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Slim Aarons, Palm Beach Pagoda, Everglades Island (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, South Florida, Beach Photography, Vintage Palm Beach, Vintage Poolside, Vintage Glamour, Midcentury
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1980s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

"Beach scene" Black and White Landscape Photography
By Pat Truax
Located in Houston, TX
This black and white photo shows an island with palm trees and a cloudy sky. The photograph was developed using the Sabattier process. The photograph is not framed. Artist Biograph...
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1960s Abstract Retro Beach Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Idyll' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Palm Beach Idyll 1963 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with
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1960s Modern Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Idyll' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Palm Beach Idyll 1963 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with
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1960s Modern Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Palm Beach Pagoda, Everglades Island (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Palm Beach, Poolside Series, South Florida, Beach Photography, Vintage Palm Beach, Vintage Poolside
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1980s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Palm Beach Pagoda, Everglades Island (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Palm Beach, Poolside Series, South Florida, Beach Photography, Vintage Palm Beach, Vintage Poolside
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1980s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Nude #125, Contemporary Photography of Nude on Beach Cliffs
By Carl Hyatt
Located in New york, NY
limited edition photography. Based in New York City, 99Prints ships worldwide.
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1990s Contemporary Retro Beach Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Muscle Man and Female Admirer at the Beach - Staged Photography
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
the small cast shadow on the bottom of the female's left leg. Robert Funk pioneered toy photography
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1970s Conceptual Retro Beach Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

'Laguna Beach Surfer' Slim Aarons 20th century color landscape photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Laguna Beach Surfer' Slim Aarons Estate Edition A surfer in the sea at Laguna Beach, California
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1960s Modern Retro Beach Photography

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C Print

Laguna Beach Surfers - Slim Aarons - colour C print photography - 20th century
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Laguna Beach Surfers (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) Three surfers with their boards at sunset
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1970s Modern Retro Beach Photography

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C Print

Laguna Beach Surfer - Slim Aarons - colour C print photography - 20th century
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Laguna Beach Surfers (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) Three surfers with their boards at sunset
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1970s Modern Retro Beach Photography

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Aluminum

Slim Aarons, C Z & Friends in a Model T, Palm Beach (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Beach Photography, Vintage Palm Beach, Vintage Poolside, Vintage Glamour, Midcentury Photography
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1960s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, C Z & Friends in a Model T, Palm Beach (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Beach Photography, Vintage Palm Beach, Vintage Poolside, Vintage Glamour, Midcentury Photography
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1950s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, C Z & Friends in a Model T, Palm Beach (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Beach Photography, Vintage Palm Beach, Vintage Poolside, Vintage Glamour, Midcentury Photography
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1960s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

'Yvonne, Thailand' - Nude with snake on the Beach, fine art photography, 1999
By Andreas H. Bitesnich
Located in Vienna, AT
of fine art photography. Representing only the most prestigious artists of given field, our portfolio
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1990s Contemporary Retro Beach Photography

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Archival Pigment

Beach
By Jamie Hince
Located in New York, NY
16x20” Limited Edition Next available edition printed upon purchase. Other sizes available. Please allow 4 weeks for production.
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Retro Beach Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons, Snorkelling (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aarons * Internal: Slim Aarons, Snorkelling, Vintage sport, Beach Photography, Vintage Ocean photography
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1950s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Snorkelling (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Snorkelling, Vintage sport, Beach Photography, Vintage Ocean photography, Vintage snorkelling, Vintage Glamour
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1950s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Snorkelling (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Snorkelling, Vintage sport, Beach Photography, Vintage Ocean photography, Vintage snorkelling, Vintage Glamour
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1950s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Venezuela, Beach, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 22, 7 x 29, 4 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
, Beach, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 22,7 x 29,4 cm Keywords: Hanna Seidel, photography, black and
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1960s Modern Retro Beach Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Beach, Italy, Black and White Photography 1980s Summer
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Beach, Italy, 1984 by Leonard Freed is an 8" x 10" black and white photograph, a gelatin silver RC
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1980s Contemporary Retro Beach Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Beach Boy (Zuma Beach) - analog, vintage print
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Schneider's "Zuma Beach" series captures the essence of summer through a unique blend of photography and
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1990s Contemporary Retro Beach Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print

Clifftop Pool, Barranca, Estate Edition, Midcentury architecture in Acapulco
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Photography, Vintage Acapulco, Beach Photography, Warrn Avis, Barranca, Vintage Cliffside Photography, Vintage
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1970s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Clifftop Pool, Barranca, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Photography, Vintage Acapulco, Beach Photography, Warrn Avis, Barranca, Vintage Cliffside Photography, Vintage
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1970s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Saint-Tropez Seafront (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riviera, Beach Photography, Vintage Riviera, Vintage Docks, Vintage Glamour, Midcentury Photography
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1970s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Freeport Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beach in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x
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1960s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Freeport Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beach in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x
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1960s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Freeport Beach
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Freeport Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beach in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x
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1960s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Freeport Beach
Freeport Beach
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Freeport Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beach in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969. 40 x 60 inches $3950 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x
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1960s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Freeport Beach
Freeport Beach
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Palm Beach Idyll, Estate Edition, Christmas Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beach, Florida, circa 1955. The woman in the forefront sports a vintage orange swimsuit and a chic straw
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1950s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Colombia, Palmtrees, Beach, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 24, 4 x 24, 1 cm
Located in Cologne, DE
, Palmtrees, Beach, Black and White Photography, 1960s, 24,4 x 24,1 cm Keywords: Hanna Seidel, photography
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1960s Modern Retro Beach Photography

