$5,700
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Chalet Costi 1968 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 48 x 48" inches / 121 x 121 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) ...
Archival Pigment
$4,200
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Yachting Trip 1967 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) H...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leonard Dalsemer 1974 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Cannes Watersports 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Archival Pigment
$5,700
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Brunch At Brennans - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Brunch At Brennans Sunday brunch at Brennan’s restaurant, New Orleans. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pool At Las Brisas
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool At Las Brisas Guests in the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Saint-Tropez Boucherie - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez Boucherie A boucherie or butcher’s shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition 'Penthouse Pool' Supergiant print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Penthouse Pool' Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961. 60 x 60 inches / 152 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969 A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Rivi...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Oberon's Lunch 1966 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Circa 1966. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969 A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Rivi...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Neo-Classical Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home of Boardman’s parents in Palm Beach, Florida, 1985. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Polo Party - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Left to right: Adam Butler, Reutie Butler Shober, Jorie and Michael Butler Kent, Paul Butler and Geoffrey Kent. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collecti...
Archival Pigment
$5,700
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Abaco Islander - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
His ancester Wyannie Malone settled on the islands in 1783, founding Hope Town. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim ...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969 A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riv...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Donald Leas - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Donald Leas Mr and Mrs Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida. 1968 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate...
Archival Pigment
$5,700
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Abaco Islander - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
His ancester Wyannie Malone settled on the islands in 1783, founding Hope Town. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim A...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969 A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riv...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969 A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riv...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Villa Del Balbianello
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Villa Del Balbianello Italian mountain climber and explorer Guido Monzino (1928-1988) and four people relaxing on the terrace of Monzino's home, Villa de...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Jhelum River - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) ...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Kaufmann Desert House - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Han...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Sunbathing In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 11 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Polo Party - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Left to right: Adam Butler, Reutie Butler Shober, Jorie and Michael Butler Kent, Paul Butler and Geoffrey Kent. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collecti...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Sunbathing In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Antibes 1976 Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm pape...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Skiing In Stowe
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Behind the two women is a sign board offering directions to the resort's facilities. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - 'Il Pellicano Beach'
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 102 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Jhelum River - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Neo-Classical Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home of Boardman’s parents in Palm Beach, Florida, 1985. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Sunbathing In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Antibes Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size...
Archival Pigment
$3,600
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Abaco Islander - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 20 x 20 inches / 51 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Motorcycling Lord 1990
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) H...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Offcial Estate Print - Snowmass Gathering 1968
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Gathering Two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people attending a party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in A...
Archival Pigment
Penthouse Pool Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Penthouse Pool Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by S...
Archival Pigment, Color
Aerial Miami Beach Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Color, Archival Paper
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Portofino 1985 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Color, Archival Pigment
Brunch At Brennans Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunday brunch at Brennan’s restaurant, New Orleans. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limite...
Color, Archival Pigment
Poolside In Sotogrande Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside In Sotogrande Bathers round a pool in Sotogrande, Spain, August 1975. 30x40 inches / 76 x 101.6 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim ...
Color, Archival Pigment
Verbier Vacation Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964.
Archival Pigment, Color
The Marlboroughs Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Marlboroughs 1957: John Albert Edward Spencer Churchill, the 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897 – 1972) and his wife Mary relax on a bench in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, the fam...
Color, Archival Pigment
Yacht Holiday Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand-numbered in ink on the front Blind embo...
Color, Archival Pigment
El Venero Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand-numbered in ink on the front Blind embo...
Color, Archival Pigment
Verbier Vacation Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964. Gorgeous print measuring 40x40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
Color, Archival Pigment
Klosters 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Klosters' Skiers pass by the Hotel Chesa Grischuna in Klosters, 1963. Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Phot...
Color, Archival Pigment
Family Chair Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand-numbered in ink on the front Blind embo...
Color, Archival Pigment
El Venero Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand-numbered in ink on the front Blind embo...
Color, Archival Pigment
Sardinian Holiday Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand-numbered in ink on the front Blind embo...
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Ski Instructors Only 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 16 x 16" inches / 40 x 40 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Three Skiers 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Beverly Hills Cop 1952
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 16 x 16" inches / 40 x 40 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Race Meeting 1950- Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) ...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Luxury Dining 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Park Avenue 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Kings Of Hollywood Slim Aarons Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Kings Of Hollywood 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Print Enjoying a joke at a New Year’s party held at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills, 31st December 1957. 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper...
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Eden Rock 1973
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 10 x 12" inches / 25 x 30 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - CZ's House 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 10 x 12" inches / 25 x 30 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Archival Pigment
$5,700
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Digging For Clams - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Larger Oversize Paper size 48 x 48" inches / 121 x 121 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Seaplane At Palm Beach 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) ...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
$4,200
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pool By The Sea - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool By The Sea Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Ed...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Having A Topping Time - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Having A Topping Time Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach, 1959. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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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