Slim Aarons - Lake Tahoe Couple 1959 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand-numb...
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - French Stately Home 1956 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand-numb...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Il Canille' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 72 x 48 inches / 183 x 122 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) H...
Color, Archival Pigment
'CZ's Dogs' 1955 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
Hotel du Cap 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
$3,600
'Rockefeller Brothers' 1963 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'The Butlers' 1971 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Celebrity Cruise' 1965 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Poolside Waiting' 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Poolside Scenery' 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Jean Serpieri' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The palace originally belonged to King Otto too, and was used as a summer home by the royal family. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
Color, Archival Pigment
David Nightingale Hicks 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
Lounging In Bermuda 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
Il Pellicano Hotel 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
Casa Las Estacas 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
Hotel Du Cap 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
Sailing In Anguilla 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
Stocking Island, Bahamas 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Surfing Brothers' 1965 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-...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Tullio Abbate' 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
Swimming In Bermuda 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Culinary Heights' 1987 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
Sunbathing In Arizona 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
$3,600
'Poolside Socialites' 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Catherine Wilke' 1980 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Let's Dance' 1964 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Skiing In Gstaad' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skiing In Gstaad' L-R; Christine Camerana, Caroline Stoop, and Christine Semenenko Warrender prepare for a day on the slopes in Gstaad, Switzerland, February 1977 Paper size 72 x...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Natale Rusconi' 1978 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Coming Ashore' 1973 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Abaco Holiday' 1986 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
$3,600
'Mustique Tranquility' 1989 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Laguna Bowls' 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Unghia Marina' 1989 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Jhelum River' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The boat is called the ‘HB Cutty Sark’. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 pri...
Color, Archival Pigment
Treasure Cay 1986 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Treasure Cay 1986 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition Treasure Cay resort on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, March 1986 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped...
C Print
Treasure Cay 1986 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Treasure Cay 1986 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition Treasure Cay resort on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, March 1986 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped...
C Print
Treasure Cay 1986 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Treasure Cay 1986 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition Treasure Cay resort on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, March 1986 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped...
C Print
'Coming Ashore' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
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
Skiing Waitress 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing Waitress 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Ski ‘bum’ Alice Clement, a waitress and dishwasher at Stowe, Vermont when not on the slopes, carrying her skis on the way to a run,...
C Print
Snowmass Village 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Village 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Women in colourful hats at an apres ski party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in March 1968. 20 x 24" inches /...
C Print
Sunbathing In Barbados 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Her family owned Haywood’s Plantation 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 pr...
C Print
'Poolside Pairs' 1970 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Linsks are the current owners of the house. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size. Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper si...
Color, Archival Pigment
Cortina D’Ampezzo 1962 - 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...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Eden Rock
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
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Man Ray
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
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Guinness Family
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
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Culinary Heights
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
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Little Bay
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
Slim Aarons - Luxury Dining - Estate stamped
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...
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - New England Skiing
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
Neo-Classical Pool 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Neo-Classical Pool 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home of Boardman’s parents ...
Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Street 1953 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Street 1953 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped ...
Archival Pigment
Lake Tahoe Ladies 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Ladies 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959 50 x 50" inches / 127 x 127 cm paper size ...
Archival Pigment
Skiers At Verbier 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers At Verbier 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
Archival Pigment
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A view from a hillside in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, southeastern France, looking toward Monaco, August 1970. 24 x 20" inches / ...
Archival Pigment
Two-Tone Dress 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Two-Tone Dress 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A woman posing in a formal garden wearing a long, sleeveless, two-tone dress with a decorative bow at the waist, San Diego, Californ...
Archival Pigment
Swimming In Bermuda 1977- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Swimming In Bermuda 1977- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests on Sidney Gould’s ‘Sea Quest’ boat take a dip in the ocean, Bermuda, September 1977 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper s...
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?
Today, when we aren’t looking at the digital photos that inundate us on our phones, we look to the past to celebrate the photographers who have broken rules as well as records — provocative and prolific artists like Horst P. Horst, Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton, who altered the face of fashion and portrait photography; visionary documentary photographers such as Gordon Parks, whose best-known work was guided by social justice; and pioneers of street photography such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, who shot for revolutionary travel magazines like Holiday with the likes of globetrotting society lensman Slim Aarons.
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