Slim Aarons, Snorkellers in Spain, 1954
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
For more than a decade, IFAC Arts has placed Slim Aarons photographs in private collections worldwide.
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1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Spain
Slim Aarons, Snorkellers in Spain, 1954
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
For more than a decade, IFAC Arts has placed Slim Aarons photographs in private collections worldwide.
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'El Venero, Marbella, Spain'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1971. Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous both b...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'El Venero, Marbella, Spain'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'El Venero, Marbella, Spain'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1971. Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous both b...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Snorkellers in Spain, 1954 20z16"
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
For more than a decade, IFAC Arts has placed Slim Aarons photographs in private collections worldwide.
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
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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1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Swimming In Spain Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Swimming In Spain 1970 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Swimming and snorkelling in the bay at the Hostal De La Gavina, in S’agaro, Costa Brava, Spain, July 1970 ...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Marbella House Party' Spain (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
About Slim Aarons: Slim Aarons (1916–2006) was the preeminent chronicler of high society, capturing the world’s elite in sun-drenched luxury from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Yacht Holiday (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Category
1960s Realist Nude Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbella House Party - Spain - Slim Aarons 20th century color photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Marbella House Party' Spain (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'El Venero'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1971. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing attractive people do...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, El Venero
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1971. Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous both b...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons, Vane's Villa
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Vane's Villa, 1987 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Guests at Vane Ivanovic's villa in Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Sp...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Dali And Gala (1955) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dali And Gala (1955) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) enjoying a cup of coffee with his wife Gala (1894 – 1982) on a terra...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Vane's Villa, 1987 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Guests at Vane Ivanovic's villa in Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Sp...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Vane's Villa, 1987 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Guests at Vane Ivanovic's villa in Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Sp...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Vane's Villa, 1987 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Guests at Vane Ivanovic's villa in Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Sp...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
El Venero, Marbella, Spain (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1971. Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous both b...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Vane's Villa, Majorca 1987, Slim Aarons Estate Limited Edition Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests at Vane Ivanovic's villa in Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Spain, 1987. Slim Aarons Vane's Villa 1987 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition o...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
El Venero, Marbella, Spain
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1971. Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous both b...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbella Club, Estate Edition (Andalucia, Spain)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Pool at Porto Rotundo, an Estate Edition photograph, is a newly available vintage scene of the swimming pool of the Marbella Club, in Andalucia, Spain, looking out over ...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbella Club, Estate Edition (Andalucia, Spain)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Pool at Porto Rotundo, an Estate Edition photograph, is a newly available vintage scene of the swimming pool of the Marbella Club, in Andalucia, Spain, looking out over ...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbella Club, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a guest taking a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain.
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbella Club, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a guest taking a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain.
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbella Club, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a guest taking a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain.
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbella Club, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a guest taking a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain.
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbella Club, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a guest taking a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain.
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbella Club, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a guest taking a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain.
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marbella Club, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a guest taking a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain.
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsMarbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1967 - printed later
$1,800
Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsMarbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1967 - printed later
$2,400
Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsMarbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1967 - printed later
$3,000
Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsMarbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1967-printed later
$3,600
Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain.
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsMarbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1967-printed later
$2,400
Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain.
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsMarbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1967-printed later
$3,000
Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain.
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsMarbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1967-printed later
$1,800
Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain.
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsMarbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1967-printed later
$3,900
Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain.
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsMarbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1967-printed later
$5,400
Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain.
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim AaronsMarbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1967-printed later
$4,200
Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain.
Category
1960s Realist Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside In Sotogrande, Spain, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside In Sotogrande, Spain, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside In Sotogrande, Spain, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside In Sotogrande, Spain, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marques Of Casa Torres, Spain, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 w...
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marques Of Casa Torres, Spain, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 w...
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marques Of Casa Torres, Spain, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 w...
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Marques Of Casa Torres, Spain, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 w...
Category
1970s American Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside In Sotogrande, Spain, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside In Sotogrande, Spain, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside In Sotogrande, Spain, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Poolside In Sotogrande, Spain, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas. This is an estate-stamped and hand-numbered...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Vane's Villa, Majorca 1987, Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests at Vane Ivanovic's villa in Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Spain, 1987. Slim Aarons Vane's Villa 1987 C print (Printed later) Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition o...
Category
1980s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Spanish artist Salvador Dali enjoys a cup of coffee on the terrace of the Ritz Hotel, Madri...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Spanish artist Salvador Dali enjoys a cup of coffee on the terrace of the Ritz Hotel, Madri...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Spanish artist Salvador Dali enjoys a cup of coffee on the terrace of the Ritz Hotel, Madrid.
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Spanish artist Salvador Dali enjoys a cup of coffee on the terrace of the Ritz Hotel, Madri...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Lambda
Yacht Holiday 1967, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Yacht Holiday' by Slim Aarons Tanned bodies on the deck of Dino Pecci Blunt’s yacht in Marbella, 1967.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Nude Photography
Materials
Lambda
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Slim AaronsSlim Aarons, Marbella Club, Andalucia 1976, Spain, c-print photo Hulton Archive, 1976, printed later
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H 30 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons, Marbella Club, Andalucia 1976, Spain, c-print photo Hulton Archive
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The swimming pool of the Marbella Club in Andalucia looks out over the sea, 1976. This photograph is from the Estate Limited Edition of 150 30x30” C-print, from the original transpa...
Category
1950s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons, Il Pellicano Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Vane's Villa, 1987 C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity Guests at Vane Ivanovic's villa in Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Sp...
Category
1960s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'El Venero, Marbella, Spain'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1971. Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous both b...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Lambda
'Marbella House Party' Spain (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Marbella House Party' Spain (Slim Aarons Estate Edition) Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Yacht Holiday' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Internal: Slim Aarons Marbella, Vintage Ocean Glamour, Vintage Sport, Yachting, Vintage Holiday, 60s, vintage glamour, vintage summer Ma...
Category
1960s Realist Nude Photography
Materials
Lambda
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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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