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons, Saint-Tropez Seafront (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riviera, Beach Photography, Vintage Riviera, Vintage Docks, Vintage Glamour, Midcentury Photography
Category

1970s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, Saint-Tropez Seafront (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riviera, Beach Photography, Vintage Riviera, Vintage Docks, Vintage Glamour, Midcentury Photography
Category

1970s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

Materials

Lambda

Palm Beach Idyll, Estate Edition, Christmas Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beach, Florida, circa 1955. The woman in the forefront sports a vintage orange swimsuit and a chic straw
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1950s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Palm Beach Idyll, Estate Edition, Christmas Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beach, Florida, circa 1955. The woman in the forefront sports a vintage orange swimsuit and a chic straw
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1950s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Paul Wadina, Point Conception Beach
By Bruce Weber
Located in New York, NY
Paul Wadina, Point Conception Beach 1987 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso
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1980s Contemporary Retro Beach Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Palm Beach Idyll , Estate Edition, Christmas Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beach, Florida, circa 1955. The woman in the forefront sports a vintage orange swimsuit and a chic straw
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1950s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Snorkelers, Caribe Beach, Puerto Rico
By William Helburn
Located in New York, NY
Signed or Estate Stamped
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1950s Retro Beach Photography

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Archival Pigment

Beach Boys
By Guy Webster
Located in New York, NY
Please allow extra production time Other sizes available
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Retro Beach Photography

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Archival Pigment

Beach Boys
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Miami Beach, Art Deco South Beach Ocean Drive,
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Dazzling colors express the fun and exciting night light of the famous tropical beach resort
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1990s Art Deco Retro Beach Photography

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Photographic Paper

Slim Aarons 'Clifftop Pool, Barranca' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Vintage Poolside Photography, Vintage Acapulco, Beach Photography, Warrn Avis, Barranca, Vintage Cliffside
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1970s American Realist Retro Beach Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Beach In Bermuda
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Staley-Wise Gallery offers photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images Archive in London. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Get...
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1960s Retro Beach Photography

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C Print

Seagull (Zuma Beach)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Seagull (Zuma Beach) - 1999 38x49cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs. Archival C-Print, based
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1990s Contemporary Retro Beach Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Seagull (Zuma Beach)
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Sunset (Zuma Beach)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Sunset (Zuma Beach) - 1998 43x59cm, Edition of 3/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist
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1990s Contemporary Retro Beach Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Sunset (Zuma Beach)
H 16.93 in W 23.23 in D 0.04 in
Seagull (Zuma Beach)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Seagull (Zuma Beach) - 1997 38x49cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs. Archival C-Print, based
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1990s Contemporary Retro Beach Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Seagull (Zuma Beach)
H 14.97 in W 19.3 in D 0.04 in
Felix (Zuma Beach)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Felix (Zuma Beach) - 1997 38x49cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artists Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on
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1990s Contemporary Retro Beach Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Felix (Zuma Beach)
H 14.97 in W 19.3 in D 0.04 in
Caleta Beach, Acapulco
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A high angle view of Caleta Beach (aka Morning Beach) in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1961. The Hotel
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1960s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Caleta Beach, Acapulco
Caleta Beach, Acapulco
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Caleta Beach, Acapulco
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A high angle view of Caleta Beach (aka Morning Beach) in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1961. The Hotel
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1960s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Caleta Beach, Acapulco
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A high angle view of Caleta Beach (aka Morning Beach) in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1961. The Hotel
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1960s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Caleta Beach, Acapulco
Caleta Beach, Acapulco
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Caleta Beach, Acapulco
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A high angle view of Caleta Beach (aka Morning Beach) in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1961. The Hotel
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1960s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Armando's Beach Club
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunbathers at Armando's Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. Complimentary dealer shipping
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1970s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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C Print

Armando's Beach Club
Armando's Beach Club
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Armando's Beach Club
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunbathers at Armando's Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. Complimentary dealer shipping
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1970s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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C Print

Armando's Beach Club
Armando's Beach Club
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Armando's Beach Club
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunbathers at Armando's Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. Complimentary dealer shipping
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1970s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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C Print

Armando's Beach Club
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sunbathers at Armando's Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. Complimentary dealer shipping
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1970s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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C Print

Armando's Beach Club
Armando's Beach Club
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Saint-Tropez Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30
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1970s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Saint-Tropez Beach
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Saint-Tropez Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30
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1970s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Saint-Tropez Beach
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Saint-Tropez Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30
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1970s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Saint-Tropez Beach
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Saint-Tropez Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. 30 x 40 inches $3350 20 x 30
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1970s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

Nassau Beach Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959. The hotel was the first to
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1950s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

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Nassau Beach Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959. The hotel was the first to
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1950s Realist Retro Beach Photography

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Lambda

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Retro Beach Photography For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate piece of retro beach photography for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Contemporary style, while we also have 99 Contemporary versions to choose from as well. Finding the perfect item from our selection of retro beach photography may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a choice in our collection of retro beach photography to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, black, beige, brown and more. An object in our assortment of retro beach photography from Slim Aarons, Mark Shaw, Stefanie Schneider, Al Satterwhite and Terry O'Neill — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in c print, digital print and lambda print, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Retro Beach Photography?

The average selling price for a piece of retro beach photography we offer is $3,000, while they’re typically $200 on the low end and $125,000 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right photography for You

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.