$4,200
H 30 in W 40 in
Pool At Porto Rotondo, Estate Edition (Sardinia, Italy)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Photography, St Tropez, Vintage Pools, Vintage St Tropez
Lambda
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in
Desert House Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Desert House Party 1970 by Slim Aarons printed 2023 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Kaufmann House Contact Sheet - Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
. (Photo by Slim Aarons) From the infamous Poolside Gossip series - this frame is largely unknown and a
C Print, Color
Poolside Gossip
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
of Edgar Kaufman Staley-Wise Gallery offers photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned
C Print
$5,400
H 40 in W 60 in
Palm Springs Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Springs Party 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A poolside party at a
Archival Pigment
Poolside Backgammon
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Gallery offers photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images Archive
C Print
$5,400
H 40 in W 40 in
Marbella Club, Estate Edition (Andalucia, Spain)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, full of sunshine and escapism. Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer
Lambda
$6,100
H 48 in W 72 in
Saint-Tropez Beach Estate Edition Photograph, French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Photography, St Tropez, Vintage Pools, Vintage St Tropez
Lambda
$5,400
H 40 in W 60 in
Saint-Tropez Beach Estate Edition Photograph, French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Photography, St Tropez, Vintage Pools, Vintage St Tropez
Lambda
'Desert House Party' Palm Springs (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Desert House Party' by Slim Aarons This photograph was taken during the same party as Slim
C Print
$4,200
H 30 in W 40 in
Saint-Tropez Beach, Estate Edition Photograph, French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Photography, St Tropez, Vintage Pools, Vintage St Tropez
Lambda
$4,200
H 30 in W 30 in
Marbella Club, Estate Edition (Andalucia, Spain)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, full of sunshine and escapism. Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer
Lambda
$3,900
H 20 in W 30 in
Saint-Tropez Beach, Estate Edition, French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons Poolside Photography, St Tropez, Vintage Pools, Vintage St Tropez
Lambda
$1,800
H 10 in W 12 in
Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lita
Lambda
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in
Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lita
Lambda
$3,900
H 20 in W 30 in
Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lita
Lambda
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lita
Lambda
$2,400
H 12 in W 16 in
Poolside Interruption, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lita
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
beauties. Oversize Prints, Poolside, The Slim Aarons Prints Collection, Pool, Swimming, Holiday, Sun
Color, C Print
$3,826
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Poolside Interruption, 1970 - Poolside Palm Springs Kaufmann House Architecture
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Interruption, 1970 - Poolside Palm Springs Kaufmann House Architecture by Slim Aarons 16
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
$4,900
H 72 in W 48 in
'Christmas Swim' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Christmas Swim' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print Rita Aarons, wife of
C Print
Poolside Pairs
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Estate embossed on the recto
C Print
Princess Pia Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
, in August 1980. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing
C Print
$4,200
H 40 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' 1954 Official Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
background. A beautiful and more personal 'Slim Poolside' photograph. Aarons' wife, Rita, is floating in a
Archival Pigment
$5,400
H 60 in W 40 in
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' 1954 Official Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
background. A beautiful and more personal 'Slim Poolside' photograph. Aarons' wife, Rita, is floating in a
Archival Pigment
$3,826
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Poolside Party, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Party, 1970 - Poolside Gathering at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs by Slim Aarons 16 x
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
$3,826
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Poolside Host, 1970 - Poolside Gathering by Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Host, 1970 - Poolside Gathering by Swimming Pool at Kaufmann House by Slim Aarons 16 x 20
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
$3,826
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Poolside Chat, 1970 - Poolside Conversation at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Chat, 1970 - Poolside Conversation at Kaufmann House in Palm Springs by Slim Aarons 16 x
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
$4,441
H 16 in W 20 in
Poolside Pairs, 1970 - Poolside Gossip and Glamour in Palm Springs Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Poolside Pairs, 1970 - Poolside Gossip and Glamour in Palm Springs Landscape by Slim Aarons 16 x
Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Color
Poolside Bar, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim
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Poolside Bar, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim
Lambda
Poolside Bar, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim
Lambda
Poolside Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity
Lambda
Poolside Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity
Lambda
Poolside Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity
Lambda
Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Kaufmann Desert House 1970 C Print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 January
Lambda
Esther Williams Poolside, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the Slim Aarons estate. It is part of the estate's only official limited run, of 150. Estate stamp
Lambda
Poolside Backgammon - Sunbathing Board Games Mexico
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
themselves with a game of backgammon by the poolside. Slim Aarons was amongst the high society guests of
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Lake Tahoe Couple, Estate Edition, Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tahoe Couple Slim Aarons Estate Edition 48x48 inches Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Lambda
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in
Poolside Fashions, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside
Lambda
$1,800
H 16 in W 12 in
Poolside Fashions, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside
Lambda
$2,400
H 16 in W 12 in
Poolside Fashions, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside
Lambda
Poolside Ladies at Kaufman Desert House, 1970
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
editon of 150 with certificate of authenticity. Max size 48 x 72" Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art
Lambda
$2,340
H 10 in W 12 in
Poolside Pairs, Palm Springs, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features former fashion model
Lambda
$3,120
H 12 in W 16 in
Poolside Pairs, Palm Springs, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features former fashion model
Lambda
$4,680
H 20 in W 24 in
Poolside Pairs, Palm Springs, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features former fashion model
Lambda
$1,800
H 12 in W 10 in
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman
Lambda
$3,900
H 30 in W 20 in
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman
Lambda
$3,000
H 20 in W 16 in
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman
Lambda
$2,400
H 16 in W 12 in
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman
Lambda
$3,600
H 24 in W 20 in
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman
Lambda
$4,200
H 40 in W 30 in
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman
Lambda
$5,400
H 60 in W 40 in
Poolside In Kenya, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman
Lambda
Esther Williams, Poolside, Estate Edition, 1950s Florida
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American swimmer and movie star Esther Williams by the pool in Florida, 1955. Slim Aarons Esther
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Esther Williams, Poolside, Estate Edition, 1950s Florida
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American swimmer and movie star Esther Williams by the pool in Florida, 1955. Slim Aarons Esther
Lambda
$7,020
H 40 in W 60 in
Poolside Pairs, Palm Springs, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features former fashion model
Lambda
Poolside Reflections (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Reflections (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Holiday makers
Color, 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.
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.