Poolside Backgammon 1972 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Backgammon Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972. 20x24” / 51 x 60 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Editio...
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Pebble Beach 1976 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pebble Beach Riders from the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center wend their way through the Californian sand dunes and pampas grass, November 1976. 40x40” / 101 x 101 cm - paper size ...
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Cannes Watersports 1958 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cannes Watersports Holidaymakers waterskiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. 20x24” / 51 x 60 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by ...
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Verbier Vacation 1964 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964. 20x20” / 51 x 51 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aaron...
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Yachting Trip 1967 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Yachting Trip Selvaggia Borromeo wades ashore from her yacht during a holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, August 1967. 20x30” / 51 x 76 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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Carlton Hotel 1958 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Carlton Hotel The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. 60x60” / 152 x 152 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printe...
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Cortina dAmpezzo 1962 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina dAmpezzo Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962. 60x60” / 152 x 152 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
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John Rawlings 1950 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
John Rawlings 1950, Fashion photographer John Rawlings (1912 – 1970) on the beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 40x40” / 101 x 101 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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Hotel Excelsior 1957 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Excelsior The beach front of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957. 40x40” / 101 x 101 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo...
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Katharine Hepburn 1953 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Katharine Hepburn 1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 – 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 60x60” / 152 x 152 cm ...
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Fan Mail 1952 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fan Mail 1952 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film ‘The Asphalt J...
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Peggy Guggenheim 1978 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The palace houses her private art collection, including Picasso’s ‘On the Beach’, pictured to the left. 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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Bettina Graziani 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bettina Graziani 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped French fashion model Bettina Graziani wading in the shallow waters of Costa Smeralda, pulling a small yacht behind her, in Sardini...
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David Bailey 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
David Bailey 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped English photographer David Bailey on the Italian island of Capri 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection ...
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Poolside Luncheon 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Luncheon 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests enjoying luncheon in a marquee by the pool at Mrs Reed Albee’s house, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1968 40 x 60" inches / 1...
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Apres Ski 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Second from right is American lawyer and businessman Alexander Cochrane Cushing (1913 – 2006), who developed the resort. 20 x 24" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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Bettina Graziani 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bettina Graziani 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Bettina Graziani relaxes in a hammock on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, 1964. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Sta...
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Cavallo Coast 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cavallo Coast 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A fleet of yachts at anchor off the sunny Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica. 12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size Estate...
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Belvedere Pool 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Belvedere Pool 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The swimming pool at the Hotel Belvedere, Amalfi, Italy, August 1984. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Coll...
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Cannes Watersports 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cannes Watersports 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers waterskiing from the pier of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate ...
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Truman Capote 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Truman Capote 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Author of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, Truman Capote (1924 – 1984) and his dog in Palm Springs, California. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 c...
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Charter Ketch 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Charter Ketch 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Sixty eight foot charter ketch ‘Traveller II’ at anchor in the lee of Stocking Island, across the harbour from George Town, Exuma 30...
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Culinary Heights 1987 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Culinary Heights 1987 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of ‘Le Bateau Ivre’, Michel Rochedy (centre) of ‘Le Chabichou’, and Albert Parveaux ...
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Britt Ekland 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Britt Ekland 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Film star Britt Ekland (Britt-Marie Eklund) in Porto Ercole, Italy. 1969. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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Westin Excelsior 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to ...
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Winter Wear 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Winter Wear 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Manuela Boraomanero (left) and Emanuela Beghelli holiday in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo, March 1976. 30 x 40" inches /...
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Zermatt Skiing 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Zermatt Skiing 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to ...
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Apres Ski 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Apres Ski 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estat...
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Acapulco Pool 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Acapulco Pool 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Architect Arturo Pani and his wife by their swimming pool at home in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1971 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm pa...
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Alice Topping 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alice Topping 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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Alice Topping 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alice Topping 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. 12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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Anne Anka 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Anne Anka 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Anne Anka, wife of singer Paul Anka and daughter of Count Charles de Zogheb, with her daughters (left to right) Alicia, Anthea, Alexandra...
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Barbados Bliss 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Barbados Bliss 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Ava Marshall relaxes with a book amongst the bougainvillea in Barbados, 1976 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamp...
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Acapulco Rocks 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Acapulco Rocks 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A view of a rocky outcrop on the coast at, Acapulco, Mexico, 1950. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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Zermatt Skiing 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Zermatt Skiing 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 P...
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Adriatic Sailors 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Adriatic Sailors 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Young holidaymakers from Milan enjoy a sail on the Adriatic, 1956. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Coll...
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Arts Festival 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Arts Festival 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Palm Beach Arts Festival Procession, Florida, 1964 12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition t...
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Las Brisas 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Las Brisas 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, February 1972. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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Monte Mano 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monte Mano 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A young woman by the pool at Monte Mano, the villa of architect Jacques Couelle in Sardinia, August 1973. 48 x 72" inches / 122 x 198 ...
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Fishing Boats 1952 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fishing Boats 1952 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Fishing nets and boats on the shore in Mexico, 1952. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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Olivier Coquelin 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Olivier Coquelin 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Olivier Coquelin and Lahaina Kameha in Haiti, February 1981. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection...
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Mountain Buffet 1987 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mountain Buffet 1987 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of ‘Le Bateau Ivre’, Michel Rochedy (centre) of ‘Le Chabichou’, and Albert Parveaux o...
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Monte Mano 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monte Mano 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimmer in the seaside-style pool at architect Jacques Coulle’s home ‘Monte Mano’, on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, August 197...
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Palace Hotel 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palace Hotel 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, 1961. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim ...
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Porto Ercole 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 ...
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Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests seen from a poolside bar at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1980. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper ...
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Poolside Service 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The club building was designed by American architect Eldredge Snyder. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Pri...
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Poolside Secrets 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Secrets 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Flo Smith (left) and Lily Pulitzer at a pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. 30 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size E...
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Outdoor Dining 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Outdoor Dining 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Diners at an outdoor restaurant, San Diego, California, October 1956. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Coll...
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Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Bar 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests seen from a poolside bar at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1980. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 102 cm paper s...
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Porto Ercole 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The waterfront at Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1967 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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Porto Ercole 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. 30 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 ...
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Porto Ercole 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Boating in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1969. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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Outdoor Dining 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Outdoor Dining 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Diners at an outdoor restaurant, San Diego, California, October 1956. 40 x 40" inches / 102 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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Pellicano Beach 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pellicano Beach 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Boats at a jetty by the beach at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1969. 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper ...
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Pantz Pool 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pantz Pool 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz’ Marbella home, September 1985 16 x 20" inc...
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Pink Accessory 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pink Accessory 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Film star Joan Collins in a pink and white bedroom with an accessory pink poodle, circa 1955. 40 x 40" inches / 102 x 102 cm paper...
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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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