Lyford Cay Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lyford Cay 1974 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Lord and Lady Martonmere in
1970s Modern Color Photography
Archival Pigment
Lyford Cay Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lyford Cay 1974 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Lord and Lady Martonmere in
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Lyford Cay Fire Service
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Lyford Cay Fire Service, 1966 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
At Lyford Cay (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
At Lyford Cay (1962) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Guests sunbathing by the
Color, Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
Lyford Cay Fire Service Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lyford Cay Fire Service 1966 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The fire service
Archival Pigment
$3,000
H 20 in W 16 in
Sailing In Lyford Cay Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing In Lyford Cay 1966 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A crew member tends
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Slim Aarons - At Lyford Cay - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
At Lyford Cay Guests sunbathing by the pool at the Lyford Cay Club in the Lyford Cay gated
Archival Pigment
Leonard Dalsemer, Lyford Cay, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974
Lambda
$2,750
H 20 in W 24 in
'Sailing In Lyford Cay' 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sailing In Lyford Cay' 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A crew member tends to the
C Print, Color
$2,750
H 20 in W 24 in
'Ladies Of Lyford Cay' 1974 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Ladies Of Lyford Cay' 1974 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Grace, Mrs Dauphinot, Marina
C Print, Color
$3,000
H 20 in W 24 in
'Lyford Cay Fire Service' 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lyford Cay Fire Service' 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print The fire service in
Color
Ladies Of Lyford Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grace, Mrs Dauphinot, Marina Posson and Baroness Meriel de Posson in Lyford Cay, New Providence
Lambda
Ladies Of Lyford Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grace, Mrs Dauphinot, Marina Posson and Baroness Meriel de Posson in Lyford Cay, New Providence
Lambda
Ladies Of Lyford Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grace, Mrs Dauphinot, Marina Posson and Baroness Meriel de Posson in Lyford Cay, New Providence
Lambda
Ladies Of Lyford Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grace, Mrs Dauphinot, Marina Posson and Baroness Meriel de Posson in Lyford Cay, New Providence
Lambda
Ladies Of Lyford Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grace, Mrs Dauphinot, Marina Posson and Baroness Meriel de Posson in Lyford Cay, New Providence
Lambda
Ladies Of Lyford Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grace, Mrs Dauphinot, Marina Posson and Baroness Meriel de Posson in Lyford Cay, New Providence
Lambda
Ladies Of Lyford Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grace, Mrs Dauphinot, Marina Posson and Baroness Meriel de Posson in Lyford Cay, New Providence
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Ladies Of Lyford Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grace, Mrs Dauphinot, Marina Posson and Baroness Meriel de Posson in Lyford Cay, New Providence
Lambda
$4,200
H 30 in W 40 in D 0.1 in
Lyford Cay 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lyford Cay 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Lord and Lady Martonmere in the garden of the Villa
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Lyford Cay Fire Service
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lyford Cay Fire Service The fire service in Lyford Cay, on New Providence Island in the Bahamas
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Gloria Schiff at Lyford Cay'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of Consuelo Crespi, with her pet dog and pet birds at Lyford Cay in
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H 30 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons 'Leonard Dalsemer, Lyford Cay' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974
Lambda
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Lyford Cay Fire Service 1966 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lyford Cay Fire Service 1966- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The fire service in Lyford Cay, on New
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Leonard Dalsemer, Lyford Cay'
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974
Lambda
$3,950
H 40 in W 40 in
Poolside Service, Lyford Cay Club, Bahamas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962. The club building was designed
Lambda
$300
H 7.5 in W 5.5 in
The Harbour, Lyford Cay Club, Bahamas 1994 Print #20 by David Hamilton-Jones
Located in Bristol, CT
Caribbean's most elegant and exclusive enclaves, Lyford Cay, located on the western edge of New Providence
Paper
$5,400
H 40 in W 60 in
Slim Aarons 'Lyford Cay Fire Service' 1966 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lyford Cay Fire Service' The fire service in Lyford Cay, on New Providence Island in the Bahamas
Archival Pigment
$4,200
H 30 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons 'Lyford Cay Fire Service' 1966 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lyford Cay Fire Service' The fire service in Lyford Cay, on New Providence Island in the Bahamas
Color
$3,600
H 24 in W 20 in
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate stamped and hand
Lambda
$1,800
H 12 in W 10 in
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate stamped and hand
Lambda
$3,000
