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. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size ...
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Private Island, Philippines 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Private Island, Philippines 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests relax on the beach of a private island owned by Philippine Airlines President, Benigno Toda Jr., Philippines, Fe...
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Saint-Tropez Swimmer 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez Swimmer 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A topless swimmer in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stam...
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Skiers At Gstaad 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers At Gstaad 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers at Gstaad, Switzerland, 1969. 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo b...
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San Diego Home 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
San Diego Home 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A woman in a day dress in the sitting room of a house in San Diego, California, October 1956. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper...
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Saint-Tropez Seafront 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez Seafront 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The seafront in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, September 1970 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamp...
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Race Day Lunch 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Race Day Lunch 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo...
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Skiers at Gstaad 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers at Gstaad 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, April 1960. 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped ...
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San Diego Gulls 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
San Diego Gulls 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Seagulls over a beach in San Diego, California, October 1956 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection E...
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Skiers In Gstaad 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers In Gstaad 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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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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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 40 x 60" inches / 102 x 152 cm paper ...
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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 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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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 48 x 72" inches / 122 x 183 cm paper size ...
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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 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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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. 30 x 30" inches /...
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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 40 x 30" inches / 102 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stam...
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Swimmer And Sunbather 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. 30 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by...
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Taking The plunge 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Taking The plunge 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm...
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Swimming In Spain 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Swimming In Spain 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Swimming and snorkelling in the bay at the Hostal De La Gavina, in S’agaro, Costa Brava, Spain, July 1970. 30 x 20" inches / 61...
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Sunbathing In Capri 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Capri 1974 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition Sunbathers by a swimming pool in Capri, Italy, August 1974 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collecti...
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Il Pellicano Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Il Pellicano Beach 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. 40 x 60" inches / 10...
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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, 1970. 30 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped ...
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Eleuthera Pool Party 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Eleuthera Pool Party 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Circa 1970, Eleuthera Pool Party, Bahamas 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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Monte Carlo Pool 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Monte Carlo Pool 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped White umbrellas line a swimming pool in Monte Carlo, July 1975 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
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Chateau Saint-Martin 1986 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Chateau Saint-Martin 1986 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped An outdoor luncheon by the swimming pool of the Chateau Saint-Martin, a luxury hotel in Vence on the Cote d’Azur, France, 1986...
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De Rosieres Family 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
De Rosieres Family 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Viscount and Viscountess Paul de Rosiere outside a villa in Monte Carlo, August 1975. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size ...
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The High Life 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The High Life 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat with friends Ruth Luthi and Mike Belami, during a stay in St Tropez 20 x 24...
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The Meridian Club 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Meridian Club 1981 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The pool at the Meridian Club, owned by Ginny and Bill Cowles, on the Turks and Caicos Islands, March 1981. 16 x 20" inches / 41...
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Poolside In Kenya 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside In Kenya 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A woman sits at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958. 30 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped C...
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Beach Near Portinatx 1989 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beach Near Portinatx 1989 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Holidaymakers seen through the trees, at a beach near Portinatx, Ibiza, Spain, 1989 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size ...
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Skiing In Gstaad 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Gstaad 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Christine Camerana, Caroline Stoop, and Christine Semenenko Warrender prepare for a day on the slopes in Gstaad, Switzerland, Febr...
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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 Gordon Butler’s Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray at the Bahamas Speed Week at the Oakes Course, Nassau, December 1963 16 x 20" inch...
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Skiing in Vail 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing in Vail 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size ...
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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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Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, wife of senator Leverett Saltonstall in Palm Beach, USA, circa 1958 16 x 16" inches /...
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Harbour Island, Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harbour Island, Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A couple relax at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas, 1967. 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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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,1967 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate...
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Skiing in Vail 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing in Vail 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Est...
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Lech Ice Bar 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers enjoy a drink by the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamp...
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Skiing In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA,1962 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Coll...
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Sunbathing In Burgenstock 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sunbathing In Burgenstock 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Lilian Hanson, sunbathing by a pool at the Burgenstock Resort in Canton Nidwalden, Switzerland, 1955. 40 x 60" inches / ...
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Ardissones House Portofino 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ardissones House Portofino 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Overlooking Ardissones House, on the water’s edge in Portofino, Italy, 1977. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size ...
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Backgammon In Haiti 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Backgammon In Haiti 1975 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Close-up of a woman playing backgammon in Haiti, in January 1975. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Co...
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Barone Bettino Ricasoli 1983 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Barone Bettino Ricasoli 1983 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Winemaker Barone Bettino Ricasoli poses holding up a wine glass beside a table, on which stands three bottles of wine and a...
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Bermuda Street Scene 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bermuda Street Scene 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Bicycles, motorcycles, and cars on a street in Bermuda, June 1967. 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped C...
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Caleta Beach, Acapulco 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Caleta Beach, Acapulco 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A couple walk on Caleta Beach holding hands, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968 30 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stampe...
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Black Tie Poolside 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Black Tie Poolside 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Edition A formal party by a swimming pool in the Algarve, Portugal, June 1973 30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped...
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Lech Ice Bar 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lech Ice Bar 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A bartender mixes a drink for a customer at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper ...
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Skiing In Seefeld 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing In Seefeld 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of men and women go cross-country skiing in Seefeld, Austria, 1985. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate S...
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Campbell Falls Picnic 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Campbell Falls Picnic 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachusetts, USA, 1959. 20 x 20" inches ...
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A Colourful Crew 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A Colourful Crew 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda, June 1970. 30 x 20" inches / 61 x...
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Skiing in Vail 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing in Vail 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of skiers standing next to snow covered trees in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size Estat...
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Stocking Island, Bahamas 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Stocking Island, Bahamas 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A high angle view of people swimming next to the ketch ‘Traveler II’ , Stocking Island, Bahamas, 1964. 16 x 20" inches / ...
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A Poolside Story 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A Poolside Story 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Composite contact sheet of the Kaufmann House in Palm Springs 1970. 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size Estate Stamped Coll...
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Skiers in Lech 1979 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers in Lech 1979 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Skiers line up for a hike to ski resort Zurs from Lech, Austria, February 1979 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size Estate Sta...
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Laguna Beach Surfers 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Laguna Beach Surfers 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A surfer in the sea at Laguna Beach, California, January 1970 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Colle...
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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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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.
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