Slim Aarons, Catching The Sun In Cortina, 1976
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
Christmas Swim, Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Monte Carlo, 1975, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Skiers Relaxing at Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1982
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
Lambda
$3,600
Cranmore Mountain Resort Skier, 1955 - North Conway, New Hampshire
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Porto Ercole' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
$3,000
Slim Aarons, 'Racquet Club Pool' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
$4,200
Slim Aarons, 'Caribe Hilton Beach' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Abaco Holiday' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
$3,600
Slim Aarons, 'Palm Beach Ladies' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
$3,000
Slim Aarons, 'Hotel On Lake Como' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
$3,000
Slim Aarons, 'Las Brisas Hotel' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Lets Dance' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Capri Tan' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
$4,200
Slim Aarons, 'Palm Springs Riders' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
$4,200
Slim Aarons, 'Castel Bonifacio' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
$5,400
Slim Aarons, 'Salvador Dali's Party' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke, Aarons
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
Lambda
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke, 1980
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
Lambda
Courchevel, Apes Ski, 1970, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Skiers At Sugarbush, 1960, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Slim Aarons, Rhode Island Surfers, 1965 - Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Eden-Roc Pool, 1976
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
Lambda
Cortina D'Ampezzo, Ski Lift, 1960
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Surfers with their dog at Laguna Beach, 1970
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
$3,000
Cranmore Mountain Resort Skier, 1955 - North Conway, New Hampshire
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Zermatt Skiing, 1968
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Slim Aarons, 'C.Z. Guest' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
$3,600
Slim Aarons, 'Jourdan And Douglas' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
Slim Aarons, 'CZ's Dogs' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
Slim Aarons, 'C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
Poolside Dreams, 1970, Kaufman Desert House, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Christmas Traffic on Park Avenue, New York City, 1953
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Skiing Waiters, 1955, Mid-century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Beauty and the Beast'
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Skiers at Verbier' (Aarons Estate Edition)
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Capri Bay' Landscape Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke'
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
Lambda
The Fontainebleau Hotel Pool, Miami Beach, 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Poolside Backgammon, 1972, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Poolside Dreams, 1970, Kaufman Desert House, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Snowmass Gathering, 1968, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
C Print
Skiing Waiters, 1955, Mid-century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
Lambda
Eden-Roc Pool, 1976
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Though closely aligned with Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Aarons chose not to join them in founding Magnum.
Lambda
$5,400
Slim Aarons, 'Poolside in Arizona' Midcentury Modern Photography
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Tiziana in Positano'
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
Lambda
Nu Provencal, France, Iconic Black and White Nude Photograph, Gelatin Silver
By Willy Ronis
Located in New york, NY
Provenance: Private collector Artist’s Bio: Interested in “ordinary people" Willy Ronis was among a group of postwar (WWII) photographers who spent their careers roaming the street...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Lounging In Gstaad (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
Curling At St. Moritz (Aarons Estate Edition)
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Curling At St. Moritz
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
Slim Aarons, Skiers In St. Moritz II (Estate Edition)
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Skiing In St. Moritz, Palace Hotel'
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
Lambda
Post-War Life, 1946
By George Rodger
Located in New York, NY
George Rodger Post-War Life 1946 (printed later) Edition of 25 Estate stamped on the reverse by a representative of the George Rodger archive Unframed and shipped flat Gelatin silver...
Acrylic, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons, Crossing Snow Field
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Stephanie Richardson'
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Sun Worship' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
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 of Magnum, leaving behind the world of black and white for sun-dazed glamour ...
Lambda
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.
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.
Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.
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.