Slim Aarons 'Swimming In Bermuda' 1977 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Swimming In Bermuda' Guests on Sidney Gould's 'Sea Quest' boat take a dip in the ocean, Bermuda, September 1977. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Colle...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Caleta Beach, Acapulco' 1968 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Caleta Beach, Acapulco' A couple walk on Caleta Beach holding hands, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel' 1980 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Il Pellicano Hotel' Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate S...
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Slim Aarons 'Algarve Hotel Pool' 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Algarve Hotel Pool' Guests in the pool at the Algarve Hotel, the Algarve, Portugal, 1970 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
Archival Pigment
$4,200
Slim Aarons 'Casa Las Estacas' 1979 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Casa Las Estacas' Gunzburg's pool at the Casa Las Estacas, in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, April 1979. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate ...
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Slim Aarons 'Pool At Bouldereign' 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool At Bouldereign' Guests round the pool at Bouldereign, Carl Hovgard's home in Carefree, Arizona, January 1973. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Coll...
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Slim Aarons 'Harriet at Mougins' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Harriet at Mougins' 1957: Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France. 30x30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing In Arizona' 1967 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing In Arizona' A woman sunbathing nude by Tom Darlington's pool in Carefree, Arizona, April 1967. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection E...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Street' 1953 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Palm Beach Street' Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953. 20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Pho...
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Slim Aarons 'Hotel Il Pellicano' 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Il Pellicano' The beachside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edit...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Saint-Tropez Beach' 1971 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Saint-Tropez Beach' The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo b...
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Slim Aarons 'Porto Ercole Beach' 1991 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole Beach' A quiet stretch of coastline in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, July 1991. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo ...
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Slim Aarons 'Poolside Chez Holder' 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Chez Holder' Guests by the pool at Albin Holder’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, May 1970. 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped 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...
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Slim Aarons 'Poolside In Kenya' 1958 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside In Kenya' A woman sits at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Phot...
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Slim Aarons 'Lounging In Gstaad' 1961 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Gstaad' Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
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Verbier Vacation 1964 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped 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...
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'Il Canille' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101 cm's paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of...
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Verbier Vacation 1964 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped 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...
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Catherine Wilke 1980 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped 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...
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El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped 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...
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Garden Party Huge Oversize Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Huge oversize 60 x 60" inches / 152 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of p...
Archival Pigment
$5,400
Tennis At Newport Casino Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped 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...
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Acapulco Villa Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Acapulco Villa' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print Las Brisas, the home of Eustaquio Escandon in Acapulco, January 1968.
Color, Archival Pigment
Penthouse Pool 1961 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped 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
Verbier Vacation 1964 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped 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
El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped 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
Verbier Vacation 1964 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped 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
El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped 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
$5,400
Slim Aarons 'La Concha Beach Club' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'La Concha Beach Club' Bathers at La Concha Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
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'John Rawlings' 1950 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'John Rawlings' 1950, Fashion photographer John Rawlings (1912 – 1970) on the beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Chalet Costi' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Chalet Costi' Skiers outside the Chalet Costi in Zermatt, 1968. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed ...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Yachting Trip' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Yachting Trip' Selvaggia Borromeo wades ashore from her yacht during a holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, August 1967. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Sta...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Verbier Vacation' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Verbier Vacation' Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Sli...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Cannes Watersports' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Cannes Watersports' Holidaymakers waterskiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Pho...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Leonard Dalsemer' 1974 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Leonard Dalsemer' Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collec...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Hotel Excelsior' 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Excelsior' The beach front of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Alpine Skiing' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Alpine Skiing' Skiers waiting for the cable car at Verbier in Switzerland, 1964. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Verbier View' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Verbier View' Skiers admire the view across a valley of clouds at Verbier, 1964. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Tram Turntable' 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tram Turntable' A tram being manually rotated on a turntable in San Francisco, California, 1960. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Winter Suntans' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Winter Suntans' Young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad. 1961. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aar...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Satin Seduction' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Satin Seduction' 1955: Film star Diana Dors (Diana Fluck) (1931 – 1984) in blonde bombshell pose on a satin covered bed. 30x30 inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped C...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Hotel Sports' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Sports' 1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by...
Color, Archival Pigment
'El Venero' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'El Venero' El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Underwater Drink' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Underwater Drink' A woman drinking from a coconut underwater in the pool at Las Brisas Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate ...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Sugarbush Skiing' 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sugarbush Skiing' Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Vila Vera' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Vila Vera' The bar at the Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club in Acapulco, January 1968. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
Color, Archival Pigment
'Checkered Flag' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Checkered Flag' The checkered flag signals the end of the race during the 1963 Nassau Speed Week. 30x40 inches / 76 x 102 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
Color, Archival Pigment
$5,400
Beach At Saint Tropez 1977 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tropez, France, 1977. 60x40” / 152 x 101 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless o...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Nice Pool' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nice Pool' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print 1955.
Color, Archival Pigment
$3,900
Beach At Saint Tropez 1977 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tropez, France, 1977. 30x20” / 76x51 cm - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of pa...
Archival Pigment
$3,900
Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 20 x 30 inches / 51 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Han...
Archival Pigment
'Megachess' 1993 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...
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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Staying At The Carlton
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...
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Nice Spot For Lunch - 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...
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Hotel Il San Pietro
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...
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Snorkelling In The Shallows
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...
Color, 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.
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