigment
Into the Light, Bahamas by Cristina Mittermeier
By Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
She is the editor of 26 conservation photography books and her Fine Art Coffee Table book, Amaze, is in its second printing.
Archival Pigment
Nowhere to Hide, Bahamas by Cristina Mittermeier
By Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
She is the editor of 26 conservation photography books and her Fine Art Coffee Table book, Amaze, is in its second printing.
Archival Pigment
What Lies Beneath, Bahamas by Cristina Mittermeier
By Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
She is the editor of 26 conservation photography books and her Fine Art Coffee Table book, Amaze, is in its second printing.
Archival Pigment
$4,485
Slim Aarons Official Estate Stamped Edition - Sea Drive Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sea Drive by Slim Aarons Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an 'Amphicar' across the harbour at Nassau. The children are Bianca ...
Color, Archival Pigment
$3,840
Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week by Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Limited edition estate stamped print 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 50 cm paper size Unfram...
Archival Pigment
'Sea Drive' 1967 Bahamas Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sea Drive' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an 'Amphicar' across the harbour at Nassa...
C Print
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 inn, Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indi...
Lambda
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 ...
Lambda
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 ...
Lambda
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 ...
Lambda
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 inn, Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indi...
Lambda
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 inn, Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indi...
Lambda
$3,840
Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week by Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Limited edition estate stamped print 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 50 cm paper size Unfram...
Archival Pigment
$2,750
'Swimming In The Bahamas' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Swimming In The Bahamas' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Brightly coloured swimmers in a pool in Nassau on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, 1959. Produc...
C Print, Color
$2,750
'Life In The Bahamas' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Life In The Bahamas' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A woman sitting in a hanging chair while having a drink in a bar in the Bahamas, in April 1967. A group of drink...
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons 'A Friendly Chat, Bahamas' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967, Printed Later Slim Aarons A Friendly Chat Bahamas Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aaro...
Lambda
Price Upon Request
Gisele Bündchen in Louis Vuitton, Harbour Island, Bahamas for Vogue Magazine
By Arthur Elgort
Located in Vienna, AT
Set on Harbour Island in the Bahamas in 1999, this Limited Edition Fine Art Photography Print features Gisele Bündchen in Louis Vuitton, holding a small dog beside a pool framed by t...
C Print
$2,780Sale Price|35% Off
Helena Christensen Paradise Island Bahamas Pirelli 90s Vintage Colour Photograph
By Herb Ritts
Located in London, GB
Photographer Herb Ritts was pivotal in launching the career of Danish model Helena Christensen in the early 1990s. Working together on the 1994 Pirelli Cal resulted in this beach por...
Archival Paper, Color, Photographic Paper, Photographic Film
Slim Aarons, Tennis in the Bahamas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1957—Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas. Behind the main group stand a second group of people talking. Slim Aarons Tennis in the Bahamas, ...
Lambda
Tania Mallet in the Bahamas, Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a brilliant red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Masterson in the Bon...
Lambda
Deck Dwellers, Bahamas, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a general view looking down on sunbathers on the deck of the yacht 'Traveler II', off the coast of Exum...
Lambda
Deck Dwellers, Bahamas, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a general view looking down on sunbathers on the deck of the yacht 'Traveler II', off the coast of Exum...
Lambda
Deck Dwellers, Bahamas, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a general view looking down on sunbathers on the deck of the yacht 'Traveler II', off the coast of Exum...
Lambda
Deck Dwellers, Bahamas, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a general view looking down on sunbathers on the deck of the yacht 'Traveler II', off the coast of Exum...
Lambda
Deck Dwellers, Bahamas, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a general view looking down on sunbathers on the deck of the yacht 'Traveler II', off the coast of Exum...
Lambda
Deck Dwellers, Bahamas, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a general view looking down on sunbathers on the deck of the yacht 'Traveler II', off the coast of Exum...
Lambda
Deck Dwellers, Bahamas, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a general view looking down on sunbathers on the deck of the yacht 'Traveler II', off the coast of Exum...
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Swimming In The Bahamas' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Swimming in the Bahamas 1959 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Brightly coloured swimmers i...
C Print
Slim Aarons, Dining in the Bahamas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Dining in the Bahamas, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity A waiter carrying a tray of food walks past a woman walk...
C Print
Antique American Modernist Nassau Bahamas Original Mixed Media Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist mixed media abstract portrait. Framed. Mixed media original collage. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, r...
