Slim Aarons Art
American, 1916-2006
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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Size: Large
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Period: 1950s
Artist: Slim Aarons
'Beverly Hills Cop' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Cop' 1952
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
American policeman Lee R Hathaway with his car on Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Palm Beach Street (Slim Aarons Estate)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953.
C print
12 x 10 inches
Framed
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticit...
Category
1950s American Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Beauty and the Beast 1959 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Beauty and the Beast - Oversize
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford’s home in Palm Beach, Florida...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
'Lady Hamilton' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lady Hamilton' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
Lady Hamilton rests in the shade of a tree, in the company of a Kenyan tribe.
(Photo b...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles
1956 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Bermudan Hostess
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Bermudan Hostess - Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Polly Trott Hornburg in front of her father’s typical Bermudian house. She is wearing her own design of Thaibok slacks and shirt for a ride in an open carriage, Bermuda, 1957 (Photo by Slim Aarons).
This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the period's wealthy and famous, beautifully documented by Aarons. In his words, he loved to photograph 'attractive people in attractive places, doing attractive things'.
A beautiful and classic Slim Aarons C-type photograph (unframed).
Limited edition to 150 only
numbered and stamped
by The Slim Aarons Estate on verso.
Supplied with certificate of authenticity.
Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm’s paper size.
Stamped by the Estate on right and numbered in ink on left - limited edition to 150 only.
Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source.
FRAMING:
Please note that this piece is unframed – however, we offer a full framing service.
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fashion 50s 1950s mid 50s ladies fashion pink shirt bright pink shirt chequered trousers pearl necklace gold summer shoes feminine charming elegant elegance portamento signorile Thaibok slacks carrozza con cavalli horse ride horse carriage open carriage horses Bermuda historic houses heritage properties listed British Overseas Territory North Atlantic Ocean Hamilton Bermudan...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons - Esther Williams In Florida - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Esther Williams In Florida - Estate Stamped
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). American swimmer and actress Esther Williams by the pool with f...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Junior Skier 1955 New England Skiing - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Junior Skier (New England Skiing) - Oversize
A freckled member of the Junior Skiing Program in North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Sundowners, Cannes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sundowners
1958
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
CAPTION: Two bikini-clad holidaymakers enjoy a glass of wi...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Katharine Hepburn 1953
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.
Slim Aa...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955 (Photo by Slim Aarons)
This photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Print - New England Skiing Starters 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - New England Skiing Starters - Oversize
A young skier prefers to carry his skis down the slope in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin print
paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm
unframed
printed later
edition size 150 only
certificate of authenticity supplied
numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front
Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
b/w black and white winter...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Excelsior 1957
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Excelsior - Oversize
The beach front of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955 (Photo by Slim Aarons)
This photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Palm Beach Idyll
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Palm Beach Idyll- Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA (Photo by Slim Aarons).
This photograph epi...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Print - New England Skiing 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - New England Skiing - Oversize
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin print
paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm
unframed
printed later
edition size 150 only
certificate of authenticity supplied
numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front
Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
b/w black and white winter...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire.
This is an estate stampe...
Category
1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons - Boats Before The Excelsior - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Boats Before The Excelsior - Estate Stamped
Boats moored before the Excelsior Hotel on The Lido in Venice, Italy, 1957. (Phot...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Beverly Hills Cop 1952
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Beverly Hills Cop
American policeman Lee R Hathaway with his car on Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
(Photo...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Relaxing At Lake Tahoe 1959 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Relaxing at Lake Tahoe - Oversize
A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
pap...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - New England Skiing - Oversize c print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955 (Photo by Slim Aarons)
This photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons - Family Snapper - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Family Snapper - Estate Stamped
Babe Paley (Mrs William Paley) by the pool. Her husband, William Paley is snapping the photographer at their cottage, Round Hill, Jamai...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Palm Beach Idyll
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Palm Beach Idyll- Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA (Photo by Slim Aarons).
This photograph epi...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
'Lake Tahoe Couple' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lake Tahoe Couple' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
A couple relax at a swimming pool in the summer sunshine near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks t...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Satin Seduction 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Satin Seduction - Oversize
Film star Diana Dors (Diana Fluck) (1931 – 1984) in blonde bombshell pose on a satin covered bed.
(...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition - New York Lights
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150).
A set of traffic lights on Park Avenue in New York City.
This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the p...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons - Beverly Hills Hotel - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Beverly Hills Hotel - Estate Stamped
The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
This photograph epitomises the travel s...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955 (Photo by Slim Aarons)
This photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Palm Beach Idyll
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Palm Beach Idyll- Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA (Photo by Slim Aarons).
This photograph epi...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons - Etton-Harrow Match - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Etton-Harrow Match - Estate Stamped
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150).
Lord’s achieves its sartorial and social pinnacle for a school event –...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons - Equestrian Entrance - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
1957: Madame de la Haye-Jousselin on her horse at the gates to her chateau in Normandy. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
C-type print from the original transparency held at the G...
