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
Pop And Society - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pop And Society 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
From left to right; singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Abaco Islander 1986 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Donald Leas 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Author Chester Thompson at work in his coconut grove on the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas, March 1986. His ancester Wyannie Malone settl...
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Donald Leas 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Donald Leas 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Mr and Mrs Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida.
30 x 30" inches / 76...
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Skiers At Verbier 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiers At Verbier 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland.
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
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Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A view from a hillside in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, southeastern France, looking toward Monaco, August 1970.
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Mazatlan Mansion 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mazatlan Mansion 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Eldorado, the Redo family villa in Mazatlan, Mexico, January 1984
20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size
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Porto Ercole 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Porto Ercole 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy, ...
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Carriage Awaits 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Carriage Awaits 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Mrs Kenneth Appleton Ives with a horse and carriage outside her house in Bermuda, 1977.
12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm paper size
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My Toy 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
My Toy 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Member of the ‘Jolly Club’, Gabriele D’Annunzio, Prince Di Montenevoso at Vallelonga with his red Lola racing car. He is Chief Test Driver f...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Lady Hamilton 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lady Hamilton 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Lady Hamilton rests in the shade of a tree, in the company of a Kenyan tribe.
40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Bahamanian Hotel 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamanian Hotel 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A hotel on the coast at Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973.
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
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French Polo Crowd 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Polo Crowd 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 1950.
50 x 50" inches / 127 x 127 cm paper size
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New England Skiing Essentials 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing Essentials 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A couple prepare for a day’s skiing in New Hampshire, 1955.
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
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George Cameron 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dolores Guinness 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Dolores Guinness catches the sun’s last rays in Costa Smerelda, Sardinia.
16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size
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Pebble Beach Hunt 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pebble Beach Hunt 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Riders gather in the courtyard of Richard Collins’ House for the stirrup cup libation, before the start of the Pebble Beach Hunt ...
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Swimming In Bermuda 1977- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Swimming In Bermuda 1977- Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests on Sidney Gould’s ‘Sea Quest’ boat take a dip in the ocean, Bermuda, September 1977
30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper s...
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Dolores Guinness 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dolores Guinness 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Dolores Guinness catches the sun’s last rays in Costa Smerelda, Sardinia.
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
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Cortina D’Ampezzo 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Cortina D’Ampezzo 1962 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Skiers at Cortina D’Ampezzo in Italy, 1962. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
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Two-Tone Dress 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Two-Tone Dress 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A woman posing in a formal garden wearing a long, sleeveless, two-tone dress with a decorative bow at the waist, San Diego, Californ...
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Hotel Olden 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Olden 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
People carry their skis past the Hotel Olden in Gstaad, 1961.
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
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Pool In Palm Beach 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool In Palm Beach 1985 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Bathers in and around the pool at Mrs. Murray Goodman’s house in Palm Beach, Florida, April 1985
20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm p...
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Island Paradise 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Island Paradise 1984 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Topless swimmers on a rocky promontory of the Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica.
30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size
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CZ’s House 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
CZ’s House 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 – 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-fron...
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Spot The Ball 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Spot The Ball 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A polo match at the Myopia Hunt Club, Hamilton, Massachusetts. The club was so named because of the near-sightedness of its original ...
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Early Riders 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Early Riders 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Former mayor Frank Bogert leads an early-morning ride through Andreas Canyon in Palm Springs, southern California, January 1970.
30 x...
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French Stately Home 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Stately Home 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
The Comte de Paris, pretender to the French throne, with his wife the Comtesse and their children at their home, the Manoir du ...
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Riva Boats Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Riva Boats Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes, France, 1969 in front of four Riva motorboats.
30 x ...
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Giacomo Montegazza 1983 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Giacomo Montegazza 1983 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Giacomo and Stefania Montegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Casinella, on Lake Como, 1983.
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Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1976 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests standing by a white Rolls-Royce convertible courtesy car at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976
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Gloria Schiff 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Gloria Schiff 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of Consuelo Crespi, with her pet dog and pet birds at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas.
20 x 20" inches / 51...
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Hotel On Lake Como 1983 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel On Lake Como 1983 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
The swimming pool and jetty at the Villa d’Este Hotel, Lake Como, Italy, June 1983.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size
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Il Canille 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Il Canille 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Sunbathers lounge on the white-painted terrace of Il Canille, built into the rocks of Pizzolungo overlooking the waters off the coast of...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Art
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Ice Bar In Lech 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ice Bar In Lech 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Customers at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960.
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
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Mara Lane 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mara Lane 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Austrian actress Mara Lane posing by the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in a red and white striped bathing costume.
16 x 16" inches...
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Leisure In Antibes 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Leisure In Antibes 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Ri...
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Marisa Berenson 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marisa Berenson 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
American actress Marisa Berenson in Capri, 1968.
30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
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Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959.
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection E...
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Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Lake Tahoe Trip 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959.
40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection...
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Minnie Cushing 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Minnie Cushing 1965 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
American society girl Minnie Cushing carries her surfboard under her arm, September 1965.
20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size
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Molly Wilmot’s Pool 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Molly Wilmot’s Pool 1982 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
The swimming pool at the home of Molly Wilmot in Palm Beach, Florida, April 1982.
12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size
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New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955.
12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm paper size
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Muffy Bancroft 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Muffy Bancroft 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Mrs Thomas Bancroft Jnr (Peggy Bancroft) in the foyer of her Manhattan duplex, circa 1958.
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Motorboats In Antibes 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Motorboats In Antibes 1969 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Motorboats moored on the coast near the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969.
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Nassau Beach Hotel 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nassau Beach Hotel 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959. The hotel was the first to built by Howard Johnson outsi...
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Nirvana 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nirvana 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
The pool at Villa Nirvana, Acapulco, Mexico. Old Acapulco can be seen across the bay. 1972.
12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size
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Ocean Club 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Ocean Club 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Versailles Gardens at the Ocean Club, Nassau with terraced steps leading from a swimming pool to a 14th century French cloisters.
20 x ...
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Oz Tennis Stars 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oz Tennis Stars 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Australian tennis players Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall at the Newport Tennis week in the early 1950’s. Hoad beat Rosewall in the men’s...
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On The Slopes Of Sugarbush 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Three skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Vermont, USA, circa 196...
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Palm Beach Party 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Party 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A pool party in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1964.
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 15...
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Palm Spring Riders 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Spring Riders 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A group of riders among Washingtonia palms in Andreas Canyon, Palm Springs, southern California, January 1970.
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Paradise Island 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Paradise Island 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Versailles Gardens and the French Cloister at the Ocean Club on Paradise Island, opposite Nassau on the Bahamas, May 1968.
40 x 60...
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Pool At Lake Tahoe 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool At Lake Tahoe 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
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Poolside Party 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Party 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
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...
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Polo Gear 1990 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Polo Gear 1990 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A group of polo players with their equipment, Argentina, December 1990.
12 x 16" inches / 30 x 41 cm paper size
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Poolside Host 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Host 1970 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra ...
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Peter Viertel 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Peter Viertel 1960 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Author and screenwriter Peter Viertel (1920 – 2007) with his surfboard on the beach at Biarritz, France, 1960.
20 x 20" inches / 51 ...
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Polo People 1990 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Polo People 1990 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Spectators and a competitor in a polo match, Argentina, December 1990.
20 x 30" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper size
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Chantilly Racecourse 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Chantilly Racecourse 1956 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Chantilly Racecourse in France, 1956.
20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
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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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Christmas Swim 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Christmas Swim 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Ho...
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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.