Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc - Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
Leisure And Fashion 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
Dining In Gstaad 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
Harbour Isle Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
Birds Eye Monte Carlo 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
The High Life 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
Birds Eye Monte Carlo 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
Birds Eye Monte Carlo 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
The High Life 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
1950s Purple & White Striped Cotton Heart Pocket Pajamas Two Piece
Located in New York, NY
MORPHEW VINTAGE represents the finest pieces of fashions past. Sourced from across the globe, dating as far back as a century. Each piece is selected with both quality and rarity in ...
Christian Lacroix Vintage Crystals Cross Heart Gold Purple Baroque Logo Necklace
By Christian Lacroix
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Lacroix Vintage 1980s Baroque Twined Interlocked Openwork Cross Heart Purple Lilac Crystals Pendant Leaf Logo Round Beads Elegant Modernist Long Necklace, Gold Plated Very...
Gold Plate
Original Oil on Board Seascape Painting by Alfred DuPont
Located in San Diego, CA
While in the Navy during World War II he worked as an illustrator and painted portraits of Admirals Nimitz and Halsey. He received two purple hearts for his action during the bombing...
Wood
Apres Ski Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Verbier Skiers
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Bahamas Signpost
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Leisure and Fashion
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Mustique Tranquility
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
Beverly Hills Hotel Slide Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 la...
Lambda
Christian Lacroix Vintage Large Cross Heart Crystals Purple Black Drop Earrings
By Christian Lacroix
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Lacroix Vintage 1980s Unisex Iconic Classic Large Logo Double Fire Flame Sun Circle Dangle Drop Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. Light colou...
Gold Plate
$4,200
Palm Beach Holiday - Slim Aarons Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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 la...
Lambda
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
Liza Zhdanova "Black Heart" Framed Love Painting, Purple Flowers, 24x24 in
By Liza Zhdanova
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Flowers #8 is a powerful and symbolically rich acrylic painting by Liza Zhdanova, a contemporary Ukrainian artist whose work explores emotional depth through explosive color and intu...
Acrylic
Esther Williams Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment, Color
Hello There Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment, Color
Carriage Awaits Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment, Color
'CZ's House' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Color, Archival Pigment
Il Pellicano Hotel Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Color, Archival Pigment
Mid Century Plum Purple Velvet, Walnut Wood, Heart Chair, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Chair type A5828. Colloquially called "heart". The furniture was designed by Helena and Jerzy Kurmanowicz. They were produced in Radomsko Woodworking Factory and we thoroughly renova...
Velvet, Beech
Palm Beach Christmas Holiday - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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 la...
Lambda
Purple Amethyst Heart with Sparkly Galaxy Druzy Nest, Large Size Crystal Decor
Located in Ametista Do Sul, BR
Elegant XL Amethyst Heart Sparkly, Rich Purple Druzy and Rare Galaxy Amethyst Nest ▫️ Description Aesthetic, sparkly, and featuring rare characteristics, this extra-large Amethyst ...
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
Slim Aarons 'Verbier View' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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 la...
Lambda
Gia Certified Bi Colour Sapphire Natural 1.15ct Untreated Purple Pink Heart Cut
By Gems and Jewels UK
Located in Birmingham, GB
Gia Certified Bi Colour Sapphire Natural 1.15ct Untreated Purple Pink Heart Cut GIA Certified Natural Untreated Bi Colour Heart Cut Sapphire Gemstone. 1.15 Carat unheated sapphire w...
$21,653Sale Price|20% Off
GIA 4.42 Carats Pink-Purple and White Diamond White Gold Heart Ring
By Shimon's Creations
Located in New York, NY
This lovely ring features a double heart design, with a cluster of pink-purple diamonds set in rose gold in the inner heart and a border of white diamonds set in white gold in the ou...
White Diamond, Pink Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
"My Purple Diamond Heart" Diamond Dust Oil Painting with Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Oil, Board, Glass
Vintage Signed 1.50 Carat Purple Pink Tourmaline Gemstone Heart Pendant 14k Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Signed 1.50 Carat Purple Pink Tourmaline Gemstone Heart Pendant 14k Gold.
