Slim Aarons, Sailing in Sardinia, 1979
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
For more than a decade, IFAC Arts has placed Slim Aarons photographs in private collections worldwide.
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1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
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Slim Aarons 'Sailing In Anguilla' 1992 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sailing In Anguilla' A couple adjusting the sail on their dinghy at a luxury resort on the island of Anguilla in the West Indies, January 1992. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm pape...
Category
1990s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Sailing In Anguilla' 1992 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sailing In Anguilla' A couple adjusting the sail on their dinghy at a luxury resort on the island of Anguilla in the West Indies, January 1992. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm pa...
Category
1990s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Spinnaker Sailing' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
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.
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Spinnaker Sailing' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
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.
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Spinnaker Sailing (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
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.
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Spinnaker Sailing (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
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.
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sailing Dinghy 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing Dinghy 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A boy and two girls lifting a sailing dinghy off its trailer, San Diego, California, October 1956. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm pap...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sailing Dinghy 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing Dinghy 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A boy and two girls lifting a sailing dinghy off its trailer, San Diego, California, October 1956. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm pap...
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sailing Dinghy Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing Dinghy 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A boy and two girls lifting a sailing dinghy off its trailer, San Diego, California, October 1956.
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Nassau Sailing Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nassau Sailing A flotilla of yachts, at Nassau in the Bahamas, March 1971. 16×20 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in ...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Sailing Off Boston Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing Off Boston 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Henry B.
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sailing In Anguilla Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing In Anguilla 1992 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A couple adjusting the sail on their dinghy at a luxury resort on the island of Anguilla in the West Ind...
Category
1990s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Nassau Sailing' 1971 Slim Aarons 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.
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Sailing In Anguilla Slim Aarons 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.
Category
1990s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Sailing In The Bahamas 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing In The Bahamas 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A high angle view showing a formation of sailing boats in the Bahamas, 1964. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Est...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sailing In The Bahamas 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing In The Bahamas 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A high angle view showing a formation of sailing boats in the Bahamas, 1964. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper size Es...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sailing In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing In The Bahamas 1964 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A high angle view showing a formation of sailing boats in the Bahamas, 1964.
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons'Jamaica Sea Sailing' 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition, 1953 (printed later)
$3,500
'Jamaica Sea Sailing' 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Jamaica Sea Sailing' 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1953: Two men sailing their yacht ‘Eel II’ in Jamaica.
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Sailing In Lyford Cay Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing In Lyford Cay 1966 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A crew member tends to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas, April 1966.
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim AaronsSlim Aarons Limited Estate Print - Jamaica Sea Sailing - Oversize, 1953 (printed later)
$5,400
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print - Jamaica Sea Sailing - Oversize
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.
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Jamaica Sea Sailing 1953 - Oversize
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.
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Jamaica Sea Sailing 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed Later Slim Aarons Estate Edition Produced utilising the only original transparency or negative held at the Archive in London ...
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons'Sailing In Lyford Cay' 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition, 1966 (Printed Later)
$2,750
'Sailing In Lyford Cay' 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sailing In Lyford Cay' 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print A crew member tends to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas, April 1966.
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Holiday In Boston Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Holiday In Boston 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A sailing holiday on Barclay (Buzzy) H.
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sailing in Sardinia C-Type Print, Aarons Estate-Stamped, 1978, 20x16"
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
For more than a decade, IFAC Arts has placed Slim Aarons photographs in private collections worldwide.
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sailing in Sardinia C-Type Print, Aarons Estate-Stamped, Edition of 150, 1978
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
For more than a decade, IFAC Arts has placed Slim Aarons photographs in private collections worldwide.
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Jamaica Sea Sailing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Category
1950s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Jamaica Sea Sailing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Category
1950s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Jamaica Sea Sailing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Category
1950s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Spinnaker Sailing, Estate Edition)
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.
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Spinnaker Sailing, Estate Edition)
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.
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sailing Dinghy (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing Dinghy (1956) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A boy and two girls lifting a sailing dinghy off its trailer, San Diego, California, October 1956.
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Sailing In The Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sailing In The Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sailing In The Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sailing In The Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsModel Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1948-printed later
$1,800
Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsModel Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1948-printed later
$2,400
Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsModel Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1948-printed later
$3,000
Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsModel Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1948-printed later
$3,600
Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Sailing in the Bahamas - Bahamas Resort Caribbean Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sailing in the Bahamas - Bahamas Resort Caribbean Landscape Photograph by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print.
Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Slim AaronsSailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970-printed later
$3,600
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsSailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970-printed later
$2,400
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsSailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970-printed later
$1,800
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsSailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970-printed later
$3,000
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsSailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970-printed later
$3,900
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsModel Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1948-printed later
$4,200
Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Holiday in Boston, Massachusetts, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, shows people during a sailing holiday on Barclay (Buzzy) H.
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Holiday in Boston, Massachusetts, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, shows people during a sailing holiday on Barclay (Buzzy) H.
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
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Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Category
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim AaronsModel Boat Sailing in Central Park NYC, Estate Edition Photograph, Children Play, 1948 (Printed Later)
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Model Boat Sailing in Central Park NYC, Estate Edition Photograph, Children Play
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Soft, diffuse light evokes an aura of childhood, and escapism from the chaotic energy of the city. Slim Aarons Model Boat Sailing (Central Park, New York) Chromogenic Lambda print S...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
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Slim Aaron Sailing For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate slim aaron sailing for your needs in our varied inventory. If you’re looking for a slim aaron sailing from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a slim aaron sailing to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, blue, black, purple and more. Frequently made by artists working in digital print, lambda print and laser print, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.
How Much is a Slim Aaron Sailing?
The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a slim aaron sailing in our inventory may begin at $2,335 and can go as high as $3,950, while the average can fetch as much as $3,000.
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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.
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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.
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