'Marbella House Party' Spain (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Archival Pigment
'Marbella House Party' Spain (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper
Archival Pigment
'Monte Carlo Pool' 1975 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand
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Slim Aarons 'La Canzone Del Mare' 1958 Official Limited 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
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Slim Aarons 'Pool At Las Hadas' 1974 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
/ 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
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Slim Aarons 'Hotel On Lake Como' 1983 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand
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Slim Aarons 'La Canzone Del Mare' 1958 Official Limited 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
Archival Pigment
'Saint-Tropez Beach' SLIM AARONS Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
x 122 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Curling At St. Moritz' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
aesthetic of aspirational living. Each Estate Edition print is an official release from the Slim Aarons
Archival Pigment
'Catherine Wilke' Capri 1980 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Having A Topping Time' 1959 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper
Archival Pigment
$4,200
'Fan Mail' Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
76 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025
Archival Pigment
'Barbados Bliss' 1976 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025
Archival Pigment
'Pantz Pool' OVERSIZE (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025
Archival Pigment
'Barbados Bliss' 1976 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025
Archival Pigment
'Desert House Party' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'Barbados Bliss' 1976 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 51 x 51 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'Beach In Bermuda' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
aspirational living. Each Estate Edition print is an official release from the Slim Aarons Archive, selected
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Slim Aarons - Count Simone Rucellai - 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
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Cricket in Antigua - 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
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Slim Aarons - Antigua Beach Club - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size
Archival Pigment
'Pebble Beach' California (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'California Garden Party' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to
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'California Garden Party' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to
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'California Garden Party' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to
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'Desert House Party' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of
Archival Pigment
'California Garden Party' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to
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'Abaco Islander' (Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size
Archival Pigment
'Eton-Harrow Match' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only
Archival Pigment
'New York Picnic' (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
Archival Pigment
'Stocking Island Bahamas' (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
Archival Pigment
'California Garden Party' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Dining Al Fresco - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only
Archival Pigment
$5,400
'Lake Tahoe Couple' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand
Archival Pigment
'Lake Tahoe Trip' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
/ ca 101 x 101 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025
Archival Pigment
'Porto Ercole' Italy (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / ca 101 x 76 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
Archival Pigment
'Kaufmann Desert House' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand
Archival Pigment
'Chateau St. Jean' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
61 cm's. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - A Colourful Crew
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Pool At Las Hadas' 1974 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
/ 102 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
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Slim Aarons 'Lyford Cay Fire Service' 1966 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand
Archival Pigment
$5,400
'Fan Mail' Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
101 cm paper size. Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing' 1973 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited
Archival Pigment
$4,200
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Waiting' 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Having A Topping Time' 1959 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper
Archival Pigment
$5,400
Slim Aarons 'Funk In Tuscany' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size
Archival Pigment
'Tennis In The Bahamas' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
inches / 76 x 76 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025
Archival Pigment
Summer In Monaco 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
/ 51 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in
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Black Pearl Trippers 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper
Archival Pigment
Nelda And Friends 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand-numbered
Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Pagoda 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed
Archival Pigment
Palm Springs Party 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of
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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