Tourmaline, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Slim Aarons 'Verbier View' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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 la...
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Idyll' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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 la...
Lambda
Las Brisas Steps, Acapulco
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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 la...
Lambda
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
"Visions of the Metropolis" Purple Flame Heart Original Oil on Canvas 1996
By Travis Flack
Located in Soquel, CA
"Visions of the Metropolis" Purple Flame Heart Original Oil on Canvas 1996 Original oil painting from Bay Area artist Travis Flack (American, 20th Century) from the series "Visions ...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Idyll' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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 la...
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Verbier View' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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 la...
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Klosters' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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 la...
Lambda
$5,400
Slim Aarons 'Skiers At Verbier' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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 la...
Lambda
$1,045Sale Price|20% Off
1.03Ct Natural Colour Change Garnet Pink Purple IGI Certified Heart Cut Gem
By Gems and Jewels UK
Located in Birmingham, GB
1.03Ct Natural Colour Change Garnet Pink Purple IGI Certified Heart Cut Gem Unique Rare Untreated Colour Change Garnet Gemstone. 1.03 Carat untreated garnet with a rare colour chang...
18K Rose Gold 3/4 Carat Diamond & Purple Amethyst Heart Shape Pendant Necklace
Located in New York, NY
Let love and romance blossom in your life with this enchanting heart-shaped cluster pendant necklace made from genuine 18k rose gold.
Diamond, White Diamond, Amethyst, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
English Regency Period Secrétaire Cabinet with Egyptian Motifs
By George Oakley
Located in London, GB
Constructed in a finely faded and patinated goncalo alvez, having holly and purple heart stringing; with satinwood to the secrétaire interior; rising from tapered square section coll...
Purpleheart, Satinwood, Holly
"My Petit Grape Heart" Purple Pop Art Contemporary Oil Painting with Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Oil, Board
Vintage gold tone pink purple green rhinestone hearts designer clip on earrings
Located in Palos Hills, IL
DETAILS • unsigned • gold tone with rhinestones • vintage designer earrings MEASUREMENTS • CONDITION • very good vintage condition with minimal signs of wear Sku 53 ❤️...
Six Mid Century Plum Purple Velvet, Walnut Wood, Heart Chairs, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Chair type A5828. Colloquially called "heart". The furniture was designed by Helena and Jerzy Kurmanowicz. They were produced in Radomsko Woodworking Factory and we thoroughly renova...
Velvet, Beech
Kurason Lila, 2025, Curacao, Unique pigment print, digitally made by hand
By Gary Cruz
Located in New York, NY
This image is one of three variations and derives from a single photograph of a Purple Heart vine, a plant native to Mexico’s Gulf Coast and long naturalized in the Caribbean.
Archival Pigment
'Hotel Du Cap Eden-Roc' Antibes (Estate Stamped Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
'Hotel Du Cap Eden-Roc' Antibes (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
$4,200
Slim Aarons 'Snorkelling' 1954 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
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 ...
Color
$4,200
Slim Aarons 'Snorkelling' 1954 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
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 ...
Color
Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
$400
"My Sherbet Heart" Blue, Purple & White Abstract Oil Painting with Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints and diamond dust in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant ...
Oil, Board
$400
"My Jadore Heart" Purple Gold + Green Pop Art Oil Painting White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints and diamond dust in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant ...
Oil, Board
$400
"My Amethyst Heart" Purple + White Pop Art Oil Painting in White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Oil, Board
$400
"My Amethyst Diamond Heart" Purple Pop Art Oil Painting with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints and diamond dust in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant ...
Glass, Oil, Board
'Exuma Holiday' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Archival Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II, earning a Purple Heart. Reflecting on that experience, he famously remarked that the only beach worth landing on was...
Archival Pigment
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.
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.