Slim Aarons Photography
American, 1916-2006
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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Artist: Slim Aarons
Sunbathing in Venice, 1954 - Venetian Nude Sunbathing in Vintage Italian Fashion
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing in Venice, 1954 - Venetian Sunbathing in Vintage Italian Fashion by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
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Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
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Dining In Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers at a ski lodge at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961.
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Alice Topping (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alice Topping (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach,
Florida, 1959.
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Signpost In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a signpost indicating various ski slopes and toboggan tracks in the resort of St Moritz,...
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Britt Ekland 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Britt Ekland 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Film star Britt Ekland (Britt-Marie Eklund) in Porto Ercole, Italy. 1969.
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
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Monocled Miss (1964) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monocled Miss (1964) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel,
New York, 1964.
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Skiing At St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978.
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke, 1980
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke
1980
Chromogenic Lambda print
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with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
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Spring Break, 1950s - Bonita Springs Palm Beach Florida Students Spring Break
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Spring Break, 1950s - Bonita Springs Palm Beach Florida Students Spring Break by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Snowmass Village, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in M...
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Jhelum River in Kashmir, 1961 - Luxury Watercraft Indian Natural Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Jhelum River in Kashmir, 1961 - Luxury Sailing Watercraft by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Digital C-Type print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Conca dei Marini, Italy, 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 busy bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984.
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Zermatt Skiing, 1968
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
Slim Aarons
Zermatt Skiing
1968
C print (Printed later)
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Skiing Waiters, 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with the man in the foreground carrying a bird on a tray, the second man carring a wine in an ice bucket and the third carrying a menu, Stowe, Ve...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Sunbathing In Capri, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features sunbathers by a swimming pool at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capri, Italy, Au...
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Zermatt Skiing, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland.
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Catherine Wilke 1980 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke 1980
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Phot...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Beach at St. Tropez - Topless Sunbathing South of France French Riviera Beaches
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Beach at St. Tropez - Topless Sunbathing South of France French Riviera Beaches by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Cafe Terrace In Nice Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cafe Terrace In Nice
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera, 1957.
unfra...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Seaplane At Palm Beach 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Seaplane At Palm Beach 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Fl...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Giacomo Montegazza, 1983 - Italian Lakes Photograph Italian Garden Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Giacomo Montegazza, 1983 - Italian Lakes Photograph Italian Garden Photograph by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"G...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Pool at Lake Tahoe - Sierra Nevada Pine Trees American Landscape Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Pool at Lake Tahoe - Sierra Nevada Pine Trees American Landscape Photography by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150....
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Eden-Roc Pool, 1976
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
Eden-Roc Pool
1976
C-Print
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Unghia Marina' 1989 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Unghia Marina'
A group of people stand on a terrace, at the Unghia Marina on the island of Capri, Italy, in September 1989. Trees dot the side of the marina while a flagpole rises...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leisure In Antibes
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969.
60 x 40" inche...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Ships that pass, 1969 - Ocean Photography Ketch Yacht Sailboats America
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Ships that pass, 1969 - Ocean Photography Ketch Yacht Sailboats America by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Ships ...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Abaco Islander 1986 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Abaco Islander, 1986
Author Chester Thompson at work in his coconut grove on the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas, March 1986. His ancester Wyannie Malone settled on the islands in 178...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Esther Williams, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a trampoline.
This ...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
El Venero 1967
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Capri Holiday, 1958 - Snorkelling off Coast of Capri Island in Crystal Waters
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Capri Holiday, 1958 - Snorkelling off Coast of Capri Island in Crystal Waters by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
'C...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Mrs. A. Watson Armour III walking with her poodles on her Lake Forest Estate, Illinois, USA.
T...
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Sea Drive Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
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 Nassau....
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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'Dinner Jazz' 1949 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Dinner Jazz'
1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome.
30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Co...
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1940s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Slim Aarons Cortina d’Ampezzo 1982 Limited Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina d’Ampezzo
Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982.
