Slim Aarons, Californian Cocktail Party (Audrey Hepburn)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Belgian born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) socialising at a cocktail party in San Francisco. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attr...
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$4,200
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 luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in Santa Barbara, California, May 1975.
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons California Estate c1974 Framed Color Double Plate
By Slim Aarons
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 13"H x 20"W Frame Sz: 14 1/4"H x 21 1/4"W In custom gilt bamboo frame Original color double page from Slim Aarons' iconic book "A Wonderful Time" published 1974 The forme...
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 Fashionable guests attend a poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in Santa...
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'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, 1959 A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe.
Color, C Print
Californian Party (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Belgian born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) socialising at a party in San Francisco. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive pe...
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Californian Party (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Belgian born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) socialising at a party in San Francisco. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive pe...
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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 a sleeveless, two-piece outfit, San Diego, California, October 1956. 16 x 16" inc...
Archival Pigment
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 – 1993) socialising at a party in San Francisco, circa 1955 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 ...
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (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.
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (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.
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (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.
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (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.
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (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.
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (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.
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (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.
Archival Pigment
'California Garden Party' (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.
Archival Pigment
'California Garden Party' (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.
Archival Pigment
'California Garden Party' (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.
Archival Pigment
'California Garden Party' (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.
Archival Pigment
'California Garden Party' (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.
Archival Pigment
California Fashion Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
California Fashion A woman posing by an ornamental pond, wearing a sleeveless, two-piece outfit, San Diego, California, October 1956. 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Colle...
Archival Pigment, Color
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 poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in Santa Barbara, California, May ...
Archival Pigment
California Garden Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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.
Color, Archival Pigment
'California Garden Party' Limited 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.
Archival Pigment
'California Garden Party' Limited 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.
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 a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, October 1956.
C Print
'Tennis In San Diego' California (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.
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim: Rita Aarons' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954.
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$3,900
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim: Rita Aarons' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954.
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Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim: Rita Aarons' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954.
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Slim Aarons, Blonde Beauties (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Blonde Beauties, 1966 (printed later) Archival pigment print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe...
Archival Pigment
'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...
C Print
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 certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
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 certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
Archival Pigment
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 certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Pool At Lake Tahoe (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Pool At Lake Tahoe, 1959 (printed later) Archival pigment print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Bathers by a pool at the Tah...
Archival Pigment
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 woman playing tennis on a court surrounded by palm trees, San Diego, California, Octobe...
C Print
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 Certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hote...
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 worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous both...
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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 Certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
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 Certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
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 Certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
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 Certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
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 Certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Pool At Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Pool At Lake Tahoe 1959 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the sh...
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Relaxing at Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attract...
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 Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) socialising at a party in San Francisco, circa 1955.
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Pool At Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Pool At Lake Tahoe 1959 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the sh...
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Relaxing at Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attract...
Archival Pigment
$5,400
Slim Aarons 'Cannon Drive' 1952 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Cannon Drive' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 1952: Cars driving along Cannon Drive, Beverly Hills, California.
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive pe...
Lambda
$5,400
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 for Holiday magazine.
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Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive pe...
Lambda
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 for Holiday magazine.
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Slim Aarons 'Lake Tahoe Couple' : Mid-century Modern Photography : Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photographer, is synonymous with images of mid-20th century luxury, glamour, and jet-set lifestyle.
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Slim Aarons 'The Beverly Hills Hotel Sign' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive pe...
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Slim Aarons 'The Beverly Hills Hotel Sign' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive pe...
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Price Upon Request
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...
C Print
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 and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954.
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
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images) This photograph is from the Premium Estate Limited Edition of 150 30x40” C-print, from the original transparency Printed later With artist emboss...
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Relaxing at Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people doing attract...
Archival Pigment
Californian Party (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Belgian born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) socialising at a party in San Francisco. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive pe...
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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 poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in Santa Barbara, California, May ...
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 certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Pool at Lake Tahoe (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Internal: Lake Tahoe, vintage tahoe, vintage california, vintage nevada border, vintage '50s california, 50's california, vintage poolside, vintage southwest, vintage slim aarons, ta...
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Slim Aarons, Pool at Lake Tahoe (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Internal: Lake Tahoe, vintage tahoe, vintage california, vintage nevada border, vintage '50s california, 50's california, vintage poolside, vintage southwest, vintage slim aarons, ta...
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Slim Aarons, Pool at Lake Tahoe (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Internal: Lake Tahoe, vintage tahoe, vintage california, vintage nevada border, vintage '50s california, 50's california, vintage poolside, vintage southwest, vintage slim aarons, ta...
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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 Pool at Lake Tahoe Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Complimentary d...
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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 Certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
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 certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
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 Certificate of authenticity Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boul...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Pool At Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Pool At Lake Tahoe 1959 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Caption: Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the sh...
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Pool at Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive thin...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Pool At Lake Tahoe
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Pool At Lake Tahoe, 1959 Archival pigment print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Internal: Lake Tahoe, vintage tahoe, vintage california, vintage nevada border, vintage '50s california, 50's california, vintage poolside, vintage southwest, vintage slim aarons, ta...
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Pool at Lake Tahoe
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Pool at Lake Tahoe, 1959 Archival pigment print open edition 12 x 16 inches Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly ...
Archival Pigment
Pool at Lake Tahoe
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Pool at Lake Tahoe, 1959 Archival pigment print open edition 60 x 60 inches Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly f...
Archival Pigment
Pool at Lake Tahoe
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Pool at Lake Tahoe, 1959 Archival pigment print 12 x 16 inches Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society pu...
Archival Pigment
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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The first permanent image created by a camera — which materialized during the 1820s — is attributed to Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The French inventor was on to something for sure. Kodak introduced roll film in the 1880s, allowing photography to become more democratic, although cameras wouldn’t be universally accessible until several decades later.
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.
What might leading figures of visual art such as Andy Warhol have done with these tools at their disposal?
Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records — provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. Horst, Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton, who altered the face of fashion and portrait photography; visionary documentary photographers such as Gordon Parks, whose best-known work was guided by social justice; and pioneers of street photography such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, who shot for revolutionary travel magazines like Holiday with the likes of globetrotting society lensman Slim Aarons.
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Throughout the past two centuries, photographers have used their medium to create expressive work that has resonated for generations. Shop a voluminous collection of this powerful fine photography on 1stDibs. Search by photographer to find the perfect piece for your living room wall, or spend some time with the work organized under various categories, such as landscape photography, nude photography and more.