H 20 in W 16 in
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate stamped and hand
Lambda
$2,400
H 16 in W 12 in
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate stamped and hand
Lambda
$3,900
H 30 in W 20 in
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate stamped and hand
Lambda
$5,400
H 40 in W 60 in
Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Leonard Dalsemer Lyford Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974
Archival Pigment
$6,100
H 48 in W 72 in
Slim Aarons Official Estate Stamped Edition - Leonard Dalsemer Lyford Cay
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974
Archival Pigment
$1,800
H 10 in W 12 in
Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, Leonard Dalsemer Villa, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974
C Print
$5,400
H 40 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons 'Gloria Schiff at Lyford Cay' : Mid-Century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of Consuelo Crespi, with her pet dog and pet birds at Lyford Cay in
Lambda
$1,800
H 10 in W 12 in
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
$2,400
H 12 in W 16 in
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
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in
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
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
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
$5,400
H 40 in W 60 in
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
$3,900
H 20 in W 30 in
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
$4,200
H 30 in W 40 in
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
"The Jockey Scale" Watercolor by Henry Koehler (1927-2019)
By Henry Koehler
Located in Bristol, CT
Fredericka Ann Guirey, Lyford Cay, Nassau Art Sz: 23"H x 18"W Frame Sz: 32"H x 28"W
Watercolor
$3,600
H 20 in W 20 in
Poolside Service Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962. The club building was
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 20 in
Taking The Plunge Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962. The club building was
Archival Pigment
Poolside Service (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962. The club
Color, Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 20 in
Commander Whitehead Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Whitehead (1908 – 1978), the public face of Schweppes, leans on a silver Rolls Royce at Lyford Cay, New
Archival Pigment
$3,000
H 16 in W 16 in D 0.1 in
Poolside Service 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Service 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
Leonard Dalsemer Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974 unframed c type print Limited to
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Taking The plunge 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Taking The plunge 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
'Taking The plunge' 1962 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Taking The plunge' A swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island
Archival Pigment
$3,895
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Leonard Dalsemer - Palm Trees and Blue Skies in Nature by Swimming Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
, American actor Leonard Dalsemer enjoys quality time with his family at their home in Lyford Cay in the
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Gloria Schiff (1963) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
sister of Consuelo Crespi, with her pet dog and pet birds at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas, 1963. Additional
Color, Archival Pigment
$1,800
H 12 in W 10 in
Sailing In The Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate stamped and hand
Lambda
$2,400
H 16 in W 12 in
Sailing In The Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate stamped and hand
Lambda
Unavailable
H 30 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons, Leonard Dalsemer at villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island 1974
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974
C Print
Slim Aarons, Lyford Cay Fire Service
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Lyford Cay Fire Service, 1966 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
C Print
'Lyford Cay Club' Bahamas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lyford Cay Club' by Slim Aarons A swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New
C Print
Taking The plunge (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962. The club
Color, Archival Pigment
$3,825Sale Price|25% Off
H 58 in W 58 in
Hemisphere I - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water
By Christian Stoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from Christian Stoll‘s body of works titled 'Hemisphere' Hemisphere I by Chr...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Eagle Club
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eagle Club Holidaymakers dining at the Eagle Club, Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1969 Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 30" inches / ca 101.6 x 76.2 cm’s paper size. Estate Stamped C...
Archival Pigment
Solid Wood Side Table with Pedestal Base in Walnut Finish
By Luteca Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Oco side table by Jorge Arturo Ibarra is inspired by the graphic design ethos that characterized the 1960s, the table’s geo-metric volumes combine recognizable elements of Josef ...
Ash
$3,871 / item
H 26.5 in Dm 55.91 in
Orbitale Brass Chandelier 3 Rotating Balanced Arms, Stilnovo Style, Twin Shades
By Silvio Piattelli, Arteluce, Stilnovo
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This 3-armed chandelier with twin shades is a versatile and elegant fixture perfect above a kitchen island, over a counter, dining table, or in a living room. The chandelier's three ...