72x48” / 183 x 122 cm - paper size
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Catherine Wilke, 1980 - Bronze Model Poses Drinking Cocktail by Sunbathers
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Catherine Wilke, 1980 - Bronze Model Poses Drinking Cocktail by Sunbathers by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Premium Collection Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Pr...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Snowmass Picnic, Colorado, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Snowmass Picnic, Colorado, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
This late 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a stand-up fondue...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) of 'Le C...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Quiet Afternoon 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Quiet Afternoon 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Brigitte Lapp Fonda reclines amidst the foliage in Marbella, circa 1980.
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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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.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Be...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Eden-Roc Pool Hotel du Cap 1976 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc 1976
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size.
Photo by Slim Aarons
Archival ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen,...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta.
This is an estate stampe...
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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 ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Catch Up By the Pool Estate Edition, Modernist Architecture, Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palm Springs, 1970: This coveted photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features midcentury socialites in front of the turquoise swimming pool of the iconic Kaufma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Sunbathing In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Antibes
Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
40 x...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, 'Faraglioni Rocks' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri, August 1974.
Slim Aarons
Faraglioni Rocks
1974. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificat...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print
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.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
J...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Von Pantz Pool, 1985 - Nude Swimmer Portrait Laura Hawk Swimming Pool Water
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Von Pantz Pool, 1985 - Nude Swimmer Portrait Laura Hawk Swimming Pool Water by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Vo...
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Slim Aarons, Apres Ski, Gstaad (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Apres Ski
1963 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963.
Estate stamped ...
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Palm Springs Riders, 1970 - Desert Landscapes in Southern California Hills
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Springs Riders, 1970 - Desert Landscapes in Southern California Hills
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Digital C-Type print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later....
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A Skier in Vermont 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A Skier in Vermont 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A skier at the Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont, USA, March 1962
60 x 40" inches / 127 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Colle...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Vuccino And Rava 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on th...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Westin Excelsior, Lido in Venice, 1957 - Venetian Gondolas in Canals in Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Westin Excelsior, Lido in Venice, 1957 - Venetian Gondolas in Canals in Italy by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
We...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Palm Beach Idyll
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Idyll
A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA
Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Sports Car Couple' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1955: John Bryant with his AC sports car in Kinnerton Place, London SW1, Printed Later. His passenger is Margaret McAulay.
40 x 40 inches
$3950
30 x 30 inches
$3350
20 x 20 inches
$3000
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Undercurrent Projects is pleased to offer this vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aarons estate. It is part of the estate's only official limited run, of 150. Estate stamp embossed on recto, hand numbered in ink on recto, with certificate of authenticity from the estate (not a secondary gallery licensing from the estate).
Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) made a career out of photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Aarons is known for his iconic images of Hollywood glamour and luxurious people, places and lifestyles.
Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source.
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun.
Slim Aarons is noted for his documentation of the Beautiful People over 50 years, encompassing high society, celebrity, aristocracy, and the jet set. He was born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed official photographer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. During World War II he served as an army combat photographer for Yank magazine in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. After the war he became a freelance photojournalist, first based in Hollywood, then Rome, then New York. His photographs appeared in many magazines, including Life, Holiday, Town & Country, Look, Venture, and Travel & Leisure. His first book A Wonderful Time (1974) is considered a classic.
* 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 *
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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.
Internal: Slim Aarons Vintage Sport, Vintage Car photography, Sports Car Photography
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition o...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Penthouse Pool, Estate Edition, Poolside Landscape with Acropolis, Athens Greece
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons’s Penthouse Pool captures a sunlit moment of casual glamour at the Canellopoulos penthouse pool in Athens, Greece. Taken in July 1961, the photograph shows a group of you...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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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...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Lambda
Saint Tropez Boucherie, August 1971 - Nude Women Portrait French Riviera Fashion
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Saint Tropez Boucherie, August 1971 - Nude Women Portrait French Riviera Fashion by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
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Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
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