Eden-Roc Pool, France, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests round the
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Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Estate stamped and
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Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc (1976) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc (1976) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Guests standing by
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'Hotel Du Cap Eden-Roc' Antibes (Estate Stamped Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap Eden-Roc' (Estate Stamped Edition) *Super Oversize* print measuring a huge 72 x 48
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Boats At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Motorboats moored off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. Slim
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Boats At Hôtel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Motorboats moored off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. Slim
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Boats At Hôtel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Motorboats moored off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. Slim
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Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, 1969, Waterskiing, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France, 1969. Slim Aarons Hotel Du
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Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, 1969, Waterskiing, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France, 1969. Slim Aarons Hotel Du
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$2,400
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests
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$1,800
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests
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$3,000
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests
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Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Hotel du Cap Eden Roc 1976 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
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'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc' Unframed Limited Edition Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc by Slim Aarons Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc
Archival Pigment
$3,900
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests
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$3,600
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests
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Sunbathing Antibes, 1976 - Hotel du Cap Eden Roc French Riviera Nude
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing Antibes, 1976 - Hotel du Cap Eden Roc French Riviera Nude by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Waterskiing in Cap d'Antibes, France
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Immerse yourself in the essence of 1960s Riviera luxury with Slim Aarons' vibrant photograph, Hotel
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Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, 1978, Poolside Lounge, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
, August 1978. Slim Aarons Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1978 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped
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Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Waterskiing in Cap d'Antibes, France
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Immerse yourself in the essence of 1960s Riviera luxury with Slim Aarons' vibrant photograph, Hotel
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Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests
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Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests
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Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests
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Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Estate Edition Photograph (Poolside in Antibes)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Printed later. Eden Roc Pool, 1976 (Printed Later) 60 x 40 inches Slim Aarons Estate Edition Framing
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Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests
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Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests
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Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests
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Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests
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Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests
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Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of
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Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of
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Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes, France (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France, 1969 Slim Aarons Waterskiing
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Sunbathing in Antibes, Estate Edition Photograph: Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the jetset on holiday.” Internal: Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc photograph
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$4,200
Motorboat at Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Estate Edition Photograph, Antibes, Waterski
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
later. Towboat At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, 1969 Printed later Slim Aarons Estate Edition 4 sizes
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Towboat at Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Estate Edition Photograph, Antibes, Waterski
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
later. Towboat At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, 1969 Printed later Slim Aarons Estate Edition 4 sizes
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Motorboat at Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Estate Edition Photograph, Antibes, Waterski
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
later. Towboat At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, 1969 Printed later Slim Aarons Estate Edition 4 sizes
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Waterskiing Star: Kirk Douglas, Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc Printed later Slim Aarons Estate Edition 4 sizes available Framing options
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Sunbathing in Antibes, Estate Edition Photograph: Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the jetset on holiday.” Internal: Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc photograph
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$3,900
Sunbathing in Antibes, Estate Edition Photograph: Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the jetset on holiday.” Internal: Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc photograph
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$4,200
Sunbathing in Antibes, Estate Edition Photograph: Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the jetset on holiday.” Internal: Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc photograph
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Eden Roc Pool - Hotel du Cap Swimming Pool, French Riviera South of France
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Eden Roc Pool - Hotel du Cap Swimming Pool, French Riviera South of France by Slim Aarons 16 x 20
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Hotel du Cap Eden Roc - Swimming Pool Hotel Cap d'Antibes French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Hotel du Cap Eden Roc - Swimming Pool Hotel Cap d'Antibes French Riviera by Slim Aarons 16 x 20
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Waterskiing at the Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc - French Riviera Southern France Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Waterskiing at the Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc - French Riviera Southern France Hotel by Slim Aarons 16
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Hotel du Cap Pool, Eden Roc - Cap d'Antibes French Riviera Hotel Views Coastline
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Hotel du Cap Pool, Eden Roc - Cap d'Antibes French Riviera Hotel Views Coastline by Slim Aarons 16
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View of Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc - Five Star Hotel on French Riviera Sea Views
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
View of Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc - Five Star Hotel on French Riviera Sea Views by Slim Aarons 12" x
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Eden-Roc Pool, (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Park City, UT
Slim Aarons, Eden-Roc Pool Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of
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Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc Pool, 1976, printed later
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Printed later. this is in estate print, ed of 150
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Slim Aarons, Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, 1976 (printed later) C print edition of 150 Guests by the pool at the Hotel
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Eden Roc Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Slim Aarons
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Slim Aarons 'Eden Roc Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Hotel du Cap Eden Roc 1976 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with
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Slim Aarons : Eden Roc Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Slim Aarons worked
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Eden Roc Pool Slide Print, Hôtel du Cap
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Slim
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Slim Aarons 'Hotel Du Cap-Eden Roc'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, 1969. (printed later) C print Estate
C Print
Slim Aarons Hotel du Cap Eden Roc
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for
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Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, 1976 (printed later) C print edition of 150 Guests by the pool at the Hotel
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Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, 1976 (printed later) C print edition of 150 Guests by the pool at the Hotel
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Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cap Eden-Roc Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, French Riviera Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Slim Aarons
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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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