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Slim Aarons, Skiing in Stowe

Slim Aarons, Skiing in Stowe

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "at...

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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waitress in Stowe'
Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waitress in Stowe'

Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waitress in Stowe'

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doi...

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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waitress in Stowe'
Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waitress in Stowe'

Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waitress in Stowe'

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doi...

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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waitress in Stowe'
Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waitress in Stowe'

Slim Aarons 'Skiing Waitress in Stowe'

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."

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1950s Modern Color Photography

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C Print

Slim Aarons, Skiing in Stowe, Two Women

Slim Aarons, Skiing in Stowe, Two Women

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."

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1950s Modern Color Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attr...

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1960s Modern Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)
Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

The property is owned by Doris Molliel, who stands to the left of the group. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing at...

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1960s Modern Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Skiing In Stowe Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print

Skiing In Stowe Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Skiing In Stowe 1962 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA,1962.

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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)
Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

The property is owned by Doris Molliel, who stands to the left of the group. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing at...

Category

1960s Modern Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Skiing In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Skiing In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

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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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Skiing In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Skiing In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

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 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Coll...

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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)
Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

The property is owned by Doris Molliel, who stands to the left of the group. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attractive people doing at...

Category

1960s Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attr...

Category

1960s Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attr...

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1960s Modern Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print  - Skiing In Stowe
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print  - Skiing In Stowe

Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Skiing In Stowe

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.

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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Skaal House In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Skaal House In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

Skaal House In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Skaal House In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The glass-fronted triangular Skaal House, lit up at night, in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, Vermont, 1962.

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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

On The Slopes In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
On The Slopes In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

On The Slopes In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

On The Slopes In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, V...

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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

On The Slopes In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
On The Slopes In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

On The Slopes In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

On The Slopes In Stowe 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, V...

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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

On The Slopes In Stowe Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print

On The Slopes In Stowe Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

On The Slopes In Stowe 1962 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the Stowe Mountain...

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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

On The Slopes In Stowe (Aarons Estate Edition)
On The Slopes In Stowe (Aarons Estate Edition)

On The Slopes In Stowe (Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attr...

Category

1960s Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Vermont Winter 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Vermont Winter 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

Vermont Winter 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Vermont Winter 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Students from Stowe Preparatory School track through deep snow near Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak, Vermont, circa 1960 20 x 20" i...

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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vermont Winter 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Vermont Winter 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

Vermont Winter 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Vermont Winter 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Students from Stowe Preparatory School track through deep snow near Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak, Vermont, circa 1960 30 x 30" i...

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1960s Modern Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Skiing Waiters, Stowe, Vermont

Slim AaronsSkiing Waiters, Stowe, Vermont, 1962

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H 20 in W 16 in

Skiing Waiters, Stowe, Vermont

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Staley-Wise Gallery offers photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images Archive in London. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Get...

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1960s Color Photography

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C Print

Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped

Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA, 1962.

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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped

Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA, 1962.

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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped

Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA, 1962.

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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Skiing In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant

Skiing In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Skiing In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) Two women in knitwear, leaning on ski sticks, while standing in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, Ve...

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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Skiing in Stowe, 1962 - American Ski Fashion Vermont Spruce Peak
Skiing in Stowe, 1962 - American Ski Fashion Vermont Spruce Peak

Skiing in Stowe, 1962 - American Ski Fashion Vermont Spruce Peak

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Skiing in Stowe, 1962 - American Ski Fashion Vermont Spruce Peak by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print.

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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Skaal House In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL

Skaal House In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Skaal House In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL (Photo By Slim Aarons) The glass-fronted triangular Skaal House, lit up at night, in the Stowe Mountain ski resort i...

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1960s Modern Landscape Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant

On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

On The Slopes In Stowe (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) Five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the Stowe Mo...

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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House, lit up at night, in the Stowe Mountain ski res...

Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House, lit up at night, in the Stowe Mountain ski res...

Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House, lit up at night, in the Stowe Mountain ski res...

Category

1960s Realist Figurative Photography

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Lambda

Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House, lit up at night, in the Stowe Mountain ski res...

Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Skaal House In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House, lit up at night, in the Stowe Mountain ski res...

Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the S...

Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the S...

Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the S...

Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the S...

Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the S...

Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Skier in Vermont, 1962 - Skier in Snow at Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont
Skier in Vermont, 1962 - Skier in Snow at Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont

Skier in Vermont, 1962 - Skier in Snow at Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Skier in Vermont, 1962 - Skier in Snow at Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont by Slim Aarons 16" x 20" print.

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20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Midcentury Modern Photograph Snowscape
Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Midcentury Modern Photograph Snowscape

Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Midcentury Modern Photograph Snowscape

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph This 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features students from Sto...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

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Slim Aarons Estate Print  - Skiing In Stowe

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Skiing In Stowe

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Skiing In Stowe Two women in knitwear, leaning on ski sticks, while standing in the Stowe Mountain ski resort in Stowe, Vermont, 1962.

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1960s Modern Color Photography

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C Print, Color

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons 'On The Slopes In Stowe' (Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attr...

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1960s Modern Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Skaal House, On The Slopes In Stowe (Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons, Skaal House, On The Slopes In Stowe (Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attr...

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes In Stowe (Aarons Estate Edition)

On The Slopes In Stowe (Aarons Estate Edition)

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing "attr...

Category

1960s Modern Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped

Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped

By Slim Aarons

Located in London, GB

Skiing In Stowe (1962) - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA, 1962.

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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

On The Slopes In Stowe (Estate Edition), Free Shipping
On The Slopes In Stowe (Estate Edition), Free Shipping

On The Slopes In Stowe (Estate Edition), Free Shipping

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

* We are pleased to represent the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150).

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1960s Realist Landscape Photography

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Lambda

Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph

Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph

By Slim Aarons

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph This 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features students from Sto...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

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On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate slim aarons stowe for your needs in our varied inventory. Adding a slim aarons stowe to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, black and more. Artworks like these — often created in archival pigment print, digital print and lambda print — can elevate any room of your home. A large slim aarons stowe can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 16 high and 12 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.

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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. 

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.

Find photographers you may not know in Introspective and The Study — where you’ll read about Berenice Abbott, who positioned herself atop skyscrapers for the perfect shot, or “conceptual artist-adventurer” Charles Lindsay, whose work combines scientific rigor with artistic expression, or Massimo Listri, known for his epic interiors of opulent Old World libraries. Photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron was given a Kodak camera as a child. Later, she shot on Polaroid film before buying her first 35mm camera in her teens. Barron's stunning portraits of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Warhol and other artists chronicle a crucial chapter of New York’s cultural history.

Throughout the past two centuries, photographers have used their medium to create expressive work that has resonated for generations. Shop a voluminous collection of this powerful fine photography on 1stDibs. Search by photographer to find the perfect piece for your living room wall, or spend some time with the work organized under various categories, such as landscape photography, nude photography and more.