Oil, Board
Antique American Modernist Nassau Bahamas Original Mixed Media Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist mixed media abstract portrait. Framed. Mixed media original collage. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, r...
Oil, Board
Price Upon Request
I See You Too, Bahamas by Cristina Mittermeier
By Cristina Mittermeier
Located in Chicago, IL
She is the editor of 26 conservation photography books and her Fine Art Coffee Table book, Amaze, is in its second printing.
Silver Gelatin
$4,200
Eleuthera Pool Party - Slim Aarons - Bahamas - color photography 20th century
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Eleuthera Pool Party' by Slim Aarons LIMITED EDITION ESTATE STAMPED PRINT Numbered in ink to 150 only and emboss stamped on front. Guests at the French Leave Hotel, owned by actor...
C Print
Cable Beach Palm Tree Nassau Bahamas Impressionism 9" x 12"
By Nelson H. White
Located in Houston, TX
Nelson White usually travels to The Bahamas every December and paints on Cable Beach.
Oil, Wood Panel
Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition 'Tania Mallet in the Bahamas'
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Masterson in the Bond film 'Go...
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Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition 'Tania Mallet in the Bahamas'
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Masterson in the Bond film 'Go...
Lambda
"My Horizon - Bahamas" Abstract Color Field Contemporary Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
She painted a 9-foot colorful, abstract mural in her mother’s art studio and has been painting ever since. Shaoul later traveled to Israel and Hungary, and studied abroad for 2 years...
Oil, Archival Paper, Acrylic
Poolside Service, Lyford Cay Club, Bahamas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Poolside Service, Lake Tahoe, 1962 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A swimmi...
Lambda
$16,500
"The Palm" impressionist painting, Bahamas seascape, palm tree, distant sailboat
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
White has been surrounded by art and artists from the time he was born. He received his earliest art instruction from his grandfather, Henry Cooke White (1861-1952) and his father Ne...
Oil, Panel
Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition 'Tania Mallet in the Bahamas'
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Masterson in the Bond film 'Go...
Lambda
Cotton Bay, Bahamas, 1982 - Limited Edition, Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Cotton Bay, Bahamas, 1982 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Cotton Bay, Bahamas' is a Limited Edition Estate Stam...
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Good Shot: Marion B (Jo) Carstairs, Little Whale Kay, Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Staley-Wise Gallery offers photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images Archive in London. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Get...
C Print
"Sea and Sky, Bahamas" Seascape Impressionist Plein Air Oil Painting, 24x10.25in
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
White has been surrounded by art and artists from the time he was born. He received his earliest art instruction from his grandfather, Henry Cooke White (1861-1952) and his father Ne...
Oil, Linen, Panel
Swimming in the Bahamas, 1959 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Swimming in the Bahamas, 1959 by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'Swimming in the Bahamas, 1959' by Slim Aarons is...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Bahamas Speed Week - Limited Edition Slim Aarons Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Bahamas Speed Week by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Bahamas Speed Week" is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate St...
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
"Bahamas 0113" Landscape Photography 18" x 24" Edition of 20 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bahamas 0113" Landscape Photography 18" x 24" Edition of 20 by Ben Cope Signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with COA issued by the artist. Unframed - ships rolled in a tube ...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. The ...
C Print
Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. The ...
C Print
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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The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later.
Digital photographic techniques, software, smartphone cameras and social-networking platforms such as Instagram have made it even easier in the modern era for budding photographers to capture the world around them as well as disseminate their images far and wide.
What might leading figures of visual art such as Andy Warhol have done with these tools at their disposal?
Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records — provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. Horst, Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton, who altered the face of fashion and portrait photography; visionary documentary photographers such as Gordon Parks, whose best-known work was guided by social justice; and pioneers of street photography such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, who shot for revolutionary travel magazines like Holiday with the likes of globetrotting society lensman Slim Aarons.
Find photographers you may not know in Introspective and The Study — where you’ll read about Berenice Abbott, who positioned herself atop skyscrapers for the perfect shot, or “conceptual artist-adventurer” Charles Lindsay, whose work combines scientific rigor with artistic expression, or Massimo Listri, known for his epic interiors of opulent Old World libraries. Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron was given a Kodak camera as a child. Later, she shot on Polaroid film before buying her first 35mm camera in her teens. Barron's stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.
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