Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Signpost''
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Bahamas Signpost 1964 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
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Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Signpost'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Bahamas Signpost 1964 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
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Slim Aarons Bahamas Speed Week
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The entire Slim Aarons Collection is available at IFAC Arts in collaboration with the Slim Aarons Estate and Getty Images Gallery London.
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Slim Aarons, Bahamas Boat (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attr...
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Slim Aarons, Bahamas Boat (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attr...
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Eleuthera Pool Party - Slim Aarons - Bahamas - Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Eleuthera Pool Party' by Slim Aarons LIMITED EDITION ESTATE STAMPED PRINT Numbered in ink to 150 only and emboss stamped on front.
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Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
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Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
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Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
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Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' (Mid-Century Modern Photography)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
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Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Bahamas Speed Week' The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. 20 x 16" inches / 50 x 40 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed i...
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Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Bahamas Speed Week' The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. 20 x 16" inches / 50 x 40 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed i...
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Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Bahamas Speed Week' The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed ...
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Eleuthera Pool Party - Slim Aarons - Bahamas - color photography 20th century
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Eleuthera Pool Party' by Slim Aarons LIMITED EDITION ESTATE STAMPED PRINT Numbered in ink to 150 only and emboss stamped on front.
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Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week by Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963.
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Slim Aarons 'Bahamas Speed Week' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week by Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963.
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Bahamas Speed Week - Limited Edition Slim Aarons Estate Stamped C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Bahamas Speed Week by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print.
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Bahamas Signpost, Estate Edition (Nassau, Rum Cay, Andros, Abaco, Bimini, Exuma)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Internal: Rum Cay, Andros, Abaco, Grand Bahama, Bimini, Eleuthera, Exuma and the Current, vintage Bahamas, vintage '60s, vintage slim aarons
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Slim Aarons Exuma Holiday Bahamas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A yachting holiday on Exuma in the Bahamas, April 1964 Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attr...
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Slim Aarons Freeport Beach Bahamas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A beach in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive...
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Slim Aarons Freeport Yachts Bahamas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Yachts in a marina in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in...
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Slim Aarons 'A Friendly Chat, Bahamas' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967, Printed Later Slim Aarons A Friendly Chat Bahamas Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aaro...
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Slim Aarons, Tennis in the Bahamas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons, Vintage Glamour, Midcentury Photography, Bahamas, Tennis, Vintage Tennis, Vintage Bahamas, Vintage Resort Photography
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Slim Aarons, Dining in the Bahamas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Dining in the Bahamas, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity A waiter carrying a tray of food walks past a woman walk...
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Slim Aarons 'Swimming In The Bahamas' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Brightly coloured swimmers in a pool in Nassau on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing at...
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Slim Aarons 'Life in the Bahamas'
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."
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Slim Aarons 'Great Harbour Cay Bahamas'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A bather on the beach on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive thin...
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The Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the poolside...
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Blissful Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Blissful Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the p...
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Blissful Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Blissful Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the p...
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Blissful Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Blissful Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the p...
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The Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the poolside...
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Blissful Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Blissful Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the p...
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The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Bahamas 1967 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at...
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Blissful Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Blissful Bahamas 1967 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sit...
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'Stocking Island Bahamas' (Slim Aarons 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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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Bahamas Signpost
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Signpost A signpost in Nassau points the way to Rum Cay, Andros, Abaco, Grand Bahama, Bimini, Eleuthera, Exuma and the Current, May 1964 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm pape...
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Slim Aarons A Friendly Chat in the Bahamas (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons A Friendly Chat in the Bahamas 1967 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the est...
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Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
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Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
C Print
Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
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Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
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Slim Aarons 'Harbour Island, Bahamas' (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A couple relax at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas, 1967. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things...
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Slim Aarons 'The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
C Print
Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
C Print
Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.
C Print
Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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Bahamas Speed Week Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week 1963 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963.
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Bahamas Speed Week Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week 1963 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963.
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Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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Harbour Island, Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harbour Island, Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A couple relax at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas, 1967. 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Gordon Butler’s Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray at the Bahamas Speed Week at the Oakes Course, Nassau, December 1963 16 x 20" inch...
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Stocking Island, Bahamas 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Stocking Island, Bahamas 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A high angle view of people swimming next to the ketch ‘Traveler II’ , Stocking Island, Bahamas, 1964. 16 x 20" inches / ...
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Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Gordon Butler’s Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray at the Bahamas Speed Week at the Oakes Course, Nassau, December 1963 20 x 24" inch...
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Stocking Island, Bahamas 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Stocking Island, Bahamas 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A high angle view of people swimming next to the ketch ‘Traveler II’ , Stocking Island, Bahamas, 1964. 20 x 24" inches / ...
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Harbour Island, Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harbour Island, Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A couple relax at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas, 1967. 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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Harbour Island, Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harbour Island, Bahamas 1967 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A couple relax at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas, 1967.
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Stocking Island, Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Stocking Island, Bahamas 1964 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A high angle view of people swimming next to the ketch ‘Traveler II’ , Stocking Island, Bahamas, 19...
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Bahamas Speed Week Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week 1963 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Gordon Butler’s Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray at the Bahamas Speed Week at the Oakes Course, Nassau, Decem...
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Slim Aarons, Tennis in the Bahamas (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Tennis in the Bahamas 1957 Chromogenic lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
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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.
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