Slim Aarons Photography
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 'Catherine Wilke' 1980 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke'
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas - at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of C...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Pebble Beach' 1976 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pebble Beach'
Riders from the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center wend their way through the Californian sand dunes and pampas grass, November 1976.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper s...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the covered arcade is on the northern side of ...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Digging For Clams 1960 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Digging For Clams
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, circa 1960.
Silver gelatin print
Slim Aarons silver gelatin...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Poolside Pairs, Kaufmann House
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann, and now owned by Nelda Linsk.
Slim Aarons
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Hotel Excelsior' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Excelsior'
The beachfront of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Pho...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane' 1955 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
The swimming pool and jetty at the Villa d'Este Hotel, Lake Como, Italy, June 1983.
40 x 30" inches ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc' 1969 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc'
Holidaymakers in a motorboat off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamp...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Beauty and the Beast, 1959 - Portrait of Lady Daphne Cameron on Tigerskin Rug
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Beauty and the Beast, 1959 - Portrait of Lady Daphne Cameron on Tigerskin Rug by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"B...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Slim Aarons 'Harriet at Mougins' 1957 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Harriet at Mougins'
1957: Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France.
20x20" inches / 51 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
P...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - John Rawlings 1950 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
John Rawlings
1950, Fashion photographer John Rawlings (1912 - 1970) on the beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing In Arizona' 1967 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing In Arizona'
A woman sunbathing nude by Tom Darlington's pool in Carefree, Arizona, April 1967.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm pape...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Porto Ercole' 1980 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole'
Private boats in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Dali's Party' 1959 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Dali's Party'
circa 1959: Surrealist painter Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) with a red-haired woman at a ball in New York.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stampe...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Skiing In Gstaad (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing In Gstaad, 1961
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A vapour trail above skiers on a ski slope in Gstaad, Switzerland, 1961
Estate stamped and hand numbered editi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Harbour Island, Bahamas, 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 couple relaxing at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas.
This is an estate stamped and...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Dali And Gala 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dali And Gala
Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) enjoying a cup of coffee with his wife Gala (1894 – 1982) on a terrace at the Ritz Hotel, Madrid.
Paper size 20 x 20" inch...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'Kaufmann Desert House' 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Kaufmann Desert House'
January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann and at the time, o...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Curling At St. Moritz
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Curling At St. Moritz, 1963
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Curlers on a rink, or curling sheet, in St Moritz, Swit...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons, Andros Island (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Andros Island, 1957
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
A family enjoying a quiet beach on Andros Island, Bahamas, 1957....
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print
Harbour Isle Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Harbour Isle Beach, 1973, Printed Later
Chromogenic lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity f...
Category
1970s American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Snowmass Picnic' 1967 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Snowmass Picnic'
1967: A stand-up fondue picnic for fashionable skiers at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado which has more than fifty miles of trails and snowfields. Helicopter in the b...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slopes & Trails, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s winter photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA, 1955.
This is an e...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Skiing In Vail III (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing In Vail III, 1964
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
Estate stamped and h...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Skiing Waitress
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing Waitress, 1960
C print
16 x 12 inches
Ski 'bum' Alice Clement, a waitress and dishwasher at Stowe, Vermont when not on the slopes, carrying her skis on the way to a run, circ...
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1950s American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Zermatt Skiing (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Zermatt Skiing, 1968
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certifi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - David Bailey 1968
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
David Bailey
September 1968: English photographer David Bailey on the Italian island of Capri.
Paper size 16 x 12" inches / 40 x 30 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess On Deck
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess on Deck
Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982.
Paper Size very large 72 x 4...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Nicely Coiffed, France, Estate Edition, Cityscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poodle entering a barber shop on a street in Deauville, Normandy, France.
This is an estate sta...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Nancy Talbert at Newport Casino'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Newport Tennis Week
1953 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition 1 of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: A view from the umbrella boxes towards the t...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print
Oberon's Lunch (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film star Merle Oberon (1911 - 1979) and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is second from the right facing the camera. A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons
Esta...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Brunch At Brennans' 1960 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Brunch At Brennans'
c. 1960. Sunday brunch at Brennan’s restaurant, New Orleans.
40x40" inches / 101 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by S...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
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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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Courchevel' 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Courchevel'
A ski resort in Courchevel in the French Alps, circa 1970.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aaron...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
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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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Palm Beach Party Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Party
1964
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A pool party in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1964.
unframed
c type print
printed 2...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Underwater Drink' 1972 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Underwater Drink'
A woman drinking from a coconut underwater in the pool at Las Brisas Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size
Estate...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sarah Marson Williams enjoying a cocktail on the beach at the Hilton Hotel, Needhams Point,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Speedboat Landing' (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Speedboat Landing, 1973
Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print)
Estate edition of 150
August 1973: A motor boat arrives at a jetty in Porto Ercole, Italy.
