Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Carlton Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Carlton Hotel The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Portofino - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Portofino 1985, The most exclusive fishing village in Italy, Portofino, on Italy’s Ligurian coast. 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Katharine Hepburn
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Katharine Hepburn American film star Katharine Hepburn driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size ...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Excelsior
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Excelsior The beach front of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957. 48x48" / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Plantation Cocoyer People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981. 72 x 48" inches / 183 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Portofino - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 30 x 40 inches / 76 x 102 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Olden - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) ...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Portofino - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Portofino 1985, The most exclusive fishing village in Italy, Portofino, on Italy’s Ligurian coast. 30x40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pebble Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 40 x 40" / 101 x 101 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Hand-nu...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Poolside Backgammon
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) Ha...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Andros Island
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Andros Island Friends prepare for a day snorkelling by Andros Island, Bahamas, 1957. 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size Estate Stamped Colle...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Zermatt Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Zermatt Skiing The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
Archival Pigment
Dolores Guinness Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dolores Guinness Dolores Guinness catches the sun’s last rays in Costa Smerelda, Sardinia, 1965. 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim ...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Rome Restaurant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 20 x 16 inches / 51 x 41 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
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Nicely Coiffed
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nicely Coiffed A poodle enters a barber shop on a street in Deauville, Normandy, France, 1970. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Deauville Casino
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Deauville Casino An exclusive gambling table at the casino in Deauville, France, 1970. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Poolside Backgammon
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Backgammon Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer
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) Hand...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Klosters - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 48 x 48" inches / 121 x 121 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) ...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Excelsior
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 48 x 48" inches / 121 x 121 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) ...
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Poolside Backgammon
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Backgammon Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972. 40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
Archival Pigment
'Yachting Trip' HUGE Oversize Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Our certified Archive Slim Aarons prints are produced as gloriously vivid C-type prints, utilising the original transparencies housed at the Archive.
C Print
'Verbier Vacation' Slim Aarons Perspex Print
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
'Hotel Il San Pietro' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
An exquisite LIMITED Edition Slim Aarons ESTATE PRINT numbered in ink to 150 only & emboss stamped on front.
C Print
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Harriet at Mougins
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harriet At Mougins Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France. 48x48" inches / 122 x 122 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by ...
Color, Archival Pigment
A Poolside Story Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A Poolside Story Composite contact sheet of the Kaufmann House in Palm Springs 1970. 20 x 24" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Prin...
Archival Pigment, Color
Venice Gondolas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island. 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons P...
Archival Pigment, Color
Christmas Swim Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Two children play in the background. 20 × 16 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (rega...
Archival Pigment, Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Dinner Jazz 1949
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper size) Ha...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Fontainebleau Car Park Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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
Polo World Cup Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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
Palm Beach Habituees Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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
Flamingos In Flight Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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
Palm Beach Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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
Skiers At Gstaad Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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
Pevero Golf Corse Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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 Punta Tragara Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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
Castello Di Paraggi Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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
Princess Lucy Ruspoli Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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
San Diego Gulls Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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
Skiers At Gstaad Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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
Dining In Gstaad Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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 In Sotogrande Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
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
Palm Beach Idyll Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper Size 40x40 inches 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 i...
Color, Archival Pigment
Newport Tennis Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paper size 20 x 20 inches / 51 x 51 cm Oversize Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of paper si...
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Man’s Work Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
He founded adult magazines, Playboy, VIp and Oui, 1960. 16×16 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2025 Limited to 150 ...
Archival Pigment, Color
La Coquille Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
La Coquille An aerial view of Palm Beach, Florida, 1955, showing La Coquille Hotel and its swimming pool 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo ...
Archival Pigment, Color
Pink Accessory Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pink Accessory Film star Joan Collins in a pink and white bedroom with an accessory pink poodle, circa 1955. 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Ph...
Archival Pigment, Color
Young Society Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Most of them are wearing a gaily coloured Lilly Pulitzer shift, April 1964. 16×16 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Printed in 2...
Archival Pigment, Color
Henley Regatta Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Henley Regatta Free mooring at the Angel Hotel at Henley-on-Thames on the River Thames, during the Henley Regatta, 1955. 20 x 24" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition...
Archival Pigment, Color
Hovgard Home Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hovgard Home Carl Hovgard’s home, Bouldereign in Carefree, Arizona, built around the boulders on a desert site, January 1973. 20 x 24" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Ed...
Archival Pigment, Color
Hugh Hefner Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hugh Hefner American publisher Hugh Hefner, founder of ‘Playboy’ magazine, surrounded by erotica at the Playboy Club in Chicago, 1961. 24 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Coll...
Archival Pigment, Color
Florida Palms Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Florida Palms A view of palm trees at a beach resort in Boca Raton, Florida, April 1978 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Slim Aarons Pr...
Archival Pigment, Color
Hugh Hefner Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hugh Hefner American publisher Hugh Hefner, founder of ‘Playboy’ magazine, surrounded by erotica at the Playboy Club in Chicago, 1961. 24 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Coll...
Archival Pigment, Color
Golfing Pals Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Golfing Pals At the 16th hole on Pebble Beach golf course, singer and film star Bing Crosby (in red) and A Thomas Taylor, 1977. 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collection ...
Archival Pigment, Color
Marbella Club Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marbella Club A guest takes a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain, 1976. 20 × 16 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Photo by Sli...
Archival Pigment, Color
Mara Lane Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane Austrian actress Mara Lane posing by the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in a red and white striped bathing costume, 1954. 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Co...
Archival Pigment, Color
Cavallo Coast Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cavallo Coast A fleet of yachts at anchor off the sunny Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica, 1984. 16×20 inches - paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 Phot...
Archival Pigment, Color
Gloria Schiff Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Gloria Schiff Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of Consuelo Crespi, with her pet dog and pet birds at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas, 1963. 20 x 20" - paper size Estate Stamped Collect...
Archival Pigment, Color
Jackie K Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jackie K Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie Onassis) (1929 – 1994) wife of Senator Jack Kennedy at an ‘April in Paris’ ball. 20 x 24" paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
Archival Pigment, Color
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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