Slim Aarons 'Verbier Vacation'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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Slim Aarons 'Verbier Vacation'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
. IFAC in collaboration with the Hilton Archive at Getty Images Gallery London is proud to represent
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Slim Aarons 'Marbella Club Bather' Mid-Century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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Slim Aarons 'Nancy Talbert at Newport Casino'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Casino, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 1953. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons
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Slim Aarons 'Tennis At Newport Casino'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 1953. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim
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Slim Aarons 'Newport Tennis Week'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Casino, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 1953. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons
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Slim Aarons 'Yachting in Newport'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Island, USA, 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art
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Slim Aarons 'Yachting In Newport'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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Slim Aarons 'Howard Cushing in Newport'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Ledges', Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 1974. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim
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Slim Aarons 'Nancy Talbert And Lefty Flynn'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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Slim Aarons 'Holiday in Boston'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Manchester and Marblehead harbors, Essex County, Massachusetts. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim
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Slim Aarons 'Harvey Firestone, Jr.'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Firestone at their home in Newport, Rhode Island. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons, an
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Slim Aarons 'Newport Party'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer, is synonymous with images
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Slim Aarons 'Newport Party'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer, is synonymous with images that
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Slim Aarons 'Yachting in Newport'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer, is synonymous with
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Slim Aarons 'Tania Mallet'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Tilly Masterson in the Bond film 'Goldfinger'. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons, an
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Slim Aarons 'Sundowners, Cannes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art
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Slim Aarons 'Harriet De Rosiere At Mougins' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
in France, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer
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Slim Aarons 'Darryl Zanuck In Cannes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
film producer in front of the Carlton Hotel at Cannes, France. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images
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Slim Aarons 'The Carlton Hotel Cannes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons
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Slim Aarons 'Cannes Cannes Girls' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
in France, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer
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Slim Aarons 'Harriet De Rosiere in Cannes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
in France, 1957. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer
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Slim Aarons 'Guests at the entrance to the Carlton' Mid-century Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine
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Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
are the current owners of the house. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Poolside Pairs
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Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer, is synonymous with images
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Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer, is synonymous with images
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Slim Aarons 'Verbier Vacation'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
. IFAC in collaboration with the Hilton Archive at Getty Images Gallery London is proud to represent
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'Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity
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Slim Aarons 'Verbier Vacation'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
. IFAC in collaboration with the Hilton Archive at Getty Images Gallery London is proud to represent
Archival Pigment
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'Dining at Wilmot's' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity
Color
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'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
/Getty Images) Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity supplied Archive
Color
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'Las Brisas Hotel' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Archive/Getty Images) Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity supplied
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'Pool On Amalfi Coast' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
at the Hotel St. Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty
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'Peace And Plenty' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Archive/Getty Images) Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity supplied
Color
Peek-A-Boo Beatles (1965) - Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Peek-A-Boo Beatles (1937) - Silver Gelatin Print (Photo by R. McPhedran/Express/Getty Images
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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Slim Aarons The Carlton Hotel Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons/Getty Images Archive) A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes
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Slim Aarons 'Verbier Vacation'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
. IFAC in collaboration with the Hilton Archive at Getty Images Gallery London is proud to represent
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Slim Aarons Style 'Saks Fashion Show'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
photographer Slim Aarons released as part of the new book published in collaboration with Getty Images and
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Cadini di Misurina, Dolomite Alps, Italy, Europa
Located in London, GB
Getty Images Archive London England Achim Thomae lives and breathes photography. Mountains and
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Country Road And Cypresses Grove, Tuscany, Italy
Located in London, GB
Getty Images Archive London England Born Varese and grew up through studies of IT and technology, I
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Acapulco Pool, Villa Nirvana (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
the Hilton Archive at Getty Images is proud to represent Aarons' vast collection of negatives and
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1960s Ocelot Animal Print Leather Bow Embellished Brown Black Genuine Fur Hat
Located in Munich, DE
: Elizabeth Taylor, 28 June 1963. By SSPL/Getty Images
Slim Aarons 'Relaxing at Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Chromogenic Lambda print. IFAC in collaboration with the Hilton Archive at Getty Images is proud to
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Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
access to the highest of societies. IFAC in collaboration with the Hilton Archive at Getty Images is
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Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
access to the highest of societies. IFAC in collaboration with the Hilton Archive at Getty Images is
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Rhode Island Surfers, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Surfers off Rhode Island, September 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate
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Rhode Island Surfer, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images
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Rhode Island Surfers, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Surfers off Rhode Island, September 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate
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Rhode Island Surfer, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images
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Rhode Island Surfer, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images
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Rhode Island Surfer, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images
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Rhode Island Surfers, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Surfers off Rhode Island, September 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate
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Rhode Island Surfers, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Surfers off Rhode Island, September 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate
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Slim Aarons 'Royal Knitting, Seminole Club, Palm Beach'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
experience. Held at the Getty Images Hulton Archive, expert darkroom work on the originals allows us to print
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Cocteau Collector, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
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Cocteau Collector, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
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Cocteau Collector, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
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Cocteau Collector, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
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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.
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