Category
1950s Contemporary Slim Aarons Art
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 Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons - Beverly Hills Pool Party - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Beverly Hills Pool Party - Estate Stamped
A party by James Pendleton’s pool in Beverly Hills, California, 1952. Pendleton’s house was later bought by Hollywood director Robert Evans...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
'Skiing Holiday' 1950 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skiing Holiday' 1950 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break from skiing near Gstaad with C...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print
'Junior Skier (New England Skiing)' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Junior Skier (New England Skiing)' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A freckled member of the Junior Skiing Program in North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955.
Silver Gelatin Fib...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Beauty Queen' 1955- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beauty Queen' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
Cosmetics queen Helena Rubinstein (1870 – 1965), third from right, at her Park Avenue, New York apartment with her hus...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons - The Carlton Hotel - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Carlton Hotel by Slim Aarons
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955. Printed Later.
Another gorgeous and typically 'Slim' p...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'New England Skiing Starters' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'New England Skiing Starters' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
A young skier prefers to carry his skis down the slope in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Eton Vs Harrow' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Eton Vs Harrow' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Silver Gelatin Print
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authenticity supplied
Archive stamped and numbered in ink on the front
Paper size 16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm
Printed 2020
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE :
12 x 12 / 30 x 30 cm
16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm
20 x 20 / 50 x 50 cm
30 x 30 / 76 x 76 cm
40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm
50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm
FRAMING:
Please note that this piece is unframed –
however, we offer a full framing service.
If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote.
Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
b/w black and white cricket sport...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
La Dolce Vita: Vuccino & Rava in Capri, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carla Vuccino, wearing a blue swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava in green. Both wear vintage bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on the deep marine blue waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy, 1958.
Slim Aarons
La Dolce Vita: Vuccino & Rava
Capri, Italy
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
From a recent Vogue article on the photography of Slim Aarons: "The iconic Capri is always teeming with a variety of hotels, each more beautiful than the last. A stone's throw from the Villa Malaparte from Jean-Luc Godard's movie Contempt, the Faraglioni cliffs plunging into the turquoise of the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the colorful houses that climb the bay. The Hotel Punta Tragara was one of Slim Aarons' favorite spots in Italy."
# Vintage Capri, Vintage dolce vita, Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Poolside...
Category
1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Palm Beach Idyll
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Palm Beach Idyll- Estate Stamped Edition
Printed Later
Limited to 150 only
A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA (Photo by Slim Aarons).
This ...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the main group stand a second group of people talking...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s maritime photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda.
This is an es...
Category
1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Soho Waiters Race (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square to Greek Street, in London's Soho, 1955
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 1...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955 (Photo by Slim Aarons)
This photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire.
This is an estate stampe...
Category
1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Campbell Falls Picnic, Massachusetts, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family enjoying a picnic on the bank of the Whiting River near Campbell Falls, Massachu...
Category
1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - A Helping Hand 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - A Helping Hand - Oversize
Former ski instructor Herman Ostermaier gives a helping hand to a member of the Junior Skiing Program in North Conway, New Hamps...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Ski Instructors Only 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Ski Instructors Only
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked ‘Ski Instructors Only’ in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin print
paper size 16 x 16" inches / 40 x 40 cm
unframed
printed later
edition size 150 only
certificate of authenticity supplied
numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front
Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
b/w black and white winter...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Beauty And The Beast 1959 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - George Cameron - Oversize
Mrs. George (Daphne) Cameron sits on a tiger pelt in the trophy room of Laddie Sanford’s Palm Beac...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Spear Fishing In San Diego 1956
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Spear Fishing In San Diego
A spear fisherman in a mask, snorkel and wetsuit, with two boys on a beach in San Diego, Cal...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Nicholsons
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Nicholsons
Cafe Nicholson in New York, 1959 (Photo by Slim Aarons).
Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collec...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Venetian Play
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) directing Othello on location in Venice.
Slim Aarons
Venetian Play
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
Category
1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, circa 1955 (Photo by Slim Aarons)
This photogr...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Campbell Falls
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
A family enjoying a picnic at Campbell Falls, Massachusetts, 1959
Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dubonnet Dinner, French Riviera, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a formal dinner organised by Dubonnet on the French Riviera.
This is an estate stamped a...
Category
1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
Materials
Lambda
Dubonnet Dinner, French Riviera, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a formal dinner organised by Dubonnet on the French Riviera.
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Marian Anderson, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American contralto Marian Anderson during the filming for 'The Ford 50th Anniversary Show...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025Slim Aarons is arguably the best-known photographer of the rich and famous, although many other photographers have also taken photos of celebrities. However, Aarons stands out for having captured the 20th century’s international jet set and creating images that are at once candid and polished. Some notable people he immortalized in his images include Lauren Bacall, Tony Curtis, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Princess Grace of Monaco, Jackie Kennedy, Imelda Marcos and Mick Jagger. Find a variety of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer of Palm Springs was Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Palm Beach and other luxurious settings around the globe. 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. Find a selection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025The famous photographer Slim is Slim Aarons. An American photographer, he 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. 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. Shop a collection of Slim Aarons photography on 1stDibs.