Freeport Yachts 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Freeport Yachts 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Yachts in a marina in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969. 40 x 30" inches / 102 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection E...
Archival Pigment
Esther Williams 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Esther Williams 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Esther Williams, American aquatic actress and former swimming champion, relaxing in a Florida swimming pool. 40 x 40" inches / 102...
Archival Pigment
Monocled Miss 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monocled Miss 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel in New York, 1964. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stam...
Archival Pigment
Family Snapper 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Her husband, William Paley is snapping the photographer at their cottage, Round Hill, Jamaica 40 x 40" inches / 102 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
Archival Pigment
Eagle Club 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eagle Club 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers dining at the Eagle Club, Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1969. 16 x 12" inches / 41 x 30 cm paper size Estate Stamped Colle...
Archival Pigment
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 ...
Archival Pigment
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. 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estate...
Archival Pigment
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. 48 x 48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate ...
Archival Pigment
Dal Lake 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dal Lake 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Dal Lake in Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1961. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
Archival Pigment
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...
Archival Pigment
Dapper Cricketers 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dapper Cricketers 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of cricketers in team uniform, Bermuda, 1957 12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition...
Archival Pigment
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. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Sta...
Archival Pigment
Tram Turntable 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tram Turntable 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A tram being manually rotated on a turntable in San Francisco, California, 1960. 40 x 40" inches / 102 x 102 cm paper size Estate...
Archival Pigment
Winter Suntans 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Winter Suntans 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad. 1961. 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Ed...
Archival Pigment
Vila Vera 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Vila Vera 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The bar at the Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club in Acapulco, January 1968. 40 x 60" inches / 102 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamp...
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Hotel Sports 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection ...
Archival Pigment
Skiing Holiday - 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing Holiday - 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break from skiing near Gstaad with Canadian-born economist John Kenneth ...
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All Mine 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A Palm Beach socialite, he acts as Honorary Consul of Jordan 10 x 10" inches / 25 x 25 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 20...
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Alpine Skiing 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alpine Skiing 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers waiting for the cable car at Verbier in Switzerland, 1964. 40 x 40" inches / 102 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
Archival Pigment
John Rawlings 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
John Rawlings 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Fashion photographer John Rawlings (1912 – 1970) on the beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Est...
Archival Pigment
Pebble Beach 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pebble Beach 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Riders from the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center wend their way through the Californian sand dunes and pampas grass, November 1976. 16 ...
Archival Pigment
Yachting Trip 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Yachting Trip 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Selvaggia Borromeo wades ashore from her yacht during a holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, August 1967. 16 x 20" inches / 41...
Archival Pigment
Cannes Watersports 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cannes Watersports 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers waterskiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped ...
Archival Pigment
'Bermuda Idyll' 1977 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24x20 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) Hand...
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'Giacomo Montegazza' 1983 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24x20 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) Hand...
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'Adriatic Sailors' 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24x20 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) Hand...
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'Monte Carlo' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24x20 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) Hand...
Archival Pigment
'George Hamilton' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24x20 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) Hand...
Archival Pigment
$3,600
'Poolside Backgammon' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24x20 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) Hand...
Archival Pigment
'Riviera Crowd' 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24x20 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) Hand...
Archival Pigment
'French Holiday' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24x20 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) Hand...
Archival Pigment
'Polo Match' 1990 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24x20 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) Hand...
Archival Pigment
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. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to ...
Archival Pigment
Family Pool 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Family Pool 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Mrs A Watson Armour III (Jean Schweppe) with friends and family enjoying the pool on their estate at Lake Forest, Illinois. 48 x 48" i...
Archival Pigment
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 40...
Archival Pigment
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. 40 x 40" inches / 102 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped ...
Archival Pigment
Princess Ruspoli 1979 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Princess Ruspoli 1979 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Princess Lucy Ruspoli stands in front of a colourful wall of old skis in Lech am Arlberg, Austria, February 1979 16 x 12" inches ...
Archival Pigment
Checkered Flag 1963- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Checkered Flag 1963- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The checkered flag signals the end of the race during the 1963 Nassau Speed Week. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size Estate S...
Archival Pigment
Chalet Costi 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Chalet Costi 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers outside the Chalet Costi in Zermatt, 1968. 48 x 48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
Archival Pigment
Leonard Dalsemer 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leonard Dalsemer 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974. 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm pap...
Archival Pigment
Snowmass Gathering 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Gathering 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people attending a party in Snowmass Village...
Archival Pigment
Poolside Backgammon 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Backgammon 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972. 40 x 60" inches / 102 x 152 cm pa...
Archival Pigment
Sugarbush Skiing 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sugarbush Skiing 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collecti...
Archival Pigment
'Saint-Tropez' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24x20 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) Hand...
Archival Pigment
'Castel Bonifacio' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24x20 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) Hand...
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'Blue Seas' 1984 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24x20 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) Hand...
Archival Pigment
'Laguna Beach' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 24x20 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) Hand-...
Archival Pigment
'Catherine Wilke' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Print...
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'Garden Party' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Garden Party' 1970: An elegant garden party in Miami, Florida. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed ...
Archival Pigment
'Carlton Hotel' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Carlton Hotel' The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons ...
Archival Pigment
'Plantation Cocoyer' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Plantation Cocoyer' People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
Archival Pigment
'A Colourful Crew' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 60 x 40 inches / 152 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) Ha...
Archival Pigment
Luxury Dining 1955- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz 1949 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edit...
Silver Gelatin
$7,020
Slim Aarons Poolside Pairs 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Linsks are the current owners of the house. 40 x 60" inches / 102 x 152 cm paper size Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper si...
Color, Archival Pigment
Poolside In Sotogrande - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside In Sotogrande - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Bathers round a pool in Sotogrande, Spain, August 1975. 40 x 60" inches / 102 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection E...
Archival Pigment
Christmas Swim 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Two children play in the background. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 print...
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Civilised Snooze 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Civilised Snooze 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Photographer Slim Aarons slouches in a chair with the Acropolis and its surroundings as a backdrop 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm p...
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Bermuda Beach 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
(Photo by Slim Aarons) 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regard...
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Bermuda Beach 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
(Photo by Slim Aarons) 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regard...
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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Gstaad
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...
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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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?
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