Spot The Ball 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The club was so named because of the near-sightedness of its original members 12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aaro...
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French Stately Home 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Stately Home 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Comte de Paris, pretender to the French throne, with his wife the Comtesse and their children at their home, the Manoir du ...
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Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection E...
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Palm Spring Riders 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Spring Riders 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of riders among Washingtonia palms in Andreas Canyon, Palm Springs, southern California, January 1970. 24 x 20" inches ...
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Hotel Taormina Pool 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Taormina Pool 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped...
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Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection...
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Palm Beach Party 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Party 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A pool party in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1964. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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Lake Tahoe Couple 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by ...
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Oz Tennis Stars 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hoad beat Rosewall in the men’s singles final at Wimbledon in 1956. 12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printe...
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Leisure And Fashion 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leisure And Fashion 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A woman watching a poolside fashion show at the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, 1961. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper si...
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Nassau Beach Hotel 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The hotel was the first to built by Howard Johnson outside the United States. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aaro...
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Leisure In Antibes 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leisure In Antibes 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped 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 Ri...
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Motorboats In Antibes 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Motorboats In Antibes 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Motorboats moored on the coast near the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. 30 x 40" inches...
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Molly Wilmot’s Pool 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Molly Wilmot’s Pool 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The swimming pool at the home of Molly Wilmot in Palm Beach, Florida, April 1982. 12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size Es...
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Cortina D’Ampezzo 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina D’Ampezzo 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers walk up a mountain in Cortina D’Ampezzo, a ski resort in northern Italy, 1962 60 x 60" inches / 152 x 152 cm paper size ...
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Cortina d’Ampezzo 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina d’Ampezzo 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A chairlift up the mountain in Cortina d’Ampezzo, February 1962 16 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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Costa Smeralda, Sardinia 1978 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Costa Smeralda, Sardinia 1978 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Sailboats on the waters of the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, Italy, in September 1978 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper s...
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Cortina d’Ampezzo 1988 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina d’Ampezzo 1988 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Snowboarding in Cortina d’Ampezzo, March 1988 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
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Conca dei Marini 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Conca dei Marini 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A quiet bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Sta...
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Connelly And Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Connelly And Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped American socialite Cee Zee Guest (1920 – 2003, left) with Joanne Connelly in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955. 20 x 20" inches /...
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Squaw Valley Snow 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Excelsior 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Snow covers the deserted cafe in Squaw Valley, California, January 1961. 16 x 12" inches / 41 x 30 cm paper size Estate Stamped ...
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French Leave Hotel 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Leave Hotel 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests at the French Leave Hotel, owned by actor Craig Kelly, at Eleuthera in The Bahamas, 1960. 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm p...
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Cap Juluca Hotel 1992 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cap Juluca Hotel 1992 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Patricia and Margaret O’Neil at the Cap Juluca Hotel in Cap Juluca, Anguilla, 1992 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Es...
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Crespi And Mastroianni 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Crespi And Mastroianni 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Italian countess Consuelo Crespi (left, 1928-2010) and Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni (right, 19241996) in conversation...
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Casa De Camp 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Casa De Camp 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Part of Yvette Bluhdorn’s house in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, February 1985 16 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate ...
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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. 20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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Finding a Spot 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Finding a Spot 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A sunbather at the seaside-style pool of Jacques Couelle’s home ‘Monte Mano’, on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, August 1973. 40 x 30...
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Hotel Punta Tragara 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Punta Tragara 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Hotel Punta Tragara on Capri, Italy, August 1974 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edit...
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Eden Roc Hotel 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eden Roc Hotel 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The luxurious Hotel du Cap Eden Roc at Cap d’Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1976. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size ...
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Drinks At Gstaad 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Gerard enjoying drinks on the terrace of The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, Switzerland, 1984. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo b...
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Bikinis In Haiti 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bikinis In Haiti 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Marni Morrell and Denise Schluscer with a third woman, all wearing bikinis, pose beside a statue on a bridge in Haiti, in January ...
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Conca dei Marini 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Conca dei Marini 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A busy bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stampe...
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Holiday In Mustique 1989 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Dreams 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Pierre Vincent Marais and his wife Isabelle holiday with friends at Gelliceaux House, their home on the island of Mustique in the G...
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Cannes Cannes Girls 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cannes Cannes Girls 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of France, 1958. 12 x 12" inches / 30 x...
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C. Z. Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Guest, 1920 – 2003) with a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Florida, 1955 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
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Pool at Bouldereign 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool at Bouldereign 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests round the pool at Bouldereign, Carl Hovgard’s home in Carefree, Arizona, January 1973 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm pape...
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Fontainebleau Car Park 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fontainebleau Car Park 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The car park at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, circa 1955 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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Fort Lauderdale Beach 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fort Lauderdale Beach 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped An aerial view of a beach resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 1970. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estat...
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Henley Royal Regatta 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Henley Royal Regatta 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Spectators at the Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames, 1955. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped C...
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Harbour Isle Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harbour Isle Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas, March 1973. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped...
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Harbour Area, Portofino 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harbour Area, Portofino 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped General view of the harbour area, crowded with small and large boats, in Portofino, Italy, 1977. 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61...
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Hotel Il Pellicano 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Il Pellicano 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The beachside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973 16 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Es...
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Hotel du Cap 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel du Cap 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. 20 x 16" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Sta...
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Hepburn And Friends 1953 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hepburn And Friends 1953 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped 1953 On the left film star Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) talks with Mrs Grover Magnin (centre) and another guest at a party in S...
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Flamingos In Curacao 1979 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Flamingos In Curacao 1979 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Flamingos in flight, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, January 1979 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped Col...
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Hotel du Cap 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel du Cap 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped An aerial view of the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped C...
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Earl Levy’s Castle 1993 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Earl Levy’s Castle 1993 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Trident Castle, the home of Earl Levy in Port Antonio, Jamaica, March 1993 20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Sta...
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Eden Roc Pool 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eden Roc Hotel 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. 20 x 16" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size ...
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Droulers And Daughters 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Droulers And Daughters 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Roberta Droulers sitting with her daughters, Nathalie and Virginie, in the lobby of the Villa D’Este on Lake Como, Tivoli, n...
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Dining In Gstaad 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dining In Gstaad 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers at a ski lodge at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Colle...
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Porto Ercole Boats 1991 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole Boats 1991 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Boats off Porto Ercole, Tuscany, July 1991. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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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 The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper siz...
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Marquess of Waterford 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marquess of Waterford 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Marquess and Marchioness of Waterford and their elder son, the Earl of Tyrone, in the grounds of their home, Curraghmore,...
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Marbella House Party 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella House Party 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size...
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Lunch With Lili 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lunch With Lili 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Lunch at Marchesa Lili Gerini’s home, Santa Liberata, in Porto Ercole, August 1973 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estat...
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Lech Ice Bar 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Hotel Pfefferkorn and Hotel Tannbergerhof are in the background. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Prin...
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Lounging in Gstaad 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lounging in Gstaad 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. 16 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Es...
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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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