Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons
1950s Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Jamaican Jewel
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand-numbered
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Jamaican Jewel
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
Archival Pigment
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Jamaican Jewel 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jamaican Jewel 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The swimming pool at the Jamaican home of
Archival Pigment
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in D 0.1 in
Jamaican Jewel 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jamaican Jewel 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The swimming pool at the Jamaican home of
Archival Pigment
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in
Jamaican Jewel Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
, March 1970. 16×20 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons
Archival Pigment, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Pool In Jamaica
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size
Archival Pigment
Ocho Rios, Jamaica ' 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
Ocho Rios, Jamaica ' 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
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
'Jamaican Jewel' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand-numbered
Color, Archival Pigment
$3,000
H 16 in W 16 in
Slim Aarons Style 'Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica Silver gelatin print estate editon of 150 with
Silver Gelatin
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
Ocho Rios, Jamaica Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand
Color, Archival Pigment
$3,500
H 30 in W 30 in
'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
C Print
$5,400
H 40 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print - Jamaica Sea Sailing - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
/ 102 x 102 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
$5,400
H 40 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Jamaica Sea Sailing 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
/ 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
$3,600
H 20 in W 20 in
Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
, 1953. photo by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed this year Slim
Silver Gelatin
$2,500
H 20 in W 20 in
Slim Aarons Official Estate Edition - Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
, 1953. photo by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print Printed Later Slim Aarons
Silver Gelatin
$3,350
H 30 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Jamaica Sea Sailing 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jamaica Sea Sailing Two men sailing their yacht ‘Eel II’ in Jamaica. Slim Aarons silver gelatine
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
$4,900
H 48 in W 72 in
Ocho Rios, Jamaica 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ocho Rios, Jamaica 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Mr and Mrs John James
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Family Snapper (Babe Paley)'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
, Jamaica, 1959. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Family Snapper (Babe Paley)'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
at their cottage, Round Hill, Jamaica, 1959. Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications
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
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
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
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$1,800
H 10 in W 10 in
Pussyfooting, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$2,400
H 12 in W 12 in
Pussyfooting, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$3,000
H 16 in W 16 in
Pussyfooting, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$3,600
H 20 in W 20 in
Pussyfooting, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$4,200
H 30 in W 30 in
Pussyfooting, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$5,400
H 40 in W 40 in
Pussyfooting, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$1,800
H 10 in W 10 in
Pussyfooting, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$2,400
H 12 in W 12 in
Pussyfooting, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$3,000
H 16 in W 16 in
Pussyfooting, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$3,600
H 20 in W 20 in
Pussyfooting, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$4,200
H 30 in W 30 in
Pussyfooting, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$5,400
H 40 in W 60 in
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 1971, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
. Slim Aarons Ocho Rios, Jamaica 1971 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered
C Print
$5,400
H 40 in W 60 in
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 1971, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
. Slim Aarons Ocho Rios, Jamaica 1971 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered
C Print
$3,900
H 20 in W 30 in
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 1971, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
. Slim Aarons Ocho Rios, Jamaica 1971 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered
C Print
$1,800
H 10 in W 10 in
Kasimir Korybut, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$3,000
H 16 in W 16 in
Kasimir Korybut, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$3,600
H 20 in W 20 in
Kasimir Korybut, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$2,400
H 12 in W 12 in
Kasimir Korybut, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$4,200
H 30 in W 30 in
Kasimir Korybut, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$5,400
H 40 in W 40 in
Kasimir Korybut, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970 landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
$1,800
H 10 in W 12 in
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features
Lambda
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features
Lambda
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features
Lambda
$2,400
H 12 in W 16 in
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features
Lambda
$3,900
H 20 in W 30 in
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features
Lambda
$5,400
H 60 in W 40 in
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features
Lambda
Unavailable
H 40 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons, Family Snapper 1959. Babe Paley at home, Round Hill cottage Jamaica
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
at their cottage, Round Hill, Jamaica. 1950s. A Wonderful Time – Slim Aarons This photograph is from
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Jamaica Sea Sailing'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
with Certificate of authenticity 1953: Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Family Snapper (Babe Paley)'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
at their cottage, Round Hill, Jamaica, 1959. Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications
Lambda
The Master at Work: Noel Coward, Jamaica
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
. Staley-Wise Gallery offers photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty
C Print
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.75 in W 11.75 in
Cecil Beaton, Audrey Hepburn, from Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981 (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Sir Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), titled Audrey Hepburn, from the folio Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981, originates from the 1981 edition...
