Peace And Plenty 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Peace And Plenty 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped People by the pool at Club Peace And Plenty, Georgetown on the island of Great Exuma, Bahamas, April 1967. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x...
Archival Pigment
Las Brisas Hotel 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Las Brisas Hotel 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Apartments and pools at the La Concha Beach Club in Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 5...
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Lech Ice Bar 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The mountain in the background is the Omershorn. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited...
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J. Gordon Douglas 1978- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
J. Gordon Douglas 1978- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Mr. and Mrs. J Gordon Douglas in the formal gardens of their residence, Santa Barbara, California, USA, circa 1970. 16 x 16" inch...
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Adolfo De Velasco 1988 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Adolfo De Velasco 1988 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Adolfo de Velasco relaxes on a verandah in Marrakech, April 1988. 40 x 60" inches / 102 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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Killer Joe Piro 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Killer Joe Piro 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped American dance instructor ‘Killer’ Joe Piro (1921 – 1989) dances past the park in New York, July 1964. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 c...
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Joan Collins Relaxes 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Joan Collins Relaxes 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stampe...
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Von Oswald House 1986- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Von Oswald House 1986- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of people relax in the garden at the house of Johanna Von Oswald, 1986. 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estate S...
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Chateau St. Jean 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jean, owned by Rosemarie Kanzler Marcie Riviere, Cap Ferrat, France, September 1973. 40 x 60" inches / 102 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by ...
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'Christmas Swim' 1954 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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Chateau St. Jean 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jean, owned by Rosemarie Kanzler Marcie Riviere, Cap Ferrat, France, September 1973. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by S...
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Adolfo De Velasco 1988 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Adolfo De Velasco 1988 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Adolfo de Velasco relaxes on a verandah in Marrakech, April 1988. 48 x 72" inches / 122 x 183 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Sunshades and sun loungers by the swimming pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, 1957. 12 x 12" inches /...
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Countess On Deck 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Countess On Deck 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 127 cm...
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Cortina d’Ampezzo 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina d’Ampezzo 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper si...
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Boating In Antigua 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Boating In Antigua 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped American actor Hugh O’Brian (left) hoists the sail on a dinghy, Antigua, West Indies, 1961. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper ...
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Aerial Miami Beach 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aerial Miami Beach 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A helicopter carrying tourists hovers over the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach, Florida, April 1972. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x...
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Algarve Hotel Pool 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Algarve Hotel Pool 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests in the pool at the Algarve Hotel, the Algarve, Portugal, July 1970. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate S...
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Conca dei Marini 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing On Capri 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers – along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas – on the isla...
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Antigua Beach Club 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Antigua Beach Club 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The beach club at at the Mill Reef Club on Antigua in the West Indies, 1960. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate ...
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Armando’s Beach Club 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Armando’s Beach Club 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Sunbathers at Armando’s Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stampe...
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Al Fresco Tea 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Al Fresco Tea 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Colonel Dimitris Levidis enjoying a meal in the fresh air at Harvati with his wife and son, July 1961. 50 x 50" inches / 127 x 127 c...
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Arturo Pani’s Villa 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Arturo Pani’s Villa 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The swimming pool at Arturo Pani’s villa, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Sta...
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Las Brisas Hotel 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Las Brisas Hotel 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Apartments and pools at the La Concha Beach Club in Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. 20 x 16" inches / 61 x 5...
Archival Pigment
Monte Carlo Swimwear 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monte Carlo Swimwear 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A woman in a cutaway swimsuit in Monte Carlo, August 1970 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collecti...
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Nassau Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nassau Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Competitors in an assortment of vehicles at the 1963 Nassau Speed Week. 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped...
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Lech Ice Bar 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The mountain in the background is the Omershorn. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited...
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New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper si...
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Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamas Speed Week 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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Palm Springs Rodeo 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Springs Rodeo 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Spectators watch from the stand as a contestant rides a bucking horse at the Palm Springs Mounted Police Rodeo, Palm Springs, Ca...
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Palm Beach Society 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Society 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Palm Beach socialite Jim Kimberly (far left) and friends around his white sports car on the shores of Lake Worth, Florida, April...
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Palm Beach Debutantes 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Debutantes 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Young debutantes in Palm Beach, Florida, 1968 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
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Palm Beach Pastels 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Pastels 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Est...
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Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holiday makers relaxing by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957 20 x 20" inches / 51 x ...
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Porto Ercole Beach 1991 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole Beach 1991 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A quiet stretch of coastline in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, July 1991 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Col...
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Peace And Plenty 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Peace And Plenty 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped People by the pool at Club Peace And Plenty, Georgetown on the island of Great Exuma, Bahamas, April 1967. 40 x 60" inches / 102 ...
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Peter and Britt 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Peter and Britt 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Sharing a lilo, film stars Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980) and his wife Britt Ekland spend their holiday on the Costa Smeralda, circa 1...
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Palm Beach Debutantes 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Debutantes 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Young debutantes in Palm Beach, Florida, 1968 48 x 48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
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Palm Beach Society 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Society 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Palm Beach socialite Jim Kimberly (far left) and friends around his white sports car on the shores of Lake Worth, Florida, April...
Archival Pigment
Party at Romanoff’s 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Party at Romanoff’s 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A party at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1959 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection ...
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Palm Springs Rodeo 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Springs Rodeo 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Spectators watch from the stand as a contestant rides a bucking horse at the Palm Springs Mounted Police Rodeo, Palm Springs, Ca...
Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Pastels 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Pastels 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Est...
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Rhode Island Surfers 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Rhode Island Surfers 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Surfers off Rhode Island, September 1965. 40 x 60" inches / 102 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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Rhode Island Surfers 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Polo People 1990 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Surfers off Rhode Island, September 1965. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo ...
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Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Monte-Carlo Beach Hotel on the Pointe de la Vieille in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, southeastern France, August 1981. 12 x 10"...
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Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Monte-Carlo Beach Hotel on the Pointe de la Vieille in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, southeastern France, August 1981. 16 x 12"...
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Sunbathing On Capri 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing On Capri 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers – along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas – on the isla...
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Top People’s Eatery 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
His walking stick once belonged to a Wells Fargo stage driver. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in ...
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Lounging In Bermuda 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lounging In Bermuda 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A woman relaxes with a drink by a swimming pool in Bermuda, November 1969. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate ...
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Sunbathing In Antibes 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Antibes 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 30 x 40...
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Poolside Chez Holder 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Chez Holder 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests by the pool at Albin Holder’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, May 1970 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate ...
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No Transport Problems 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
No Transport Problems 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Mrs Woolworth Donahue with car and bicycles on her motor yacht, ‘Hartline’. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estat...
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Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Sunshades and sun loungers by the swimming pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, 1957. 10 x 10" inches /...
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Cortina d’Ampezzo 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina d’Ampezzo 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982. 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper si...
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Countess On Deck 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Countess On Deck 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 102 cm ...
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Boating In Antigua 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Boating In Antigua 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped American actor Hugh O’Brian (left) hoists the sail on a dinghy, Antigua, West Indies, 1961. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper ...
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Eton-Harrow Match 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eton-Harrow Match 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Lord’s achieves its sartorial and social pinnacle for a school event – the annual Eton-Harrow Match 12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm...
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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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