Estate stamped an...
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1970s Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Ariel Pool, Miami - Aerial View of Hotel Swimming Pool in Miami in Florida
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Ariel Pool, Miami - Aerial View of Hotel Swimming Pool in Miami in Florida by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Arie...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Slim Aarons 'By The Pool In Acapulco' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'By The Pool In Acapulco'
A tanned man surrounded by young women in bikinis by the pool at Warren Avis's villa in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1978.
4...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Bermuda Beach - Bather on Sand at Bermuda Beach by Rock and Sea
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Bather on Sand at Bermuda Beach by Rock and Sea, a bather runs towards the warm waters of the Bermuda beach
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Pri...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons Style 'Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell
1960 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Model Gr...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Palm Beach Idyll, Florida, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida.
This is an estate stamped and hand ...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
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."
Slim Aarons
Poolside Party...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Saks Fashion Show - High Society Fashion Show in New York Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Saks Fashion Show - High Society Fashion Show in New York Hotel by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Saks Fashion S...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Photographic Paper, Digital, Black and White
Slim Aarons, Hotel Punta, Capri (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel Punta, Capri, 1974
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
The Hotel Punta Tragara on Capri, Italy, August 1974.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
A Colourful Crew, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda.
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
We Know Our Place (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
We Know Our Place (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
A Dalmatian dog lies at the feet of Mr and Mrs John M Seabrook as they pose...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Tullio Abbate' 1983 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Tullio Abbate'
Tullio Abbate, of Abbate Boats, at the back of yacht as it is moored at a property on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, in June 1983.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm ...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
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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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Snorkelling (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1954: Two young women going snorkelling.
Slim Aarons
Snorkelling
Chromogenic Lambda print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Printed later
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
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 *
Internal: Slim Aarons, Snorkelling, Vintage sport, Beach Photography, Vintage Ocean photography, Vintage snorkelling...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Leisure and Fashion, Colony Hotel, 1961 - Palm Trees and Glamour in Palm Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Leisure and Fashion, Colony Hotel, 1961 - Palm Trees and Glamour in Palm Beach by Slim Aarons depicts an elegant young woman enjoying a cocktail by the poolside at the Colony Hotel i...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Digital, Color, C Print, Photographic Paper
Unghia Marina Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Unghia Marina
1989
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A group of people stand on a terrace, at the Unghia Marina on the island of Capri, Italy, in September 1989. T...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Poolside Chez Holder
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.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 1...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Exotic Hair Care'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Exotic Hair Care
1970 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A woman combing her hair by a waterfall at Ro...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons 'Pool By The Sea' 1969 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pool By The Sea'
Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection E...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Backgammon' 1972 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Poolside Backgammon'
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972.
20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collec...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Antigua Beach Club, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The beach club at at the Mill Reef Club on Antigua in the West Indies, 1960.
Slim Aarons
Antigua Beach Club, 1960
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Collector will receive the next number in the edition
Modern printing from original transparency
C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color
Paper weight 210gms
Matte Satin Surface
30 x 20 Inches
$3,000
40 x 30 Inches
$3,350
60 x 40 inches
$3,950
72 x 48 inches
$4,500
Undercurrent Projects is proud to offer this vibrant photograph, printed by the Slim Aarons estate. It is part of the estate's only official limited run, of 150. Estate stamp embossed on recto, hand numbered in ink on recto, with certificate of authenticity from the estate (not a secondary gallery licensing from the estate).
Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) made a career out of photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Aarons is known for his iconic images of Hollywood glamour and luxurious people, places and lifestyles.
Undercurrent Projects offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty Images. All photographs are printed and authorized by the Getty Images Gallery, London. Photographs are printed utilizing the original transparency held at the archive source.
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun.
Slim Aarons is noted for his documentation of the Beautiful People over 50 years, encompassing high society, celebrity, aristocracy, and the jet set. He was born and raised in New York City and New Jersey and later New Hampshire. He took up photography as a teenager. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was later appointed official photographer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. During World War II he served as an army combat photographer for Yank magazine in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. After the war he became a freelance photojournalist, first based in Hollywood, then Rome, then New York. His photographs appeared in many magazines, including Life, Holiday, Town & Country, Look, Venture, and Travel & Leisure. His first book A Wonderful Time (1974) is considered a classic.
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
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.
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Category
1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Lambda
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