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Slim Aarons 'Heliskiing in Gstaad
Slim Aarons 'Heliskiing in Gstaad

Slim Aarons 'Heliskiing in Gstaad

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Poolside Gossip and Kings of Hollywood. Closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson

Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Eye Of The Beholder, 1974
Eye Of The Beholder, 1974

Eye Of The Beholder, 1974

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons declined to join them in the founding of Magnum, leaving

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Hang Gliding
Hang Gliding

Hang Gliding

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum. Instead

Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Crepes in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Crepes in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Crepes in Cortina d'Ampezzo

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

"Poolside Glamour." Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to

Category

1980s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Eye Of The Beholder, 1974
Eye Of The Beholder, 1974

Eye Of The Beholder, 1974

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons declined to join them in the founding of Magnum, leaving

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Skiing In Vail, 1964
Skiing In Vail, 1964

Skiing In Vail, 1964

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

for his photograph Poolside Glamour. Closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson

Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Satiric Dancer
Satiric Dancer

Satiric Dancer

By Andre Kertesz

Located in Palm Desert, CA

photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, and Brassaï. His work reached audiences throughout

Category

1920s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Skiers in Cortina D'Ampezzo
Skiers in Cortina D'Ampezzo

Skiers in Cortina D'Ampezzo

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

, Holiday, Venture, and LIFE. Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons

Category

1960s Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print

Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1962
Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1962

Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1962

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

publications like Town and Country, Holiday, Venture, and LIFE. Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and

Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Lounging In Verbier
Lounging In Verbier

Lounging In Verbier

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

in publications like Town and Country, Holiday, Venture, and LIFE. Though closely aligned with Robert

Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Snowmass Village, 1968
Snowmass Village, 1968

Snowmass Village, 1968

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

publications like Town and Country, Holiday, Venture, and LIFE. Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and

Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Slim Aarons 'Sunbathers at Eden Roc'
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathers at Eden Roc'

Slim Aarons 'Sunbathers at Eden Roc'

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

. Closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons declined to join them in the founding

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cortina d'Ampezzo (Estate Edition)

Cortina d'Ampezzo (Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

for his photograph Poolside Glamour. Closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson

Category

1980s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, Skiing In Vail (Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons, Skiing In Vail (Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

for his photograph Poolside Glamour. Closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson

Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Eye Of The Beholder, 1974
Eye Of The Beholder, 1974

Eye Of The Beholder, 1974

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons declined to join them in the founding of Magnum, leaving

Category

1970s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Christmas Swim, Mid-century Modern Photography
Christmas Swim, Mid-century Modern Photography

Christmas Swim, Mid-century Modern Photography

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

"Poolside Glamour." Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to

Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

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Slim Aarons for sale on 1stDibs

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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A Close Look at Modern Art

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Finding the Right Color-photography for You

Color photography evokes emotion that can bring a viewer into the scene. It can transport one to faraway places or back into the past.

The first color photograph, taken in 1861, was more of an exercise in science than art. Photographer Thomas Sutton and physicist James Clerk Maxwell used three separate exposures of a tartan ribbon — filtered through red, green and blue — and composited them into a single image, resulting in the first multicolor representation of an object.

Before this innovation, photographs were often tinted by hand. By the 1890s, color photography processes were introduced based on that 1860s experiment. In the early 20th century, autochromes brought color photography to a commercial audience.

Now color photography is widely available, with these historic photographs documenting moments and scenes that are still vivid generations later. Photographers in the 20th and 21st centuries have offered new perspectives in the evolving field of modern color photography with gripping portraiture, snow-capped landscapes, stunning architecture and lots more.

In the voluminous collection of photography on 1stDibs, find vibrant full-color images by Slim Aarons, Helen Levitt, Gordon Parks, Stefanie Schneider, Steve McCurry and other artists. Bring visual interest to any corner of your home with color photography — introduce a salon-style gallery hang or another arrangement that best fits your space.

Questions About Slim Aarons
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 20, 2024
    Slim Aarons's real name was George Allen Aarons, and his nickname came from the fact that he was tall and slender. An American photographer, Aarons captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty and Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach. 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. Find a selection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.