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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Artist: Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons, 'Poolside Backgammon' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972.
Slim Aarons
Poolside Backgammon
1972
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons, 'Il Pellicano Pool' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The seaside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, September 1986.
Slim Aarons
Il Pellicano Pool
1986
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Estate signature stamped and hand numb...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons, 'Camelback Inn' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A view of the Camelback Inn, Scottsdale Arizona, April 1967.
Slim Aarons
Camelback Inn
1967
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Slim Aarons, 'Phil Richards' Pool' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A poolside party at Phil Richards' home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 1970.
Slim Aarons
Phil Richards' Pool
1970
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Slim Aarons, 'Pool By The Sea' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A swimming pool and lounge deck over the sea at Angra Dos Reis, Brazil, 1985.
Slim Aarons
Pool By The Sea
1985
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Sunbathing In Barbados' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The former Pauline Haywood sunbathing on a lilo in a swimming pool designed by English artist Oliver Messel, Barbados, April 1976. Her family owned Haywood's Plantation.
Slim Aaron...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Slim Aarons, 'Pool At El Venerol' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at 'El Venerol', the villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala, Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
Slim Aarons
Pool At El Venerol
1967
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Slim Aarons, 'Swimmers At Las Brisas' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests in the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
Slim Aarons
Swimmers At Las Brisas
1972
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Skiers on the Slopes of Sugarbush - Skiers on Mountain Range in Vermont
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Skiers on the Slopes of Sugarbush - Skiers on Mountain Range in Vermont by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edi...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons, 'Arturo Pani's Villa' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The swimming pool at Arturo Pani's villa, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968.
Slim Aarons
Arturo Pani's Villa
1984
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Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edi...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Aerial Miami Beach 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Aerial Miami Beach 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A helicopter carrying tourists hovers over the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach, Florida, April 1972.
40 x 60" inches / 101 x...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Desert House Party' (Poolside Series, Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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. Helen Dzo Dzo is seen in t...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Porto Ercole Watercraft, 1969 - Crystal Waters Italian Coastline Tuscany Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Porto Ercole Watercraft, 1969 - Crystal Waters Italian Coastline Tuscany Hotel by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Chateau Saint-Martin 1986 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Chateau Saint-Martin 1986 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Breakfast on the verandah of the Chateau Saint-Martin, a luxury hotel in Vence on the Cote d’Azur, France, 1986. The building ...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Poolside Poodle Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Poodle
1970
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Josep...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Sea Drive Slim Aarons Limited Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sea Drive
1967
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ across the harbour at Nassau....
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Cabot Family 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cabot Family 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Mrs Henry Cabot Jnr with her children (left to right) Henry Bromfield Cabot III, Camilla Foote Cabot and Andrew Hull Cabot, sitting on...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
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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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in ...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
El Venero 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
El Venero 1967
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967
Produced from the original tran...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Apres Ski' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at the bar on top of peak KT-22, Squaw Valley, California, 1961. Second from right is American lawyer and businessman Alexander Cochrane Cushing ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Sailing In The Bahamas 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sailing In The Bahamas 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A high angle view showing a formation of sailing boats in the Bahamas, 1964.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 102 cm paper size
Es...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Verbier Skier Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Verbier Skier
A blonde skier on the slopes at Verbier, February 1964.
20 × 16 inches - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed in 202...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment, Color
Slim Aarons 'Golf Spectators' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A man wearing a bathrobe stands among the spectators at the Seminole Golf Club, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Golf Spectators
1955
Fiber Print
Estate signature stamped and hand ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Pairs' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, Janu...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons George Hamilton St Tropez
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
George Hamilton Saint-Tropez, 1977
C Print
40 x 30 inches
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity.
American actor George Hamilton holidays ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
On the Slopes of Sugarbush, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This midcentury landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a midcentury chalet with a view at the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Vermont i...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Yacht Holiday Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Yacht Holiday
Tanned bodies on the deck of Dino Pecci Blunt’s yacht in Marbella, 1967.
Gorgeous print measuring a very large 40 x 30 inches / ca 101 x ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
At Lyford Cay (1962) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
At Lyford Cay (1962) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Guests sunbathing by the pool at the Lyford Cay Club in the Lyford Cay gated community on New Providence Islan...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Bermudan Hostess (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bermudan Hostess (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Polly Trott Hornburg in front of her father’s typical Bermudian house. She is wearing her own design of Tha...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Bermudan Hostess (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bermudan Hostess (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Polly Trott Hornburg in front of her father’s typical Bermudian house. She is wearing her own design of Tha...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
'Beverly Hills Hotel' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Edition Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Sunshades and sun loungers by the swimming pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel,
Beverly Hills, Calif...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, C Print
Coward And Chums (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Coward And Chums (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Mr and Mrs Samuel B Webb in their trophy room at their home in Vermont. The room conta...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Color, Archival Pigment
Poolside Entertaining, 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 guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Monocled Miss, 1964 - Breakfast in Bed New York Hotel Renata Boeck German Model
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Monocled Miss, 1964 - Breakfast in Bed New York Hotel Renata Boeck German Model by Slim Aarons
16" x 16" print on 16" x 20" paper.
