Slim Aarons, Californian Cocktail Party (Audrey Hepburn)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
) socialising at a cocktail party in San Francisco. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society
Lambda
$4,200
H 30 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons 'California Garden Party' 1975 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'California Garden Party' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Guests attend a poolside
C Print, Color
$750
H 14.25 in W 21.25 in
Slim Aarons California Estate c1974 Framed Color Double Plate
By Slim Aarons
Located in Bristol, CT
double page from Slim Aarons' iconic book "A Wonderful Time" published 1974 The former George Newhall
Color
California Garden Party (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons California Garden Party, 1975 Chromogenic lambda print Estate Edition of 150
Lambda
$3,600
H 20 in W 20 in
'Relaxing At Lake Tahoe' Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Limited Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Relaxing At Lake Tahoe (1959) Limited Edition Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) California
Color, C Print
Californian Party (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
) socialising at a party in San Francisco. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications
Lambda
Californian Party (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
) socialising at a party in San Francisco. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications
Lambda
$3,000
H 16 in W 16 in D 0.1 in
California Fashion 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
California Fashion 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A woman posing by an ornamental pond, wearing
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Californian Party 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Californian Party 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Belgian born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 51 x 51 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
'California Garden Party' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
'California Garden Party' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
'California Garden Party' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to
Archival Pigment
$5,400
H 40 in W 60 in
'California Garden Party' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
'California Garden Party' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 20 in
California Fashion Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size
Archival Pigment, Color
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in
California Garden Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
California Garden Party 1975 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests attend a
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
California Garden Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper
Color, Archival Pigment
'California Garden Party' Limited Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints
Archival Pigment
'California Garden Party' Limited Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints
Archival Pigment
'Tennis In San Diego' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In San Diego' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) A man and a woman playing tennis on
C Print
'Tennis In San Diego' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to
Archival Pigment
$5,400
H 60 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim: Rita Aarons' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Slim Aarons Christmas Swim Hollywood, California Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Lambda
$3,900
H 30 in W 20 in
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim: Rita Aarons' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Slim Aarons Christmas Swim Hollywood, California Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons
Lambda
$4,200
H 40 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim: Rita Aarons' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Slim Aarons Christmas Swim Hollywood, California Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Blonde Beauties (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications
Archival Pigment
$4,900
H 48 in W 72 in
'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
C Print
$4,500
H 50 in W 50 in
Slim Aarons, Beverly Hills Hotel (Slim Aarons Estates Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
Archival Pigment
$4,500
H 50 in W 50 in
Slim Aarons, Beverly Hills Hotel (Slim Aarons Estates Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
Archival Pigment
$4,500
H 50 in W 50 in
Slim Aarons, Beverly Hills Hotel ( Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Pool At Lake Tahoe (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications
Archival Pigment
$4,900
H 50 in W 50 in
Tennis In San Diego California 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tennis In San Diego' California 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped A man and a
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
California, 1957. Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer, is synonymous with images that capture
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Slim Aarons
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Beverly Hills Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
Archival Pigment
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
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Pool At Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
, California, 1959. Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer, is synonymous with images that capture
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Pool At Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
, California, 1959. Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer, is synonymous with images that capture
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Relaxing at Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications
Archival Pigment
$5,400
H 40 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons 'Cannon Drive' 1952 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
, Beverly Hills, California. Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed Later Slim Aarons
Silver Gelatin
$5,400
H 40 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
in California, 1957. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing
Lambda
$4,200
H 30 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
in California, 1957. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing
Lambda
$5,400
H 40 in W 60 in
Slim Aarons A Poolside Story (50th Anniversary Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
estate. In January 1970, lifestyle photographer Slim Aarons landed in Palm Springs, California on
Lambda
$5,400
H 40 in W 60 in
Slim Aarons A Poolside Story (50th Anniversary Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
. In January 1970, lifestyle photographer Slim Aarons landed in Palm Springs, California on assignment
Lambda
$4,200
H 30 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons 'Lake Tahoe Couple' : Mid-century Modern Photography : Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California. Slim Aarons
Lambda
$3,000
H 20 in W 16 in
Slim Aarons 'The Beverly Hills Hotel Sign' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
in California, 1957. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing
Lambda
$3,350
H 30 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons 'The Beverly Hills Hotel Sign' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
in California, 1957. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing
Lambda
Unavailable
H 30 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons, Christmas Swim. Rita Aarons swimming in Hollywood California 1954.
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles
C Print
Unavailable
H 30 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons Poolside Pairs C - Print Photograph Kaufmann Desert House California
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
are the current owners of the house. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) This photograph is from the
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Relaxing at Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications
Archival Pigment
Californian Party (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
) socialising at a party in San Francisco. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications
Lambda
Sold
H 16 in W 20 in
California Garden Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
California Garden Party 1975 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Guests attend a
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Beverly Hills Hotel (Slim Aarons Estates Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Pool at Lake Tahoe (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959 Slim Aarons
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Slim Aarons, Pool at Lake Tahoe (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959 Slim Aarons
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Slim Aarons, Pool at Lake Tahoe (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959 Slim Aarons
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Slim Aarons, Pool at Lake Tahoe (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959 Slim Aarons
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Beverly Hills Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Beverly Hills Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Pool at Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Pool At Lake Tahoe
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
of the Californian landscape. Slim Aarons Pool at Lake Tahoe Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons
Lambda
Pool at Lake Tahoe
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society
Archival Pigment
Pool at Lake Tahoe
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society
Archival Pigment
Pool at Lake Tahoe
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications
Archival Pigment
$450
H 14.38 in W 11.13 in
Slim Aarons Luncheon On The Lawn In Newport c1974 Framed Color Plate
By Slim Aarons
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 13"H x 10"W Frame Sz: 14 3/8"H x 11 1/8"W In custom gilt bamboo frame Original color page from Slim Aarons' iconic book "A Wonderful Time" published 1974 At James M. Beck...
Color
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.