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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Period: 1970s
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Artist: Slim Aarons
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Mustique Tranquility, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meg O'Neill, a writer for Town and Country magazine, relaxing by the infinity pool at Colin Tennant's home on the West Indies island of Mustique, February 1989.
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Holiday in Mustique, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pierre Vincent Marais and his wife Isabelle holiday with friends at Gelliceaux House, their home on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines, February 1...
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Mustique, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines.
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Mustique, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines.
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Buckleys in Switzerland, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American author and journalist William F. Buckley Jr. and his wife Patricia take a sleigh ride from the Chateau de Rougemont in Switzerland, 1986.
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Buckleys in Switzerland, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American author and journalist William F. Buckley Jr. and his wife Patricia take a sleigh ride from the Chateau de Rougemont in Switzerland, 1986.
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Poolside Scenery, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Li...
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Hotel Taormina, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Hotel Taormina, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage depiction of the seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina in Taormina, Sicily, August 1975...
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Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc' 1976 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
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Slim Aarons 'Helen & Nelda by the Pool' 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Helen & Nelda by the Pool'
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (left) talking to Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, Califo...
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Slim Aarons 'Abercorns On Windermere' 1980 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Abercorns On Windermere'
James and Alexandra Hamilton, the 5th Duke and Duchess of Abercorn holiday on Windermere Island in the Bahamas, with their children Sophia and James, April...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Natale Rusconi' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Natale Rusconi'
Natale Rusconi riding a Hotel Cipriani motor launch with the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore on San Giorgio Maggiore island beyond, in Venice, Italy, in September 19...
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Hotel Taormina, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Hotel Taormina, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage depiction of the seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina in Taormina, Sicily, August 1975.
Visual Description: This iconic photograph features rugged a swimming pool and sunkissed rocks alongside boats in sparkling turquoise water. More geological formations can be seen below the surface of the sea.
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, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Saint-Tropez, France is a glamorous vacation destination west of Nice and east of Marseille in the Var...
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Slim Aarons 'Saint-Tropez Swimmer' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A topless swimmer in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971.
Saint-Tropez Seafront, 1970
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cer...
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Catherine Wilke Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke
1980
by Slim Aarons
printed 2023
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers – along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Catherine Wilke 1980 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke 1980
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
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'Catherine Wilke' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke' 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1980. Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
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Eden-Roc Pool Hotel du Cap 1976 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc 1976
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size.
Photo by Slim Aarons
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Slim Aarons 'Donna Stefanella' (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Donna Stefanella
1984
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Donna Stefanella Vanni ...
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Slim Aarons 'Mustique Hammock' (Slim Aarons Estate)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
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Slim Aarons 'Mustique Hammock' (Slim Aarons Estate)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
March 1973: Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Abaco Islander 1986 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Abaco Islander
Author Chester Thompson at work in his coconut grove on the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas, March 1986. His ancester Wyannie Malone settled on the islands in 1783, foun...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print, Color
September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direct...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing In Burgenstock'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Sunbathing In Burgenstock
1955
C print
estate edition of 150
Lilian Hanson, sunbathing by a pool at the Brgenstock Resort in Can...
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Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1970 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
A view from a hillside in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, southeastern France, looking toward Monaco, August 1970.
40x30” / 76x101 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Col...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Rockefeller brothers in their Radio City, New York office. Left to right, Laurance (1910 - 2...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - All Aboard
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975.
Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 40" inches / ca 76.2 x 101.6 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Pho...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Poolside Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann
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, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism.
Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer. French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday."
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Poolside Party...
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Poolside Friendship, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Li...
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Palm Springs Life, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Li...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Portofino Villa, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel's villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Portofino, Italy, August 1977.
Portofino Villa
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Chromogenic L...
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'Casa Rosada, Ibiza' 1989 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Casa Rosada, Ibiza' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Artist Beth Batlle relaxes in the garden of her home 'Casa Rosada' with her friends Sylvia de Aragon, Mara Polo, and Carmen U...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Backstage At La Scala - Oversize
A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, Nov...
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1940s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Polo Party - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Polo Party
Paul Butler, patriarch of one of America’s foremost polo families, with his son, daughter, grandchildren and son-in-law, Palm Beach, April 1981. Left to right: Adam Butl...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Golfing Pals Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Golfing Pals
1977
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1977: At the 16th hole on Pebble Beach golf course, singer and film star Bing Crosb...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc 1976 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc 1976
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edit...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direct...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Poolside Waiting, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a waiter by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was...
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Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and Helen Dzo Dzo (second from right)
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, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism.
Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer. French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday."
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Palm Springs Party...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Poolside Chez Holder - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Chez Holder
Guests by the pool at Albin Holder’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, May 1970.
Slim Aarons Archival Pigment Print.
Printed 2025
Slim Aarons Estate Edition.
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Abaco Islander - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Abaco Islander
Author Chester Thompson at work in his coconut grove on the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas, March 1986. His ancester Wyannie Malone settled on the islands in 1783, foun...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lyford Cay Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lyford Cay
1974
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Lord and Lady Martonmere in the garden of the Villa El Mirador, their Lyford Cay home, ...
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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - All Aboard
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 40" inches / ca 76.2 x 101.6 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collectio...
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The Romanones Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Romanones
1976
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones, and her family sitting in the garden of her home in Spain.
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'Palm Springs Rodeo' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Palm Springs Rodeo' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Spectators watch from the stand as a contestant rides a bucking horse at the Palm Springs Mounted Police Rodeo, P...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons 'Neo-Classical Pool' 1984 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Neo-Classical Pool'
Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home of Boardman's parents in Palm Beach, Florida, 1985.
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Polo Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Polo Party
1981
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Paul Butler, patriarch of one of America’s foremost polo families, with his son, daughter, grandchildren and son-...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Countess On Deck Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Countess On Deck
1982
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982.
unfram...
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Slim Aarons 'Skiing In St. Moritz, Palace Hotel'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace Hotel sleigh on Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1983.
Slim Aarons
Skiing In St. Moritz
1983
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 w...
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Saint-Tropez Beach Estate Edition Photograph, French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Saint-Tropez Beach, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of sunbathers on the French Riviera, August 1971. Colorful coral red and mint green umbrellas shelte...
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Montecatini, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marie-Louise Scio at the Tettuccio Terme in Montecatini, Italy, June 1980.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons ...
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Count And Countess Jaime De Mora Y Aragon Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Count And Countess Jaime De Mora Y Aragon
1980
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Count and Countess (nee Margit Ohlson) Jaime de Mora y Ara...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features philanthropist and entertainment mogul Sir Run Run Shaw surrounded by the stars of Hong Ko...
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Slim Aarons 'Villa Borghese Lion' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Villa Borghese Lion'
A young girl eating ice cream while sitting on a sculpture of a lion on the grounds of the Villa Borghese in Rome, Italy, 1970.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Poolside Entertaining Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Entertaining
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. At far left is Lita Baron, Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, is wearing yellow in the centre, and Helen Dzo Dzo is wearing a white crochet outfit...
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Dining Al Fresco On Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dining al fresco on a terrace overlooking the wat...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons 'La Concha Beach Club' 1975 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'La Concha Beach Club'
Bathers at La Concha Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975.
40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size
Estate St...
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Slim Aarons 'George Hamilton' 1977 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'George Hamilton' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
American actor George Hamilton holidays in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1977.
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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.