Metal, Aluminum, Brass
Silk over Metal "Fan" Wall Lamp single fan by Aqua Creations
By Aqua Creations
Located in linden, NJ
Fan wall light fixture is drawn from the shape of a flower. Its rippled lip and pleated silk shade casts a delicate light. Sold as a single, available in left or right orientation.
Cut Steel
$1,155Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$45,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 34 in W 53 in D 24 in
Large Pair Patinated Life Size Bronze Statues Sculpture of Regal Big Cats Lions
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Large pair patinated life size bronze statues sculpture of Regal Big Cats Lions. Exceptional detailed high quality Large pair of Patinated bronze statues of Seated lions, outstanding...
Bronze
Established & Sons S2 Cylinder Filigrana Pendant Light by Sebastian Wrong
By Established & Sons, Sebastian Wrong
Located in London, GB
Harnessing a technique that dates back to the 16th century, the technique is an art form passed from generation to generation. The range of suspension lights are handmade from Veneti...
Steel
Distressed Silver Convex Mirror
Located in London, GB
A distressed silver convex mirror, with bronze finish frame. Contemporary.
Mirror
$1,923 / item


H 12 in Dm 17 in
Established & Sons S4 Ellipse Filigrana Pendant Light by Sebastian Wrong
By Established & Sons, Sebastian Wrong
Located in London, GB
Harnessing a technique that dates back to the 16th century, the technique is an art form passed from generation to generation. The range of suspension lights are handmade from Veneti...
Steel
$90 / item
H 1.19 in Dm 11.03 in
Sultan's Journey Green Parrots Porcelain Plate by Patch NYC for Les-Ottomans
By Patch NYC
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
The Sultan's Journey is an inspiring collection created by Patch NYC for Les-ottomans that recreates, through characters, the magic world of the Sultans and Ottoman Empire. This gre...
Porcelain
LU Five-Arm Flush Mount Chandelier by Lumfardo Luminaires
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Minimalist five-arm flush mount chandelier with five cone shades that pivot up and down for varied lighting. Light brass patina finish and painted aluminum. E26 based socke...
Aluminum, Brass
$12,850
H 44.5 in W 72.75 in D 72.75 in
Large 73 Inch Italian Brass And Glass Chandelier Attributed To Stilnovo
By Gaetano Sciolari, Arteluce, Stilnovo, Oscar Torlasco, Sciolari Lighting
Located in Houston, TX
Large Scale (73 Inch) Italian Brass And Glass Chandelier Attributed To Stilnovo. This monumental Italian Modernist chandelier chandelier has a brass structure with six arms terminati...
Brass
Large Chinese Silk Embroidery, Framed
Located in Bradenton, FL
This tall Chinese silk embroidery depicts Asian figures and scenes of boats, bridges and Asian landscapes. Features red, green, salmon and white colors on a beautiful serene blue bac...
Silk
$4,200Sale Price|38% Off
H 9.5 in W 8.5 in D 8.5 in
Special! Impressive Large Deluxe Lalique NUDE Bacchantes Standing Sculpture Vase
By Lalique
Located in New York, NY
The Following Items we are offering is an Estate Lalique Large Bacchantes Vase with Women conjoined Around. Signed with etched Lalique France signature at base. Current Retail $6800....
Crystal
$3,200
H 16 in W 20 in
Policewoman Playing Tag, New York City, Gelatin Silver Photograph, 16x20, Signed
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Policewoman Playing Tag, New York City, 1978 by Leonard Freed, is a 16” x 20” gelatin silver photograph from the photographer's Police Work series and book. The photograph from the e...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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.
Find a collection of vintage Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of photography on 1stDibs today.
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.
Throughout the past two centuries, photographers have used their medium to create expressive work that has resonated for generations. Shop a voluminous collection of this powerful fine photography on 1stDibs. Search by photographer to find the perfect piece for your living room wall, or spend some time with the work organized under various categories, such as landscape photography, nude photography and more.