Lithograph
$1,155Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$235,000
H 29.63 in W 24.44 in
Pablo Picasso, "Grand Tête" original linocut in colors, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Grand Tête, Portrait of Jacqueline with sleek hair Color linocut printed in beige, yellow, red, blue, and black on cream wove paper with Arches watermark Numbered 14/50 from the edit...
Linocut
$3,838
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Capri Holiday, 1958 - Snorkelling off Coast of Capri Island in Crystal Waters
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Capri Holiday, 1958 - Snorkelling off Coast of Capri Island in Crystal Waters by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. 'C...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
$956Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.75 in W 11.75 in
Man Ray, Untitled, from Electa Editrice, 1980 (after)
By Man Ray
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Man Ray (1890–1976), titled Untitled, originates from the 1980 folio Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios. Published by Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Mi...
Lithograph
Quart and a Half
By Andrew Wyeth
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Quart and a Half" is an American Realist abstract landscape watercolor on paper painting by Andrew Wyeth in 1961. The artwork is 21 x 29 1/4 inches and is 33 3/4 x 42 1/4 x 1 inches...
Paper, Watercolor
$15,000
H 30 in W 39 in
Dennis Sheehan, "Moon Over the Marsh", 30x40 Sunset Landscape Oil Painting
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Moon Over the Marsh", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 30x40 oil painting on canvas featuring a landscape at sunset. Remaining light from the setting sun burns the sky in a...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Chinensis" Multicolor Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Chinensis" Multicolor Bunnies Multiple black outline rabbits on a metallic background. Unframed Hunt Slonem is a well-renowned American artist known for his neo-express...
Canvas, Oil
$12,214Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.93 in W 12.6 in D 7.87 in
A 17th century Augsburg ebonized cabinet with painted pietra paesina panels
Located in PARIS, FR
An ebonized wood cabinet with painted pietra paesina panels Augsburg, southern Germany, mid-17th century Dimensions: h. 43 cm, w. 32 cm, d. 20 cm Ebonized wood, inlay of painted piet...
Marble
$3,700
H 11.75 in W 7.75 in D 0.1 in
Frida by the Lamp - Black and White Photograph, Woman Artist, Frida Kahlo
By Lucienne Bloch
Located in Denton, TX
Frida by the Lamp by Lucienne Bloch is a black and white portrait of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo sitting in an armchair with a tall lamp behind her. Signed in pen by artist on prin...
Silver Gelatin
Dante's View, Death Valley, printed later
By Edward Weston
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Dante's View, Death Valley Gelatin silver print, (1938), printed in 1981 Unsigned Signed with the estate stamp verso (see photo) A lifetime printing by Brett Weston (1953-1954), supe...
Silver Gelatin
Geometry I - landscape painting
By Magdalena Laskowska
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful acrylic on canvas painting from Contempop Gallery by Magdalena is part of her pool series paintings. It is 92X73 cm, signed by the artist Magdalena Laskowska, born in...
Canvas, Acrylic
$49,850
H 28.5 in W 25 in D 1.5 in
La loge by Jean-Gabriel Domergue
By Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean-Gabriel Domergue 1889-1962 French La loge Signed (bottom right) Oil on panel Jean-Gabriel Domergue presents an elegantly seductive woman seated in a loge in this vibrantly-h...
Oil, Panel
$383Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.82 in W 16.93 in D 0.2 in
Orange Poppies No.4 - Analogue floral photography, Limited edition 3 of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Orange Poppies No.4' Analogue colour floral photography. London, United Kingdom 2024. Limited edition of 20. Printed on the finest archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, these lim...
Film, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
$168,500
H 15 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
Raisins et oranges by Tamara de Lempicka
By Tamara de Lempicka
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tamara De Lempicka 1898-1980 Polish Raisins et oranges Signed "Lempicka" (lower right) Oil on canvas This charming still life by Art Deco icon Tamara de Lempicka epitomizes the a...
Oil
$985,000
H 31.5 in W 37.88 in D 1.5 in
The Garden Near Cailhau By Achille Laugé
By Achille Laugé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Achille Laugé 1861-1944 French The Garden Near Cailhau Signed "A. Laugé 96" (lower left) Oil on canvas “Laugé’s art is one of great sensitivity and controlled reason; he is a mas...
Canvas, Oil
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.
Find a broad range of photography on 1stDibs today.
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.
Find photographers you may not know in Introspective and The Study — where you’ll read about Berenice Abbott, who positioned herself atop skyscrapers for the perfect shot, or “conceptual artist-adventurer” Charles Lindsay, whose work combines scientific rigor with artistic expression, or Massimo Listri, known for his epic interiors of opulent Old World libraries. Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron was given a Kodak camera as a child. Later, she shot on Polaroid film before buying her first 35mm camera in her teens. Barron's stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.
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.