Limited Edition Premium Collection Estate Stamped ...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Slim Aarons 'Catch Up By the Pool' Kaufmann Desert House
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A desert house in Palm Springs designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar Kaufman. Lita Baron approaches Nelda Linsk, right, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk who is talking to a friend, Hel...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticke...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Art
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Lambda
McMartin Villa 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
McMartin Villa 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests around the pool at Elephant Walk, Duncan McMartin’s villa in Bermuda, September 1977.
20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper si...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, 'Chateau St. Jean' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests around the pool at the Chateau St. Jean, owned by Rosemarie Kanzler Marcie Riviere, Cap Ferrat, France, September 1973.
Slim Aarons
Chateau St. Jean
1973
C print (Printed lat...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Polo World Cup' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Polo World Cup at St Moritz, February 1989.
Slim Aarons
Polo World Cup
1989
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Portofino Harbour' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The harbour in the Ligurian town of Portofino, August 1977.
Slim Aarons
Portofino Harbour
1977
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Leonard Dalsemer' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974.
Slim Aarons
Leonard Dalsemer
1974
C print (Printed later)
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Bermuda Idyll' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Mrs Frank McMahon and guests around the pool at her seaside home in Bermuda, 1977.
Slim Aarons
Bermuda Idyll
1977
C print (Printed later)
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Corfu Picnic' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Ina Verogiani, Lisa Pallavicinos, Daphne Pallavicinos, Nicolas Pallavicinos and Yolande Scheres picnic in an olive grove on the Greek island of Corfu, 1987.
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Corfu Picn...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Apres Ski' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at the bar on top of peak KT-22, Squaw Valley, California, 1961. Second from right is American lawyer and businessman Alexander Cochrane Cushing ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Beach At St. Tropez' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathers on the beach at St. Tropez, France, 1977.
Slim Aarons
Beach At St. Tropez
1977
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with ce...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Neo-Classical Pool' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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.
Slim Aarons
Neo-Classi...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'North Conway Sleigh' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1955, An open sleigh taking skiers to Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, USA.
Slim Aarons
North Conway Sleigh
1955
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Cavallo Coast' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
August 1984: A fleet of yachts at anchor off the sunny Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica.
Slim Aarons
Cavallo Coast
1984
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped an...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Island Paradise' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
August 1984: Topless swimmers on a rocky promontory of the Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica.
Slim Aarons
Island Paradise
1984
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamp...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Safra Estate' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
July 1991: A view from the garden at La Leopolda, the estate of banker Edmond J Safra and his wife Lily, at Villefranche-sur-Mer in the south of France.
Slim Aarons
Safra Estate
1...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Acapulco Pool' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Architect Arturo Pani and his wife by their swimming pool at home in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1971.
Slim Aarons
Acapulco Pool
1971
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stampe...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Arriving In Style' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Mike Phipps arriving for lunch at the Guinness house in Manalapan, Palm Beach.
Slim Aarons
Arriving In Style
1960
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbere...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Surfing Brothers' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey's Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association) in Newport, circa 1965. Their father introduced the sport to the club in the 1...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Early Riders' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Former mayor Frank Bogert leads an early-morning ride through Andreas Canyon in Palm Springs, southern California, January 1970.
Slim Aarons
Early Riders
1970
C print (Printed lat...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Acapulco Villa' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
January 1968: Las Brisas, the home of Eustaquio Escandon in Acapulco. It is where Henry Kissinger spent his honeymoon.
Slim Aarons
Acapulco Villa
1968
C print (Printed later)
Est...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Marbella House Party' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967.
Slim Aarons
Marbella House Party
1967
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Palm Beach Pagoda' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Cynthia Eichler (sitting) with Vicky Schaft Bruder (centre) and Cathy Tankoos (Mrs Joseph Tankoos) by the Chinese teahouse on Everglades Island in Palm Beach, Florida, April 1985. Th...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'La Barranca' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bandleader Teddy Stauffer (1909 - 1991) at La Barranca, Warren Avis' villa in Acapulco, January 1971.
Slim Aarons
La Barranca
1971
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
Slim Aarons, 'Porto Ercole' Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Boating in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1969.
Slim Aarons
Porto Ercole
1969
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of aut...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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C Print
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- 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.
- 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.