Marbella House Party - Spain - Slim Aarons 20th century color photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Marbella House Party' Spain (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
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Party on the Steps 1970 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
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$3,000
'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Premium Rates Apply.
Color, C Print
$3,000
'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Premium Rates Apply.
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'Party on the Steps' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Party on the Steps' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970.
C Print, Color
$2,400
Slim Aarons 'Marbella House Party' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party by Slim Aarons Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
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$2,400
Slim Aarons 'Marbella House Party' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party by Slim Aarons Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
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$3,550
Slim Aarons Marbella House Party Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party by Slim Aarons Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
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'California Garden Party' Limited Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'California Garden Party' 1975 Limited Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Guests attend a poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in Santa Barbara, Califor...
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$3,550
Slim Aarons Marbella House Party Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party by Slim Aarons Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
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Desert House Party, 1970, Slim Aarons Midcentury Modern Estate Edition Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dining al fresco on a terrace overlooking the wat...
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Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Pool Party' 1952 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
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NEW Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Pool Party' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests lounge by the pool at a party in Palm Beach, Florida, 1951. Slim Aarons Palm Beach Pool Party 1951 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cer...
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NEW Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Pool Party' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests lounge by the pool at a party in Palm Beach, Florida, 1951. Slim Aarons Palm Beach Pool Party 1951 C-Print Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cer...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion III
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion III Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 1961...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion VIII
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion VIII Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 196...
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$5,400
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion V
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion V Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 1961. ...
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$5,400
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion VI
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion VI Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 1961....
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$5,400
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion IV
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion IV Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 1961....
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$5,400
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion IX
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion IX Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 1961....
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$5,400
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion XI
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion XI Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 1961....
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion VII
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion VII Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 1961...
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$5,400
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion X
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion X Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 1961.
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$5,400
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion II
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion II Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 1961....
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'Party At The Playboy Mansion' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Party At The Playboy Mansion' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansi...
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Party In Bermuda, Estate Edition (1970 on the Yacht Ondine in yellow and red)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons's iconic photograph of 70's vintage socialite and party glamour, captured onboard the wood-trimmed deck of the yacht 'Ondine' in Bermuda, June 1970.
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Party In Bermuda, Estate Edition, (1970 on the Yacht Ondine in yellow and red)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons's iconic photograph of 70's vintage socialite and party glamour, captured onboard the wood-trimmed deck of the yacht 'Ondine' in Bermuda, June 1970.
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$3,900
Party In Bermuda, Estate Edition (1970 on the Yacht Ondine in yellow and red)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Internal: Slim Aarons, vintage yachts, wood-trimmed yacht, yacht ensign flag, Pop culture, 70's glam, 1970, Slim A...
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Slim Aarons 'A Colourful Crew' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Desert House Party, 1970 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Ne...
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Poolside Party (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar Kaufman Estate stamped and hand numbered edition ...
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Californian Party Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Californian Party 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Belgian born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) socialising at a party in San Francisco, circa 1955.
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Apres Ski 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Apres Ski 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at Squaw Valley, California, 1961.
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Apres Ski 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Apres Ski 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at Squaw Valley, California, 1961.
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'Desert Kaufmann House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
This photograph was taken during the same party as Slim Aaron's now also iconic 'Desert House Party' photograph (see our other listings) and is just as much a true moment of an era c...
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'Desert Kaufmann House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
This photograph was taken during the same party as Slim Aaron's now also iconic 'Desert House Party' photograph (see our other listings) and is just as much a true moment of an era c...
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'Desert Kaufmann House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
This photograph was taken during the same party as Slim Aaron's now also iconic 'Desert House Party' photograph (see our other listings) and is just as much a true moment of an era c...
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Apres Ski Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Apres Ski 1961 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at Squaw Valley, California, 1961.
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Kaufmann Desert House - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
This photograph was taken during the same party as Slim Aaron's now also iconic 'Desert House Party' photograph (see our other listings) and is just as much a true moment of an era c...
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Black Tie Poolside 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Black Tie Poolside 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition A formal party by a swimming pool in the Algarve, Portugal, June 1973 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped...
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Black Tie Poolside 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Black Tie Poolside 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition A formal party by a swimming pool in the Algarve, Portugal, June 1973 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped ...
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Black Tie Poolside 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Black Tie Poolside 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition A formal party by a swimming pool in the Algarve, Portugal, June 1973 40 x 60" inches / 102 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stampe...
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'Nelda And Friends' Palm Springs (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nelda And Friends' by Slim Aarons Set to become another Slim Aaron favourite - it's better known cousins 'Poolside Gossip' and 'Desert House Party' (also listed) are considered to...
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'Nelda And Friends' Palm Springs (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nelda And Friends' by Slim Aarons Set to become another Slim Aaron favourite - it's better known cousins 'Poolside Gossip' and 'Desert House Party' (also listed) are considered to...
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'Nelda And Friends' - 20th century colour photography - Slim Aarons Estate
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nelda And Friends' by Slim Aarons Set to become another Slim Aaron favourite - it's better known cousins 'Poolside Gossip' and 'Desert House Party' (also listed) are considered to...
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Californian Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Belgian Born Actress Audrey Hepburn socializing at a party in San Francisco. Staley-Wise Gallery offers photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty I...
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Eleuthera Pool Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
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Beverly Hills Party
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.
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Eleuthera Pool Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
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Eleuthera Pool Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
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Price Upon Request
Desert House Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Kaufmann, in Palm Springs Staley-Wise Gallery offers photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images Archive in London.
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Poolside Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Poolside Party, Palm Springs Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
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Poolside Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Poolside Party, Palm Springs Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
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Poolside Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Poolside Party, Palm Springs Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
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Poolside Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Poolside Party, Palm Springs Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
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Poolside Party Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Poolside Party, Palm Springs Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
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Poolside Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certific...
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Poolside Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certific...
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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.
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.